129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
214 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
195 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
224 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
132 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
150 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
28 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
213 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
88 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
88 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
159 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
243 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4313 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2936 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1210 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2707X | Morohashi |
3501 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
608 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1202 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1286 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
324 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
113 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 半 【ハン】 half, semi-, partial, half-past, odd number, han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
- 半額 【ハンガク】 half the amount (of money), half price, half fare
- 四畳半 【ヨジョウハン】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
- 過半 【カハン】 the greater part
Kun reading compounds
- 半ば 【なかば】 middle, halfway, midway, half (of), one half, half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially, mostly, almost, nearly
- 半ば過ぎ 【なかばすぎ】 beyond the middle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- は
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- mitad
- medio
- incompleto
- semi-
- semi
- a medias
- en parte
Portuguese
- metade
- médio
- número ímpar
- semi-
- parte-
French
- moitié
- demi
- milieu
- nombre impair
1055 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-3 | SKIP code |
9050.0 | Four corner code |
1-40-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
534a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1453 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乾電池 【カンデンチ】 dry cell, battery
- 乾燥 【カンソウ】 dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes), dehydration, desiccation, insipidity
- 速乾 【ソッカン】 drying quickly
- 臘乾 【ラカン】 Chinese smoked and salted ham
- 乾 【ケン】 qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
- 乾位 【ケンイ】 northwest
Kun reading compounds
- 乾く 【かわく】 to get dry
- 乾かす 【かわかす】 to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate
- 干す 【ほす】 to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
- 干る 【ひる】 to dry (up), to become parched, to ebb, to recede
- 戌亥 【いぬい】 northwest
Readings
- Korean:
- gan, geon
Spanish
- seco
- secar
- secarse
- desecarse
Portuguese
- seca
- dessecar
- evaporar
- paraíso
- imperador
French
- sécheresse
- sécher
- dessécher
- vider (verre)
- cieux
- empereur
1099 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1355 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
784 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1195 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
292 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1411 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1190 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1249 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
904 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
27 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2113 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1101 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1500 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
204 | Morohashi |
1679 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
63 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
463 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1407 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1556 | 2001 Kanji |
4c7.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-3 | SKIP code |
1-8-4 | SKIP code |
4841.7 | Four corner code |
1-20-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e7e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1819 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 焦燥 【ショウソウ】 impatience, irritation, frustration, fretfulness
- 高燥 【コウソウ】 high and dry
Kun reading compounds
- 燥ぐ 【はしゃぐ】 to make merry, to frolic, to be in high spirits
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- secar
- resecar
Portuguese
- ressecar
- secar
French
- dessécher
- être joyeux
1528 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1565 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2810 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1708 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
722 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1656 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1770 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
903 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1272 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1392 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
745 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1009 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
219 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
19467 | Morohashi |
1087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3493 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
215 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
228 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1872 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1164 | 2001 Kanji |
4d13.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-13 | SKIP code |
1-1-16 | SKIP code |
9689.4 | Four corner code |
1-33-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
71e5 | Unicode hex code |