428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
535 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
507 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
261 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4215 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
636 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
353 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
427 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
679 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
692 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
440 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
181 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1433 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
411 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1911 | Morohashi |
1116 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
469 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
404 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
431 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
279 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 初演 【ショエン】 first performance
- 年初 【ネンショ】 beginning of the year
- 原初 【ゲンショ】 origin, source, beginning, starting point
Kun reading compounds
- 始め 【はじめ】 beginning, start, outset, opening, first (in line, etc.), origin, such as ..., not to mention ...
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 月初め 【つきはじめ】 beginning of the month
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 初 【はつ】 first, new
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 業界初 【ぎょうかいはつ】 the industry's first ...
- 人生初 【じんせいはつ】 (for the) first time in one's life
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し、 はっ
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- comienzo
- primero
Portuguese
- primeiros tempos
- começo
French
- première fois
- commencement
645 | 2001 Kanji |
5e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-2 | SKIP code |
3722.0 | Four corner code |
1-29-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
521d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
117 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 期 【キ】 period, time, opportunity, chance, occasion, age, term (e.g. in office), session (e.g. of parliament), stage (e.g. of a disease), season (e.g. of a TV series)
- 期間 【キカン】 period, term, interval
- 周期 【シュウキ】 cycle, period
- 当期 【トウキ】 current term (period)
- 期 【ゴ】 time, moment, limit, time of death, last moment, midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period
- 期日 【キジツ】 fixed date, appointed date, set date, deadline, due date
- 一期 【イチゴ】 one's whole life, one's lifetime
- 非業の最期 【ヒゴウノサイゴ】 unnatural death, violent death
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- período
- plazo
- intención
- propósito
Portuguese
- período
- tempo
- data
- termo
French
- période
- temps
- date
- terme
183 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
269 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
251 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
119 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3785 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
619 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
614 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1671 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
449 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
456 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
690 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1008 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2139 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1120 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1520 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1781 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14378 | Morohashi |
1704 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4836 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1765 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1902 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
247 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
394 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1946 | 2001 Kanji |
4b8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-4 | SKIP code |
4782.0 | Four corner code |
1-20-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
671f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2015 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頃 【ケイ】 qing (Chinese unit of land area equal to 100 mu)
- 頃刻 【ケイコク】 short period
- 万頃 【バンケイ】 vast expanse
Kun reading compounds
- 頃 【ころ】 (approximate) time, around, about, toward, suitable time (or condition), time of year, season
- 頃おい 【ころおい】 time, period, days
- 幼い頃 【おさないころ】 when one was a very young child, very early in one's life
- 間もない頃 【まもないころ】 in the early period (of something), at the beginning
- 頃 【ころ】 (approximate) time, around, about, toward, suitable time (or condition), time of year, season
- 今日この頃 【きょうこのごろ】 these days, nowadays, recently
- 使い頃 【つかいごろ】 handy
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ころも
- Korean:
- gyeong, gyu
Spanish
- tiempo
- aproximadamente
- hacia
- sobre
Portuguese
French
- temps
- époque
- environ
- vers
1691 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
754 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1906 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1532 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
124 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
453 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
43338 | Morohashi |
144 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6615 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2791 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
479 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
291 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
9a2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-9 | SKIP code |
2178.6 | Four corner code |
1-26-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9803 | Unicode hex code |