671 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
569 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
542 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
593 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
139 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
390 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
382 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
919A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
300 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
300 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
359 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
516 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2805 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1444 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1947 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2752 | Morohashi |
2256 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
620 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1928 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2078 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
348 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
530 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 単 【タン】 single, simple, singles (tennis, badminton, etc.), win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
- 単位 【タンイ】 unit, denomination, credit (in school), in units of (e.g. "in thousands"), in amounts of
- 菜単 【サイタン】 menu (at a Chinese restaurant)
- 指定単 【シテイタン】 designated money trust
Kun reading compounds
- 一重 【ひとえ】 one layer, single layer, monopetalous, unlined kimono, single-edged eyelid, eyelid with an epicanthic fold, upper eyelid with no fold
- 単衣 【たんい】 unlined kimono, one kimono, a single kimono
- 十二単 【じゅうにひとえ】 twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady), ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis), bugle
Readings
- Korean:
- dan, seon
Spanish
- sencillo
- uno
- unidad
- sólo
- único
Portuguese
- Simples
- um
- solteiro
- meramente
French
- simple
- un
- unique
- seulement
955 | 2001 Kanji |
3n6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-6 | SKIP code |
9050.6 | Four corner code |
3250.6 | Four corner code |
1-35-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5358 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4752 | Morohashi |
3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3172 | 2001 Kanji |
3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
6010.3 | Four corner code |
1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56fd | Unicode hex code |
emperor's seal
- On:
- ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 璽 【ジ】 emperor's seal
- 璽書 【ジショ】 document with the emperor's seal
- 霊璽 【レイジ】 something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead, imperial seal
- 国璽 【コクジ】 great seal, seal of state
Readings
- Korean:
- sae, sa
Spanish
- sello imperial
Portuguese
- selo imperial
French
- sceau impérial
1329 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
2019 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
71 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1866 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1537 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2860 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1887 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2057 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1947 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1314 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3624 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1854 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2527 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1506 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21309 | Morohashi |
2911 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3683 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2075 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2194 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1916 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3272 | 2001 Kanji |
4f14.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-14-5 | SKIP code |
1010.3 | Four corner code |
1-28-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
74bd | Unicode hex code |