| 1000 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 990 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1359 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 199 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1527 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 386 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1058 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1135 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 254 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1054 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 567 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 751 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1433 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2857 | Morohashi |
| 849 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 632 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1422 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1526 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 857 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卵 【ラン】 ovum, ovule, egg cell
- 卵子 【ランシ】 ovum, ovule, egg cell
- 受精卵 【ジュセイラン】 fertilized egg, fertilised egg
- 介卵 【カイラン】 brooding
Kun reading compounds
- 卵 【たまご】 eggs, egg, spawn, roe, (hen's) egg, (an expert) in the making, beginning, origin, infancy
- 卵形 【らんけい】 oval shape, egg shape
- 乾燥卵 【かんそうらん】 powdered eggs, dehydrated eggs, dried eggs
- 冷凍卵 【れいとうらん】 frozen egg
Readings
- Korean:
- ran
Spanish
- huevo
- óvulo
- embrión
Portuguese
- ovo
- óvulo
- desovar
- ova de peixe
French
- oeuf
- frai
| 2644 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2e5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 7772.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5375 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
667 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 冷 【レイ】 refrigerator, cold, cool, cold sake
- 冷夏 【レイカ】 cool summer, cold summer, cooler-than-normal summer
- 寒冷 【カンレイ】 cold, coldness, chilliness
- 空冷 【クウレイ】 air cooling
Kun reading compounds
- 冷たい 【つめたい】 cold (to the touch), chilly, icy, freezing, (emotionally) cold, coldhearted, unfeeling, indifferent, unfriendly, distant
- 冷たい暗黒物質 【つめたいあんこくぶっしつ】 cold dark matter
- 冷える 【ひえる】 to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator), to get chilly, to cool down
- 冷や 【ひや】 cold water, cold sake, cold, cool, chilled, unheated
- 冷やす 【ひやす】 to cool (from room temperature), to chill, to refrigerate, to calm down, to cool off, to regain one's composure, to relax, to be frightened (at), to be scared (of)
- お冷 【おひや】 cold (drinking) water, (glass of) cold water, cold boiled rice
- 冷ややか 【ひややか】 cold, chilly, cool, cold (attitude, stare, etc.), frigid, indifferent, distant, surly, curt, composed, cool, calm
- 冷やす 【ひやす】 to cool (from room temperature), to chill, to refrigerate, to calm down, to cool off, to regain one's composure, to relax, to be frightened (at), to be scared (of)
- 冷やかす 【ひやかす】 to banter, to make fun of, to jeer at, to cool, to refrigerate, to window-shop, to look at without buying
- 冷める 【さめる】 to cool down, to get cold, to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.), to subside, to dampen, to fade, to wane, to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.), to be composed
- 冷ます 【さます】 to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature), to let cool, to dampen, to throw a damper on, to spoil
Readings
- Korean:
- raeng
Spanish
- frío
- enfriar
- enfriarse
- helarse
- helar
Portuguese
- fresco
- frio (cerveja
- pessoa)
- calafrio
French
- froid
- fraîche (bière)
- froide (personne)
- refroidir
| 535 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 634 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 604 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 607 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 642 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 792 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 348 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 349 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 832 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 851 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 662 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 166 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 88 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 57 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 61 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1416 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1622 | Morohashi |
| 80 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 419 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1404 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1506 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 493 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 344 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 3812.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51b7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1284 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 凍結 【トウケツ】 freezing (e.g. water), freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.), moratorium, suspension (e.g. investment)
- 凍死 【トウシ】 death from cold, freezing to death
- 解凍 【カイトウ】 thawing, defrosting, decompression (of data), extraction, unpacking, unzipping
- 自動解凍 【ジドウカイトウ】 self-extracting (file)
Kun reading compounds
- 凍る 【こおる】 to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over
- 凍える 【こごえる】 to freeze (of one's body), to be frozen, to become numb (with cold), to be chilled
- 凍てる 【いてる】 to freeze, to freeze over
- 凍みる 【しみる】 to freeze, to be frozen over, to congeal
Readings
- Japanese names:
- こおり
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- helado
- congelado
- helar
- congelarse
- helarse
- entumecerse
Portuguese
- congelado
- congelar
- refrigerar
French
- gelé
- congeler
- réfrigérer
| 1644 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1274 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 649 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1435 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 349 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1205 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1268 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1094 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 168 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 146 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 97 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 111 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 518 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1670 | Morohashi |
| 129 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 427 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 506 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 545 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1309 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 3519.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51cd | Unicode hex code |