1509 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
891 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1997 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
459 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2036 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1396 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2713 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1385 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
24 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3386 | Morohashi |
2187 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
728 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
24 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
24 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2055 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蝋色漆 【ロイロウルシ】 black lacquer
- 呂律 【ロレツ】 articulation
- 大呂 【タイリョ】 second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp), twelfth lunar month
- 仲呂 【チュウリョ】 (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G), fourth lunar month
- 呂 【リョ】 bass range (in Japanese music), six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
- 呂旋 【リョセン】 Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
- 大呂 【タイリョ】 second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp), twelfth lunar month
- 仲呂 【チュウリョ】 (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G), fourth lunar month
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とも、 なが
- Korean:
- ryeo
Spanish
- columna vertebral
- espinazo
Portuguese
French
- colonne vertébrale
- épine dorsale
- grand bâtiment
3d4.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
4-7-1 | SKIP code |
6060.0 | Four corner code |
1-47-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5442 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
585 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 号 【ゴウ】 number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group, sobriquet, pen-name, size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.), suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
- 号車 【ゴウシャ】 suffix for train car numbers
- 二号 【ニゴウ】 number two, mistress, concubine
- 符号 【フゴウ】 sign, mark, symbol, code, sign (e.g. positive, negative)
Readings
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- número
Portuguese
- apelido
- número
- item
- título
- pseudonimo
- nome
- chamada
French
- surnom
- numéro
- article
- titre
- pseudonyme
- nom
- appel
215 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
297 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
281 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
368 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
882 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
227 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
399 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
272 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
266 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
266 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
442 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
316 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2675 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1361 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1847 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1250 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3256 | Morohashi |
2153 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
692 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1242 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1330 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
248 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3752 | 2001 Kanji |
3d2.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
6020.7 | Four corner code |
1-25-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53f7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
160 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 第 【ダイ】 prefix for forming ordinal numbers
- 第一義 【ダイイチギ】 primary significance, primary importance, first principle, absolute truth, ultimate truth
- 式次第 【シキシダイ】 program of a ceremony (programme)
- 登第 【トウダイ】 passing the examination
- 邸宅 【テイタク】 (large) house, residence, mansion
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- número
- prefijo ordinal
- examen
Portuguese
- Prefixo p/ números ordinais
- residência
French
- numéro
- résidence
273 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
359 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
339 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
76 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3385 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
360 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
793 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
404 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
408 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
354 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1473 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3298 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1706 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2318 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1247 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25943 | Morohashi |
2660 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4272 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1239 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1327 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
83 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
380 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2344 | 2001 Kanji |
6f5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-5 | SKIP code |
8822.7 | Four corner code |
1-34-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7b2c | Unicode hex code |
五
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
31 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 五 【ゴ】 five, 5
- 5月 【ゴガツ】 May, fifth month of the lunar calendar
- 端午 【タンゴ】 Boys' Day celebration (May 5), Dragon Boat Festival (China)
- 第五 【ダイゴ】 fifth
Kun reading compounds
- 五 【ご】 five, 5
- 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
- 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
- 五つ子 【いつつご】 quintuplets
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 さ、 さつ、 ち、 ふ、 み、 め
- Korean:
- o
Spanish
- cinco
- 5
Portuguese
- cinco
French
- cinq
5 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
5 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
19 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
14 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
15 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
7 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
10 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
91 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
7 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
7 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
5 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
32 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4244 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2142 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
5 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
257 | Morohashi |
3436 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
77 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
5 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
5 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
40 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
23 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3173 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
1010.7 | Four corner code |
1-24-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e94 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 潜水 【センスイ】 diving, submerging, going underwater
- 潜在 【センザイ】 potentiality, dormancy, latency
- 原潜 【ゲンセン】 nuclear submarine
- 対潜 【タイセン】 antisubmarine
Kun reading compounds
- 潜む 【ひそむ】 to lurk, to be hidden, to be concealed, to lie dormant, to be latent
- 潜る 【もぐる】 to dive (into or under water), to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under, to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground
- 潜る 【くぐる】 to go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through, to dive (into or under the water), to evade, to get around, to slip past, to survive, to surmount
- 潜める 【ひそめる】 to hide, to conceal, to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard, to become quiet and inconspicuous
Readings
- Korean:
- jam
Spanish
- esconderse
- ocultarse
- silenciar
Portuguese
- submergir
- esconder
- ocultar
- abaixar (voz)
- calar
French
- s'immerger
- se cacher
- se dissimuler
- s'embusquer
- voix basse
- chut!
1497 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1302 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2703 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1458 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1501 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2272 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
937 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
967 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1393 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1251 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
922 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
521 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
680 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
852 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18241 | Morohashi |
746 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3337 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
844 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
907 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1779 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
378 | 2001 Kanji |
3a12.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-12 | SKIP code |
3516.3 | Four corner code |
1-32-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6f5c | Unicode hex code |
水
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
- 水位 【スイイ】 water level
- 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
- 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water
Kun reading compounds
- 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
- 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
- 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
- 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- agua
Portuguese
- água
French
- eau
14 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
16 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
40 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
144 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2482 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
16 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
68 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
54 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
21 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
21 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
19 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1151 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
10 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
132 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17083 | Morohashi |
10 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3030 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
130 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
137 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
166 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
31 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1142 | 2001 Kanji |
3a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-3 | SKIP code |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
1223.0 | Four corner code |
1-31-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c34 | Unicode hex code |
warship
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1363 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 艦 【カン】 warship
- 艦船 【カンセン】 warships and other vessels, naval vessels
- 駆逐艦 【クチクカン】 destroyer (ship)
- 巡洋艦 【ジュンヨウカン】 cruiser (warship)
Readings
- Korean:
- ham
Spanish
- buque de guerra
Portuguese
- navio de guerra
French
- navire de guerre
1116 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1299 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3881 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
942 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1693 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1665 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1779 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1892 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1598 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1817 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
963 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1893 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30571 | Morohashi |
1435 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1875 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2020 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1938 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
874 | 2001 Kanji |
6c15.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-15 | SKIP code |
1-6-14 | SKIP code |
2841.7 | Four corner code |
1-20-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8266 | Unicode hex code |