22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
53 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
7 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
32 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
40 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
48 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
26 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
26 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
87 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
408 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
108 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5831 | Morohashi |
3416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
5 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
14 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
大
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
- 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
- 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 負荷増大 【フカゾウタイ】 load increase
- 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman
Kun reading compounds
- 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
- Korean:
- dae, da, tae
Spanish
- grande
- muy
- mucho
Portuguese
- grande
- enorme
French
- grand
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
4003.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5927 | Unicode hex code |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
- 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
- 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
- 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
- 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
- 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Kun reading compounds
- 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
- 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 やの、 やん
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
38 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
58 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
24 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
60 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
21 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
48 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
89 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
34 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
34 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
100 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
535 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3658 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
775 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7869 | Morohashi |
2940 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
768 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
148 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
17 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1276 | 2001 Kanji |
3o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-1 | SKIP code |
4-3-2 | SKIP code |
2277.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c71 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1279 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鳴管 【メイカン】 syrinx (part of a bird), lower larynx
- 鳴禽 【メイキン】 songbird, oscine
- 百家争鳴 【ヒャッカソウメイ】 let a hundred schools of thought contend
- 蛙鳴 【アメイ】 frog calling
Kun reading compounds
- 鳴く 【なく】 to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp, to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
- 鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす 【なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす】 empty vessels make the most noise, the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada
- 鳴る 【なる】 to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
- 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
- 鳴らす 【ならす】 to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose), to snap (fingers), to crack (joints), to be popular, to be esteemed, to be reputed, to state, to insist, to complain, to fart (loudly)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なり、 なる
- Korean:
- myeong
Spanish
- emitir sonido (animal)
- sonido
- sonar
- hacer sonar
Portuguese
- gorjeio
- choro
- latido
- som
- argola
- eco
- buzina
French
- gazouiller
- crier
- aboyer
- pousser son cri (animal)
- sonner
- écho
- cacarder
321 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
209 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1186 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
983 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
864 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1019 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2065 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
925 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
948 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
487 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1935 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
481 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
616 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1961 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
46672 | Morohashi |
674 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6939 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1942 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2092 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
235 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3750 | 2001 Kanji |
3d11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-11 | SKIP code |
6702.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9cf4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
73 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 動 【ドウ】 motion
- 動員 【ドウイン】 mobilization, mobilisation
- 人事異動 【ジンジイドウ】 personnel change, personnel shift, reshuffle, (annual) staff reassignment
- 異動 【イドウ】 (personnel) change, transfer, relocation, reassignment, reshuffle
Kun reading compounds
- 動く 【うごく】 to move, to stir, to shift, to shake, to swing, to operate, to run, to go, to work, to make a move, to take action, to act, to go into action, to be touched, to be influenced, to change, to vary, to fluctuate, to waver, to be transferred
- 動く歩道 【うごくほどう】 moving walkway, moving sidewalk, travelator
- 動かす 【うごかす】 to move, to shift, to stir, to budge, to change position, to inspire, to rouse, to move (e.g. feeling), to influence, to change, to alter, to deny, to operate, to set in motion, to get going, to mobilize (e.g. troops), to mobilise, to deploy, to manage (e.g. funds)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- るぎ
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- mover
- movimiento
- moverse
- trasladar
Portuguese
- mover
- movimento
- mudança
- jáfusão
- trocar
- agitar
French
- bouger
- mouvement
- changement
- confusion
- secouer
296 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
384 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
362 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
86 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
730 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
169 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
130 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
231 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
231 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
64 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
221 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2232 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1583 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1692 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2390 | Morohashi |
1778 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
549 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1676 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1806 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
47 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
385 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2245 | 2001 Kanji |
2g9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-9-2 | SKIP code |
2412.7 | Four corner code |
1-38-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
52d5 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鼠疫 【ソエキ】 plague, pest
- 鼠害 【ソガイ】 damage by rats or mice
- 海鼠 【ナマコ】 sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
- 飛鼠 【ヒソ】 bat (animal)
Kun reading compounds
- 鼠 【ねずみ】 mouse, rat, dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)
- 鼠穴 【ねずみあな】 rathole, mousehole
- 藍鼠 【あいねずみ】 indigo-tinged grey (gray)
- 臭鼠 【においねずみ】 muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
- 鼠 【ねずみ】 mouse, rat, dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)
- 鼠子 【ねずこ】 Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)
- 藍鼠 【あいねずみ】 indigo-tinged grey (gray)
- 梅鼠 【うめねず】 grayish pink, rose grey
Readings
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- ratón
- rata
Portuguese
French
5417 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2430 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3340 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
48390 | Morohashi |
2693 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7078 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2065 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2856 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
0a13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-7 | SKIP code |
2-5-7 | SKIP code |
7771.7 | Four corner code |
1-33-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9f20 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
- 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
- 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
- 1対1 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
- 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
- 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
- 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
- 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation
Kun reading compounds
- 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
- 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
- Korean:
- il
Spanish
- uno
- 1
Portuguese
- um
French
- un
- radical un (no. 1)
1 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
1 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
4 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
2 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4148 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2105 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2850 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1 | Morohashi |
3341 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
1 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3072 | 2001 Kanji |
0a1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-1-4 | SKIP code |
1000.0 | Four corner code |
1-16-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e00 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 匹偶 【ヒツグウ】 pair, couple (husband and wife), friend, comrade
- 馬匹 【バヒツ】 horses
Kun reading compounds
- 匹 【ひき】 counter for small animals, counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size), counter for horses, roll of cloth
- 二匹 【にひき】 two small animals
Readings
- Korean:
- pil, mog
Spanish
- una persona
- confrontar
- equilibrar
- contador de animales
- contador de largo de telas
Portuguese
- igual
- cabeça
- sufixo para contagem de para pequenos animais
- rolo de pano
French
- égal
- tête
- compteur de petits animaux
- rouleau de tissu (= 2 tan = ~19m)
1736 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1595 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
756 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1120 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
379 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
187 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1500 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1599 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1203 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
234 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3680 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1878 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2558 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1711 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2673 | Morohashi |
2962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
584 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1695 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1025 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3475 | 2001 Kanji |
2t2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-2 | SKIP code |
7171.1 | Four corner code |
1-41-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5339 | Unicode hex code |