878 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
868 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
860 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1033 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
969 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
422 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.9 | Japanese for Busy People |
558 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
567 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
254 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
341 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3808 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1950 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2644 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
586 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4717 | Morohashi |
3070 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
946 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
579 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
621 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
437 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
851 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
843 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 困惑 【コンワク】 bewilderment, perplexity, embarrassment, discomfiture, bafflement
- 困難 【コンナン】 difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress, infeasibility, inability (to carry out)
- 絶対貧困 【ゼッタイヒンコン】 absolute poverty
- 絶対的貧困 【ゼッタイテキヒンコン】 absolute poverty
Kun reading compounds
- 困る 【こまる】 to be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss, to be stumped, to be embarrassed, to be bothered, to be inconvenienced, to be annoyed, to be badly off, to be hard up, to be in straitened circumstances
Readings
- Korean:
- gon
Spanish
- dificultades
- preocupaciones
- sufrir
- afligirse
- hallarse en apuros
Portuguese
- dúvida
- torna-se angustiado
- aborrecido
- incerteza
- dilema
French
- embarras
- affligé
- ennuyé
1864 | 2001 Kanji |
3s4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-4 | SKIP code |
6090.4 | Four corner code |
1-26-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56f0 | Unicode hex code |
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
623 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 苦 【ク】 pain, anguish, suffering, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, difficulty, hardship, duhkha (suffering)
- 苦境 【クキョウ】 difficult situation, adverse circumstances, predicament, trouble, dilemma, distress
- 生活苦 【セイカツク】 hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money), life's struggles
- 病苦 【ビョウク】 pain of sickness
Kun reading compounds
- 苦しい 【くるしい】 painful, difficult, tough, hard, distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position), straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling, strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched, hard to do, unpleasant
- 苦しい言い訳 【くるしいいいわけ】 lame excuse, poor excuse
- 苦しむ 【くるしむ】 to suffer, to groan, to be worried
- 苦しめる 【くるしめる】 to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt, to harass, to cause (emotional) pain, to afflict, to distress, to bother, to trouble, to stump, to baffle
- 苦い 【にがい】 bitter
- 苦い薬 【にがいくすり】 bitter medicine
- 苦る 【にがる】 to feel bitter, to scowl
Readings
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- sufrimiento
- pena
- doloroso
- penoso
- trabajoso
- amargo
Portuguese
- sofrimento
- experiência
- preocupar
- dificuldade
- sentir- se amargo
- tristeza
French
- souffrir
- peine
- affliction
- souci
- amer
- renfrogné
197 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
283 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
264 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
597 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3928 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
264 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
864 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
687 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
545 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
554 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
342 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
646 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2789 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1433 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1932 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
230 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30797P | Morohashi |
2243 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5009 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
225 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
239 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
344 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
295 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1977 | 2001 Kanji |
3k5.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
4460.4 | Four corner code |
1-22-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
82e6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
860 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 欠 【ケツ】 lack, deficiency, vacancy, absence, non-attendance
- 欠員 【ケツイン】 vacancy, vacant position
- 補欠 【ホケツ】 filling a vacancy, supplementation, substitute, deputy, alternate, spare
- 出欠 【シュッケツ】 attendance or absence
- 欠缺 【ケンケツ】 lacuna, gap where something is lacked
- 欠缺利札 【ケンケツリサツ】 invalid coupon
- 阿毘羅吽欠 【アビラウンケン】 a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)
Kun reading compounds
- 欠ける 【かける】 to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged, to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost, to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in), to wane (of the moon), to go into eclipse
- 欠く 【かく】 to chip, to nick, to break, to crack, to lack
- 欠くことができない 【かくことができない】 indispensable, essential, necessary
Readings
- Korean:
- heum, gam, gyeol
Spanish
- falta
- carestía
- romperse
- agrietarse
- faltar
- carecer
Portuguese
- falta
- intervalo
- falha
French
- manquer
- lacune
- rater
- radical bâillement (no. 76)
597 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
496 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
471 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
968 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2412 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
713 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
647 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
383 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
384 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
659 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1119 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2481 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1255 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1721 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
477 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
15991 | Morohashi |
1987 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2928 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
466 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
505 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
442 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2562 | 2001 Kanji |
4j0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
2780.2 | Four corner code |
1-23-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b20 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乏精子症 【ボウセイシショウ】 oligozoospermia, oligospermia
- 乏尿 【ボウニョウ】 oliguria
- 耐乏 【タイボウ】 austerity, voluntary privation
- 困苦窮乏 【コンクキュウボウ】 hardships and privations
Kun reading compounds
- 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
- 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
Readings
- Korean:
- pib
Spanish
- escaso
- limitado
- pobre
- insuficiente
Portuguese
- privação
- escasso
- limitado
French
- insuffisant
- limité
- indigent
1805 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1587 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
150 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
932 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1029 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
754 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
767 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
860 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
23 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2432 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1228 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1693 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1223 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
133 | Morohashi |
1933 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
46 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1215 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1300 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1017 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2070 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
4-5-4 | SKIP code |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
2-2-1 | SKIP code |
2-1-2 | SKIP code |
2030.7 | Four corner code |
1-43-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e4f | Unicode hex code |