| 528 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 626 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 596 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 219 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 200 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 355 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 436 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 329 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 329 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 248 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 189 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1431 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 757 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1029 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 915 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1932 | Morohashi |
| 1114 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 466 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 906 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 972 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 180 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 491 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
203 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 利 【リ】 advantage, benefit, profit, interest
- 利上げ 【リアゲ】 increase in interest rates
- 低利 【テイリ】 low interest rate
- 水利 【スイリ】 utilization of water, water supply, irrigation, water transportation, navigability (e.g. of a river)
Kun reading compounds
- 効く 【きく】 to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for), to work, to function well, to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to, to taste (alcohol), to try
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かが、 と、 とし、 のり、 み、 りい
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- ganancia
- ventaja
- beneficio
- ser efectivo
Portuguese
- lucro
- vantagem
- benefício
French
- profit
- avantage
- bénéfice
| 2243 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2290.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5229 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
128 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 平 【ヘイ】 nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
- 平安 【ヘイアン】 peace, tranquility, tranquillity, Heian period (794-1185)
- 和平 【ワヘイ】 peace
- 公平 【コウヘイ】 fairness, impartiality, justice, objectivity
- 平等 【ビョウドウ】 equality, impartiality, evenness
- 平常心 【ビョウジョウシン】 everyday feelings, usual feelings
- 寛平 【カンピョウ】 Kanpyō era (889.4.27-898.4.26), Kanbyō era
- 天平 【テンピョウ】 Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14), Tenbyō era, Tenhei era
- 平韻 【ヒョウイン】 level-tone rhyme (of Chinese)
- 平声 【ヒョウショウ】 first tone in old Chinese phonetics, level tone, (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone
Kun reading compounds
- 平ら 【たいら】 flat, level, even, smooth, calm, tranquil, placid, composed, stable, relaxed (sitting posture), comfortable, plateau, tableland, plain
- 平らか 【たいらか】 level, just, peaceful
- 平らげる 【たいらげる】 to eat up (completely), to put down (a rebellion), to suppress, to subjugate, to make flat, to level out
- 平 【ひら】 something broad and flat, common, ordinary, plain, rank-and-file, low-ranking employee, freshman, novice, private
- 平泳ぎ 【ひらおよぎ】 breaststroke (swimming)
- 嘉平次平 【かへいじひら】 hakama fabric made from meisen silk
- 金平 【かねひら】 Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たいら、 たら、 はち、 ひ、 ひとし、 へ、 へん
- Korean:
- pyeong, pyeon
Spanish
- llanura
- liso
- llano
- plano
- sencillo
Portuguese
- até mesmo
- apartamento
- paz
French
- plan(e)
- plat
- paix
| 315 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 411 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 388 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 143 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 26 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 136 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 503 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 203 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 202 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 202 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 351 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 573 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4291 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2167 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1496 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9167X | Morohashi |
| 3478 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1590 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1484 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1596 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 98 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 260 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3155 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k3.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 1040.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e73 | Unicode hex code |
equilibrium, measuring rod, scale
- On:
- コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1847 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 衡器 【コウキ】 scale, balance, weighing machine
- 衡平 【コウヘイ】 balance, equity
- 拡大均衡 【カクダイキンコウ】 an expanded or expanding equilibrium
- 合従連衡 【ガッショウレンコウ】 alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty), (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands), resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひら
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
- balanza
- escala
- peso
Portuguese
- equilíbrio
- vara de medição
- escala
French
- équilibre
- balance
| 1267 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1694 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1641 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1358 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1724 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2450 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1585 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1692 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1449 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1618 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 939 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 527 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 687 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 900 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34078 | Morohashi |
| 761 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1775 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 891 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 957 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1828 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2053 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 2143.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8861 | Unicode hex code |
tax, duty
- On:
- ゼイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
289 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 税 【ゼイ】 tax
- 税関 【ゼイカン】 customs, customs house
- 地方税 【チホウゼイ】 local tax, council tax
- 納税 【ノウゼイ】 payment of taxes
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さい
- Korean:
- se, tal
Spanish
- impuesto
- arancel
Portuguese
- imposto
- dever
French
- taxe
- droits
| 826 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 750 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 727 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 383 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3287 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 488 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 782 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1642 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 399 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 403 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 670 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1438 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1525 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 807 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1101 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 904 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25070P | Morohashi |
| 1191 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4146 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 895 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 961 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 755 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2257 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 2891.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7a0e | Unicode hex code |