102 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
177 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
159 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
38 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
595 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
139 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
23 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
921 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
47 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
47 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
29 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
196 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2819 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1453 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1957 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
296 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2011X | Morohashi |
2266 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
490 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
290 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
309 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
53 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
182 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
- 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
- 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
- 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows
Kun reading compounds
- 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
- 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
- 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
- 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さき、 さと、 まい
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- antes
- delante de
Portuguese
- em frente
- antes
French
- devant
- avant
943 | 2001 Kanji |
2o7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-6 | SKIP code |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
8022.1 | Four corner code |
1-33-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
524d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
277 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 置換 【チカン】 substitution, replacement, permutation, substitution, displacement
- 置換可能引数データ 【チカンカノウヒキスウデータ】 replaceable parameter data
- 留置 【リュウチ】 detention (usu. during investigation), imprisonment, poundage, custody
- 倒置 【トウチ】 turning upside down, inversion
Kun reading compounds
- 置く 【おく】 to put, to place, to leave (behind), to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up, to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ, to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.), to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool, to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house, to separate spatially or temporally, to do something in advance, to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おき、 おけ、 き
- Korean:
- chi
Spanish
- poner
- colocar
- situar
Portuguese
- colocação
- por
- colocar
- depositar
- abandonar
- manter
- empregar
- hipotecar
French
- placer
- poser
- déposer
- faire à l'avance
- laisser derrière
- garder
- employer
- gage
469 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
570 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
545 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
322 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3644 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
345 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
831 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2232 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
426 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
432 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
262 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1466 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3222 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1671 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2262 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
840 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
28298 | Morohashi |
2608 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4645 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
832 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
895 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
312 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
610 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3675 | 2001 Kanji |
5g8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-8 | SKIP code |
3-1-12 | SKIP code |
6071.6 | Four corner code |
1-35-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7f6e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 詞 【シ】 words, writing, lyrics, ci (form of Chinese poetry), independent word
- 詞華集 【シカシュウ】 anthology (of poems), florilegium
- 作詞 【サクシ】 (writing) song lyrics
- 固有名詞 【コユウメイシ】 proper noun
Kun reading compounds
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 詞書き 【ことばがき】 foreword to a collection of poems, preface, explanatory notes, captions
- 枕詞 【まくらことば】 pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature, preface, introduction
- 花言葉 【はなことば】 language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love), floriography
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- parte de oración
- palabras
- poesía
Portuguese
- parte de discurso
- palavras
- poesia
French
- partie du discours
- mots
- poésie
799 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
890 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
879 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1624 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4335 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
807 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
900 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1665 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
843 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
862 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1205 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1671 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1897 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1007 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1363 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1883 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35394 | Morohashi |
1503 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5582 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1865 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2009 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
946 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3049 | 2001 Kanji |
7a5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-5 | SKIP code |
0762.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8a5e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1503 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 冠 【カンムリ】 traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers, crown, diadem, coronet, top kanji radical, first verse of a haikai, etc., best, peerless, first, name, title, named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc., counter for titles
- 冠婚葬祭 【カンコンソウサイ】 important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
- 宝冠 【ホウカン】 diadem, jeweled crown
- 月桂冠 【ゲッケイカン】 laurel wreath
Kun reading compounds
- 冠 【かんむり】 traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers, crown, diadem, coronet, top kanji radical, first verse of a haikai, etc., best, peerless, first, name, title, named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc., counter for titles
- 冠海雀 【かんむりうみすずめ】 Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume), crested murrelet
- 初冠 【ういこうぶり】 crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony, noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
- 老冠 【おいかんむり】 kanji "old" radical at top
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 かっぷ、 まさる
- Korean:
- gwan
Spanish
- corona
- sin par
- sin igual
Portuguese
- coroa
- melhor
- inigualável
French
- couronne
- le meilleur
- inégalable
1097 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1548 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
627 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1170 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1081 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
905 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1615 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1723 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1656 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
165 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2583 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1319 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1790 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
310 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1580 | Morohashi |
2081 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
401 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
304 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
326 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1232 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3657 | 2001 Kanji |
2i7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
3721.4 | Four corner code |
1-20-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
51a0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
909 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縮 【シュク】 wearing armour (armor), counter for suits of armour
- 縮小 【シュクショウ】 reduction, curtailment, cut, cutback, scaling down, contraction, shrinkage
- 凝縮 【ギョウシュク】 condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.), condensation (of a vapour or gas)
- 濃縮 【ノウシュク】 concentration (e.g. of a solution), enrichment, condensation
Kun reading compounds
- 縮む 【ちぢむ】 to shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size)
- 縮まる 【ちぢまる】 to shorten, to narrow, to close, to shrink
- 縮める 【ちぢめる】 to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink, to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle, to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)
- 縮れる 【ちぢれる】 to be wavy, to be curled, to be frizzled
- 縮らす 【ちぢらす】 to curl, to crimp
Readings
- Korean:
- chug
Spanish
- acortar
- reducir
- restringir
- encoger
- contraerse
- estar rizado
- rizar
Portuguese
- encolher
- contrair
- enrugar
- ruga
- reduzir
French
- rétrécir
- contracter
- raccourcir
- friser
- réduire
904 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
893 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
924 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3608 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1142 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1646 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2813 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1110 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1162 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
884 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1558 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1790 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
955 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1348 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27815 | Morohashi |
1414 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4585 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1336 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1434 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
999 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2778 | 2001 Kanji |
6a11.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-11 | SKIP code |
2396.1 | Four corner code |
1-29-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7e2e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
94 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 約 【ヤク】 approximately, about, promise, appointment, engagement, shortening, reduction, simplification, contraction (in phonetics)
- 約束 【ヤクソク】 promise, agreement, arrangement, one's word, contract, pact, appointment, engagement, date, convention, rule, destiny, fate
- 締約 【テイヤク】 conclusion of a treaty
- 成約 【セイヤク】 conclusion of a contract
Kun reading compounds
- 約まる 【つづまる】 to compress, to shrink
- 約める 【つづめる】 to abridge, to shorten, to economize
- 約やか 【つづまやか】 concise, brief, humble, frugal, modest, discrete
Readings
- Korean:
- yag, yo
Spanish
- promesa
- aproximadamente
- encogerse
- economizar
Portuguese
- promessa
- aproximadamente
- recuar
French
- environ
- promettre
- abréger
- raccourcir
726 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
621 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
591 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
137 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3499 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
451 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
808 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
211 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
211 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
381 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1516 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1632 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1177 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1374 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27242X | Morohashi |
1280 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4440 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1362 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1462 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
258 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
534 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2752 | 2001 Kanji |
6a3.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-3 | SKIP code |
2792.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d04 | Unicode hex code |