119 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
67 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
58 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
364 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
16 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
78 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
41 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
93 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
141 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
141 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
462 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
410 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4250 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2148 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2898 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
435 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5833 | Morohashi |
3442 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1138 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
428 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
457 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
277 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
34 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
512 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 天 【テン】 sky, heaven, God, svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth), deva (divine being of Buddhism), top (of a book), sole (of a Japanese sandal), beginning, start, tempura, India
- 天下 【テンカ】 the whole world, the whole country, society, the public, supremacy over a nation, government of a country, the ruling power, having one's own way, doing as one pleases, peerless, incomparable, superlative, world-famous, shogun (Edo period)
- 炎天 【エンテン】 blazing heat, scorching sun
- 楽天 【ラクテン】 optimism
Kun reading compounds
- 天津 【あまつ】 heavenly, imperial
- 天津乙女 【あまつおとめ】 celestial maiden
- 天 【あめ】 sky
- 天地 【てんち】 heaven and earth, the universe, the world, nature, land, world, realm, sphere, top and bottom, gods of heaven and earth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あも、 た、 たかし、 て、 なま
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- paraíso
- cielo
- imperial
Portuguese
- paraíso
- ceú
- imperiais
French
- cieux
- ciel
- impérial
3163 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
1043.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5929 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
- 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
- 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
- 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
- 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
- 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
- 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
- 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall
Readings
- Japanese names:
- どま
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- suelo
- tierra
- terreno
- posición
Portuguese
- terra
- chão
French
- sol
- terre
111 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
184 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
167 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
40 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1056 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
143 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
143 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
241 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
118 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
118 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
146 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
367 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
236 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
521 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4890 | Morohashi |
204 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
976 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
515 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
554 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
45 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
130 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1456 | 2001 Kanji |
3b3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-3 | SKIP code |
4411.2 | Four corner code |
1-35-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5730 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
- 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じき
- Korean:
- sig
Spanish
Portuguese
French
955 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1832 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
670 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
507 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
4015 | Morohashi |
552 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
849 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2182 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2298 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3d9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
6803.2 | Four corner code |
1-22-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
55b0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 赤軍 【セキグン】 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Japanese Red Army, JRA
- 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
- 七赤 【シチセキ】 seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
- 日赤 【ニッセキ】 Japanese Red Cross Society (abbr), Nisseki
- 赤銅 【シャクドウ】 shakudo, gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
- 赤銅色 【シャクドウイロ】 brown, tan
Kun reading compounds
- 赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
- 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
- 紅赤 【べにあか】 beniaka, variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh; product of the Kawagoe region, bright red tinged with yellow
- 真赤 【まあか】 bright red, deep red
- 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist
- 赤色 【あかいろ】 red, red color (colour), communism, the left
- 赤らむ 【あからむ】 to become red, to redden, to blush
- 赤らめる 【あからめる】 to blush, to redden
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あこ、 あま
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- rojo
- enrojecer
- enrojecerse
- sonrojarse
Portuguese
- vermelho
French
- rouge
35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
51 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
46 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
476 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
275 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
254 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
443 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
207 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
207 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
46 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1751 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2719 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1389 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36993 | Morohashi |
2193 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5840 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1743 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1880 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
406 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
68 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1441 | 2001 Kanji |
3b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
4023.1 | Four corner code |
4033.1 | Four corner code |
1-32-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8d64 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1037 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 壁 【カベ】 wall, partition, barrier, obstacle, hindrance, difficulty, Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 壁画 【ヘキガ】 fresco, mural, wall painting
- 隔壁 【カクヘキ】 barrier wall, bulkhead, partition, septum, diaphragm
- 内壁 【ナイヘキ】 inner wall
Kun reading compounds
- 壁 【かべ】 wall, partition, barrier, obstacle, hindrance, difficulty, Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 壁掛け 【かべかけ】 wall-mounted ornament, wall decoration, wall hanging, wall-mounted
- 白壁 【しらかべ】 white plaster wall, tofu, bean curd
- 厚い壁 【あついかべ】 hard-to-overcome obstacle, high hurdle, thick wall
Readings
- Korean:
- byeog
Spanish
- muro
- pared
Portuguese
- parede
- forro
- cerca
French
- mur
- paroi (estomac)
- barrière
1780 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1064 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1148 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1369 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
442 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2585 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1489 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1587 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1029 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
366 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3601 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1849 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2515 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1514 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5516 | Morohashi |
2895 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1103 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1500 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1616 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1826 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3772 | 2001 Kanji |
3b13.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-13-3 | SKIP code |
7010.4 | Four corner code |
1-42-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
58c1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
78 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 戦 【セン】 war, battle, match, game, competition
- 戦域 【センイキ】 war area, battlefield, theater, theatre
- 開戦 【カイセン】 outbreak of war, starting a war
- 回戦 【カイセン】 event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc., nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
Kun reading compounds
- 戦 【いくさ】 war, battle, campaign, fight, troops, forces
- 戦場 【せんじょう】 battlefield, battleground
- 負け戦 【まけいくさ】 losing a battle, lost battle, battle one cannot win, battle one is doomed to lose
- 野合戦 【のがっせん】 battle in the open, battle on an open field
- 戦う 【たたかう】 to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against), to compete (against), to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
- 戦く 【おののく】 to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.), to shudder, to tremble
- 戦ぐ 【そよぐ】 to rustle, to sway, to stir, to flutter
- 戦慄く 【わななく】 to tremble, to shiver, to shake
Readings
- Japanese names:
- せ
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- guerra
- batalla
- lucha
- pelear
- batallar
- combatir
- luchar
Portuguese
- guerra
- batalha
- disputa
French
- guerre
- bataille
- match
448 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
555 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
526 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
88 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1810 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
399 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
550 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
301 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
301 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
360 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
839 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2242 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1169 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1590 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1948 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11631P | Morohashi |
1787 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2037 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1929 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2079 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
32 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
608 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
959 | 2001 Kanji |
4n9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-9-4 | SKIP code |
9355.0 | Four corner code |
3355.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6226 | Unicode hex code |