139 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
224 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
205 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
103 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
751 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
156 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
24 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
138 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
73 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
73 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
42 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
231 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
230 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
147 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
454 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2574 | Morohashi |
197 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
581 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
445 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
480 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
282 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
115 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
153 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 北欧 【ホクオウ】 Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia
- 北緯 【ホクイ】 north latitude
- 極北 【キョクホク】 extreme north, North Pole
- 西北 【セイホク】 north-west
Kun reading compounds
- 北 【きた】 north, the North, northern territories, North Korea, north wind
- 北アイルランド 【きたアイルランド】 Northern Ireland
- 西北 【せいほく】 north-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きら、 ほう、 ほっ、 ほつ
- Korean:
- bug, bae
Spanish
- Norte
- huir
- perder
Portuguese
- norte
French
- nord
1256 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-2 | SKIP code |
1111.0 | Four corner code |
1-43-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5317 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 支 【シ】 China
- 支援 【シエン】 support, backing, aid, assistance
- 気管支 【キカンシ】 bronchus, bronchial tube
- 干支 【エト】 sexagenary cycle, 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days, 12-year Chinese zodiac
Kun reading compounds
- 支える 【ささえる】 to support, to prop, to sustain, to underlay, to hold up, to defend, to hold at bay, to stem, to check
- 閊える 【つかえる】 to stick, to get stuck, to get caught, to get jammed, to clog, to be unavailable, to be busy, to be occupied, to be full, to be piled up (e.g. of work), to halt (in one's speech), to stumble (over one's words), to stutter, to stammer, to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.), to feel pressure, to feel pain
- 支う 【かう】 to support, to prop up
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- soporte
- apoyo
- rama
- pago
- interferencia
- soportar
- sostener
Portuguese
- ramo
- apoio
- sustentar
French
- soutien
- support
- branche
- filiale
- succursale
- radical branche (no. 65)
621 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
717 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
691 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
302 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2039 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
115 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
583 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
63 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
318 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
318 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
368 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
932 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2473 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1251 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1717 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
718 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13061 | Morohashi |
1979 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2324 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
711 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
768 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
185 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
642 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1467 | 2001 Kanji |
2k2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
4040.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
652f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
- 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
- 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
- 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency
Kun reading compounds
- 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
- 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
- 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ろ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cosa
- hecho
- asunto
- acción
Portuguese
- matéria
- coisa
- fato
- negócios
- razão
- possivelmente
French
- fait
- chose
- matière
- affaire
- raison
- peut-être
230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
293 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
32 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
272 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
73 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
108 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
80 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
80 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
30 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4384 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
241 | Morohashi |
3567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
71 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1240 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
10 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1547 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-8-3 | SKIP code |
5000.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e8b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
- 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
- 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
- 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
- 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
- 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Readings
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- inusual
- extraño
- cambio
- cambiar
- alterar
- modificar
Portuguese
- raro
- mudança
- estranhar
French
- insolite
- étrange
- changer
509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
609 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
581 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
324 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
191 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
443 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
970 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
257 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
257 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2569 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5703 | Morohashi |
2069 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1745 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
254 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
532 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
467 | 2001 Kanji |
2j7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
0040.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5909 | Unicode hex code |