124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
208 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
190 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
205 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
778 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
157 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
29 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
912 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
74 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
74 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
41 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
247 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2584 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1320 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1791 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1627 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2750 | Morohashi |
2082 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
619 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1613 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1740 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
401 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
186 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
341 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
- 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
- 東南 【トウナン】 south-east
- 西南 【セイナン】 south-west
- 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
- 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
Kun reading compounds
- 南 【みなみ】 south
- 南アフリカ 【みなみアフリカ】 South Africa
- 東南 【とうなん】 south-east
- 西南 【せいなん】 south-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なみ、 は、 みな、 みまみ
- Korean:
- nam
Spanish
- Sur
Portuguese
- sul
French
- sud
1553 | 2001 Kanji |
2k7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
3-4-5 | SKIP code |
4022.7 | Four corner code |
1-38-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5357 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 槌骨 【ツチコツ】 malleus (bone of the ear), hammer
- 破城槌 【ハジョウツイ】 battering ram
- 鉄槌 【テッツイ】 iron hammer, crushing blow
Kun reading compounds
- 槌 【つち】 hammer, mallet, sledgehammer, gavel
- 槌音 【つちおと】 hammering sound, hammering
- 鑿と言えば槌 【のみといえばつち】 one should do more than what is literally being asked for, when told (to bring) the chisel, (also bring) the mallet
Readings
- Korean:
- toe, chu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2308 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2102 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1331 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
968 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
15318X | Morohashi |
2709 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2477 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2543 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4a9.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-9 | SKIP code |
4793.7 | Four corner code |
1-36-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
69cc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1486 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鯨肉 【ゲイニク】 whale meat
- 鯨飲 【ゲイイン】 drinking hard, drinking like a fish
- 酔鯨 【スイゲイ】 Suigei
- 白鯨 【ハクゲイ】 Moby-Dick (1851 novel by Herman Melville)
Kun reading compounds
- 鯨 【くじら】 whale (Cetacea spp.)
- 鯨肉 【げいにく】 whale meat
- タスマニア鯨 【タスマニアくじら】 Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
- 五島鯨 【ごとうくじら】 larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- ballena
Portuguese
- baleia
French
- baleine
1208 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1768 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5307 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1345 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1921 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2831 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
700 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
713 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
915 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1933 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2361 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1661 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
321 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
46257 | Morohashi |
1882 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6886 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
315 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
337 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1927 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2541 | 2001 Kanji |
11a8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-11-8 | SKIP code |
2039.6 | Four corner code |
1-23-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9be8 | Unicode hex code |