4 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
4 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
26 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
18 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1025 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
6 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
35 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
188 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
6 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
6 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
4 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
335 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3778 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1928 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2620 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
4 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4682 | Morohashi |
3044 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
938 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
4 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
4 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
114 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
37 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
47 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 四 【シ】 four, 4
- 4月 【シガツ】 April, fourth month in the lunar calendar
- 十四 【ジュウシ】 fourteen, 14
- 炭素14 【タンソジュウシ】 carbon-14
Kun reading compounds
- 四 【し】 four, 4
- 四畳半 【よじょうはん】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
- 四つ 【よっつ】 four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips
- 四つ角 【よつかど】 four corners, crossroads, intersecting street, street corner
- 四つ 【よっつ】 four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips
- 四つの自由 【よっつのじゆう】 the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
- 四 【し】 four, 4
- 40 【よんじゅう】 forty, 40
- 十四 【じゅうし】 fourteen, 14
- 軽四 【けいよん】 four-wheeled light vehicle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 つ、 よつ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cuatro
- 4
Portuguese
- quatro
French
- quatre
3675 | 2001 Kanji |
3s2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-2 | SKIP code |
4-5-1 | SKIP code |
6021.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56db | 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 |
九
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
55 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 九 【キュウ】 nine, 9
- 九州 【キュウシュウ】 Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
- 十九 【ジュウキュウ】 nineteen, 19
- 29 【ニジュウキュウ】 29, twenty nine, 5am
- 九 【キュウ】 nine, 9
- 9月 【クガツ】 September, ninth month of the lunar calendar
- 九九 【クク】 multiplication table, times table
- 第九 【ダイク】 ninth, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Kun reading compounds
- 九 【きゅう】 nine, 9
- 九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 九つ 【ここのつ】 nine, nine years of age, twelve o'clock (old time system)
- 九つ時 【ここのつどき】 (approx.) twelve o'clock (am or pm, old time system), noon, midnight
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いちじく、 いちのく、 この、 ひさし
- Korean:
- gu, gyu
Spanish
- nueve
- 9
Portuguese
- nove
French
- neuf
9 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
9 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
12 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
58 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
146 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
11 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
8 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
16 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
11 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
11 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
9 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
26 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4176 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2112 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2858 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
9 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
167 | Morohashi |
3369 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
57 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
9 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
9 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
112 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
5 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1657 | 2001 Kanji |
0a2.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-2-4 | SKIP code |
4001.7 | Four corner code |
1-22-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e5d | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 防塞 【ボウサイ】 fort, defensive position
- 鹿砦 【ロクサイ】 abatis
Kun reading compounds
- 砦 【とりで】 fort, fortress, stronghold, fortification
Readings
- Korean:
- chae
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1331 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
7298 | Morohashi |
1357 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
3m11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-11 | SKIP code |
3090.4 | Four corner code |
1-60-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5be8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黄色 【キイロ】 yellow, amber
- 黄昏 【タソガレ】 dusk, twilight, twilight years, melancholia, melancholic nostalgia
- 玄黄 【ゲンコウ】 black and yellow silk (offered to gods), heaven and earth
- 天地玄黄 【テンチゲンコウ】 heaven is black and earth is yellow, heaven and earth
- 黄金時代 【オウゴンジダイ】 golden age
- 黄金 【オウゴン】 gold (Au), golden, prosperous, excellent, superb, money (esp. ōban coin), cash
- 卵黄 【ランオウ】 egg yolk
- 六フッ化硫黄 【ロクフッカイオウ】 sulfur hexafluoride, SF6
Kun reading compounds
- 黄 【き】 yellow
- 黄色 【きいろ】 yellow, amber
- 海気 【かいき】 sea air, sea breeze, ocean and atmosphere, type of yarn-dyed silk goods
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うい、 れい
- Korean:
- hwang
Spanish
- amarillo
Portuguese
- amarelo
French
- jaune
214 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
120 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1063 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5399 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
469 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1021 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1499 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
780 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
794 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
993 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1939 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3116 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1596 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2177 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1766 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
47926P | Morohashi |
2468 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7045 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1750 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1887 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
203 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1961 | 2001 Kanji |
3k8.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-7 | SKIP code |
2-9-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
4480.6 | Four corner code |
1-18-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ec4 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
1734 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 竜 【リュウ】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
- 竜王 【リュウオウ】 Dragon King, promoted rook
- 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 応竜 【オウリュウ】 Yinglong, dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology
- 竜 【リュウ】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
- 竜駕 【リョウガ】 imperial carriage
- 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 蛟竜 【コウリョウ】 mizuchi, aquatic, dragon-like beast with four feet, horns and poisonous breath, unfulfilled genius, dormant talent
Kun reading compounds
- 竜 【りゅう】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
- 竜巻 【たつまき】 tornado, whirlwind, waterspout, twister
Readings
- Japanese names:
- りゅ
- Korean:
- ryong, rong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2265 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1600 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
48818 | Morohashi |
1801 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7103 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2981 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2985 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
5b5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-9-7 | SKIP code |
0121.1 | Four corner code |
1-46-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9f8d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 空 【クウ】 empty air, sky, shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon), emptiness, air force, fruitlessness, meaninglessness, void (one of the five elements), empty (e.g. set)
- 空域 【クウイキ】 airspace
- 領空 【リョウクウ】 territorial airspace
- 防空 【ボウクウ】 air defense, air defence
Kun reading compounds
- 空 【そら】 sky, the air, the heavens, weather, far-off place, distant place, state of mind, feeling, (from) memory, (by) heart, falsehood, lie, somehow, vaguely, fake
- 空模様 【そらもよう】 look of the sky, weather
- 定めなき空 【さだめなきそら】 changeable weather
- 晴れた空 【はれたそら】 clear sky, cloudless sky
- 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
- 空き 【あき】 space, room, gap, emptiness, vacancy, opening, empty seat, free time, time to spare, disuse, unused thing
- 空き缶 【あきかん】 empty can
- 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
- 空 【から】 emptiness, being empty, not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed, dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere
- 空手 【からて】 karate, being empty-handed, having nothing in one's hands
- もぬけの殻 【もぬけのから】 completely empty (of a residence, etc.), vacant, deserted, body from which the soul has left, corpse, shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
- 空く 【すく】 to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty, to be hungry
- 空かす 【すかす】 to feel hungry, to get hungry
- 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うつ、 き、 く
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- cielo
- atmósfera
- vacío
- vacante
- quedarse vacío
- vaciar
Portuguese
- esvaziar
- ceú
- desocupado
- vazio
- vácuo
French
- vide
- ciel
- vacant
- creux
65 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
66 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
15 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
233 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3317 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
184 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
77 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
723 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
140 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
140 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
461 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1452 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2767 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1418 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1913 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1327 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25415 | Morohashi |
2227 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4192 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1317 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1414 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
304 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
73 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
772 | 2001 Kanji |
3m5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
3010.1 | Four corner code |
1-22-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7a7a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
495 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 港 【コウ】 harbour
- 港内 【コウナイ】 inside the harbour, inside the harbor
- 漁港 【ギョコウ】 fishing harbour, fishing harbor
- 海港 【カイコウ】 port, seaport
Kun reading compounds
- 港 【みなと】 harbour, harbor, port
- 港区 【みなとく】 Minato City (special ward of Tokyo), Minato Ward (Osaka), Minato Ward (Nagoya)
Readings
- Korean:
- hang, gang
Spanish
- puerto
- portuario
Portuguese
- Porto (navios)
French
- port
397 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
296 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
280 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
445 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2630 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
337 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
698 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1583 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
669 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
680 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
909 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1221 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
737 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
440 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
552 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1818 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17783P | Morohashi |
605 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3242 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1800 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1940 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
397 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
356 | 2001 Kanji |
3a9.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
3411.7 | Four corner code |
1-25-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6e2f | Unicode hex code |