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 |
class, rank, grade
- On:
- キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
785 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 級 【キュウ】 (school) grade, year, class, class, grade, rank, level, kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
- 級友 【キュウユウ】 classmate, friend in the same class
- 同級 【ドウキュウ】 the same grade, same class
- 最高級 【サイコウキュウ】 highest grade, top class
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しな
- Korean:
- geub
Spanish
- clase
- rango
- grado
Portuguese
- classe
- posição
- grau
French
- classe
- rang
- grade
- niveau
187 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
273 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
255 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
505 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3496 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
228 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
811 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1680 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
568 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
577 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
410 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1513 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1630 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
859 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1175 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1365 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27258P | Morohashi |
1279 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4437 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1353 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1453 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
373 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
323 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2767 | 2001 Kanji |
6a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-3 | SKIP code |
1-6-4 | SKIP code |
2794.7 | Four corner code |
1-21-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d1a | Unicode hex code |