70 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
121 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
109 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
373 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
770 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
93 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
32 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
154 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
172 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
172 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
86 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
278 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2495 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1262 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1728 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
16 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3233 | Morohashi |
2002 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
702 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
16 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
16 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
320 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
107 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
509 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 古参 【コサン】 seniority, long service
- 古今 【ココン】 ancient and modern times, all ages, past and present
- 蒙古 【モウコ】 Mongolia (region), Greater Mongolia, Mongolian Plateau, Mongols (nomadic tribe)
- 懐古 【カイコ】 reminiscence, nostalgia, thinking fondly of the past, recalling the old days
Kun reading compounds
- 古い 【ふるい】 old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
- 古家 【ふるいえ】 old house, deserted house
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふゆ
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- viejo
- antiguo
- desgastar
Portuguese
- velho
French
- vieux
1577 | 2001 Kanji |
2k3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-3 | SKIP code |
4060.0 | Four corner code |
1-24-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53e4 | Unicode hex code |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
- 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
- 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
- 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
- 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 さわ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
59 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
48 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1447 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
41 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
49 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
20 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
33 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
33 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
101 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
6 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
129 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8673 | Morohashi |
6 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
127 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
134 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
196 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
21 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1254 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-2 | SKIP code |
2200.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ddd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1360 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 牧 【ボク】 regional governor in ancient China
- 牧師 【ボクシ】 pastor, minister, clergyman, reverend
- 遊牧 【ユウボク】 nomadism
- 移牧 【イボク】 transhumance, moving stock between pastures according to season
Kun reading compounds
- 牧 【まき】 pasture, grazing land
- 牧場 【ぼくじょう】 farm (livestock), stock farm, ranch, station, pasture, meadow, grazing land
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ま、 まい、 もく
- Korean:
- mog
Spanish
- pastorear
- pastar
- pasto
Portuguese
- raça
- importar-se
- guiar
- alimentar
- pastoreio
French
- élevage
- soigner
- berger
- nourrir
- pâturage
720 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
614 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
586 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1243 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2856 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
799 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1520 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
610 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
731 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
744 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1273 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1291 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1083 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
586 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
776 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
335 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
19950 | Morohashi |
873 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3537 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
329 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
351 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
517 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2466 | 2001 Kanji |
4g4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
2854.0 | Four corner code |
1-43-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7267 | 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 |