762 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
853 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
842 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
750 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
732 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
726 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
376 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1698 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
559 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
568 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
525 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
223 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2287 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1613 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1591 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2415P | Morohashi |
1818 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
552 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1577 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1700 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
941 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
830 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 勤勉 【キンベン】 diligent, hard-working, industrious
- 勤続 【キンゾク】 continuous service
- 非常勤 【ヒジョウキン】 part-time work
- 常勤 【ジョウキン】 full-time employment
- 勤行 【ゴンギョウ】 religious service
- 勤行時報係 【ゴンギョウジホウガカリ】 muezzin
Kun reading compounds
- 勤める 【つとめる】 to work (for), to be employed (at), to serve (in), to serve (as), to act (as), to fill (the position of), to play the role (of), to conduct a religious service
- 務まる 【つとまる】 to be fit (for a role), to be qualified (for), to be equal (to a task), to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
- 勤しむ 【いそしむ】 to work hard at, to devote oneself to, to be diligent in
Readings
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- tarea
- trabajo
- deber
- servicio diario
- servir
- desempeñar un cargo
- ser adecuado para
Portuguese
- diligência
- tornar-se empregado
- servir
French
- assiduité
- application
- travailler
- être employé
1945 | 2001 Kanji |
2g10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-10-2 | SKIP code |
4412.7 | Four corner code |
1-22-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
52e4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
398 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 労 【ロウ】 labor, labour, toil, trouble, pains, work, effort, striving
- 労組 【ロウソ】 labor union, labour union, trade union
- 国労 【コクロウ】 National Railway Workers Union
- 功労 【コウロウ】 meritorious deed, services
Kun reading compounds
- 労する 【ろうする】 to work, to labor, to labour, to put to work, to make (someone) work
- 労る 【いたわる】 to pity, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to treat with sympathy, to console, to be kind to, to tend to (e.g. an injury), to care for, to nurse, to soothe, to appreciate, to recognize (someone's efforts), to reward for
- 労き 【いたずき】 pain, trouble, illness
- 労い 【ねぎらい】 expression of appreciation (for someone's efforts), thanks
- 労う 【ねぎらう】 to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status), to thank for, to reward for
- 労う 【ねぎらう】 to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status), to thank for, to reward for
Readings
- Korean:
- ro
Spanish
- trabajo duro
- cansancio
- compensación
Portuguese
- trabalho
- agradecer
- recompensar
- dificuldade
French
- labeur
- remerciement pour
- récompense pour
- être plein d'attentions
- soucis
542 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
639 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
610 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
309 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
720 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
274 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
369 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
491A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
233 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
233 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
443 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
214 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3155 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2205 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
868 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2329 | Morohashi |
2548 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
531 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
860 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
924 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
145 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
494 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
945 | 2001 Kanji |
3n4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
3242.7 | Four corner code |
9042.7 | Four corner code |
1-47-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
52b4 | Unicode hex code |
大
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
- 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
- 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman
Kun reading compounds
- 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
- Korean:
- dae, da, tae
Spanish
- grande
- muy
- mucho
Portuguese
- grande
- enorme
French
- grand
22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
53 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
7 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
32 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
40 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
48 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
26 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
26 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
87 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
408 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
108 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5831 | Morohashi |
3416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
5 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
14 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
4003.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5927 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 衆 【シュウ】 great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses, people, folk, clique, bunch
- 衆院 【シュウイン】 House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 若い衆 【ワカイシュ】 young man, youth, lad, servant boy, young shopboy
- 全会衆 【ゼンカイシュウ】 the whole assembly, the whole congregation
- 衆 【シュウ】 great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses, people, folk, clique, bunch
- 衆院 【シュウイン】 House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 若い衆 【ワカイシュ】 young man, youth, lad, servant boy, young shopboy
- 僧衆 【ソウシュウ】 large number of priests
Readings
- Korean:
- jung
Spanish
- multitud
- masas
Portuguese
- massas
- grandes números
- multidão
- população
French
- foule
- grand nombre
- multitude
- peuple
806 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
901 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
705 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
570 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4210 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
651 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1720 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1762 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
792 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
806 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1194 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1612 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3325 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1724 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2342 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1874 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
33981 | Morohashi |
2683 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5417 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1857 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2001 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
232 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
948 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
865 | 2001 Kanji |
5h7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-6 | SKIP code |
2723.2 | Four corner code |
1-29-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8846 | Unicode hex code |