289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
198 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
181 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1494 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
665 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
34 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1088 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
12 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
37 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
37 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
441 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
177 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3642 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
84 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1845 | Morohashi |
2926 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
448 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
83 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
87 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
81 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刀 【カタナ】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
- 小刀 【コガタナ】 (small) knife, short sword, small sword
- 太刀 【タチ】 long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai), large sword, straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier), guandao, Chinese glaive
Kun reading compounds
- 刀 【かたな】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀折れ矢尽きて 【かたなおれやつきて】 having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
- 一刀 【いっとう】 sword, blade, single stroke
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 剃刀 【かみそり】 razor
- オッカムの剃刀 【オッカムのかみそり】 Occam's razor, Ockham's razor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ち、 と、 わき
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- espada
Portuguese
- espada
- sabre
- faca
French
- épée
- sabre
- couteau
3545 | 2001 Kanji |
2f0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-1-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1722.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5200 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 礼 【レイ】 thanks, gratitude, manners, etiquette, bow (i.e. bending of the body), bowing, reward, gift, ceremony, ritual, key money
- 礼儀 【レイギ】 manners, courtesy, etiquette
- 巡礼 【ジュンレイ】 pilgrimage, pilgrim
- 儀礼 【ギレイ】 courtesy, etiquette, formality, protocol, (religious) observance, ritual, rite
- 礼賛 【ライサン】 praise, worship, adoration, glorification
- 礼冠 【ライカン】 crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)
- 頂礼 【チョウライ】 prostration, placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
- 帰命頂礼 【キミョウチョウライ】 most formal form of a prayer
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あや、 なり、 のり、 ひろし、 れ
- Korean:
- rye
Spanish
- saludo
- reverencia
- cortesía
- gracias
Portuguese
- saudação
- reverência
- cerimônia
- agradecimento
- remuneração
French
- salut
- courbette
- cérémonie
- remerciements
- rémunération
337 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
436 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
413 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
983 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3229 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
350 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
770 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
146 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
620 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
630 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
822 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1417 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1012 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
547 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
724 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1096 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24626P | Morohashi |
818 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4061 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1087 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1168 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
262 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
656 | 2001 Kanji |
4e1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-1 | SKIP code |
3221.0 | Four corner code |
1-46-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
793c | Unicode hex code |