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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鶏肉 【トリニク】 chicken meat, fowl, poultry, bird meat
- 鶏卵 【ケイラン】 hen's egg
- 養鶏 【ヨウケイ】 poultry raising, poultry farming, chicken farming
- 成鶏 【セイケイ】 adult chicken, mature fowl
Kun reading compounds
- 鶏 【にわとり】 chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken, chicken meat
- 鶏小屋 【にわとりごや】 henhouse, chicken coop
- 鳥 【とり】 bird, bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry
- 鶏 【にわとり】 chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken, chicken meat
- 花鶏 【あとり】 brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)
- 頭青花鶏 【ずあおあとり】 chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- pollo
- gallo
- ave de corral
Portuguese
- Frango
- galinha
French
- poule
1206 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1669 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5359 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1548 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1922 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2821 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
926 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
949 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1863 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1936 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2221 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1158 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1966 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
47074P | Morohashi |
1768 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6980 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1947 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2097 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1928 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2050 | 2001 Kanji |
11b8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-11 | SKIP code |
2752.7 | Four corner code |
1-23-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9d8f | Unicode hex code |