| 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 4
JLPT level N2
1388 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 孫 【ソン】 descendant (usu. of a certain generation), lineage, pedigree, grandchild
- 孫悟空 【ソンゴクウ】 Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West), Monkey King, Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
- 愛孫 【アイソン】 one's beloved grandchild
- 外孫 【ガイソン】 grandchild from a daughter married into another family
Kun reading compounds
- 孫 【まご】 grandchild
- 孫子 【まごこ】 children and grandchildren, posterity, descendants
- 初孫 【ういまご】 first grandchild
- 内孫 【ないそん】 child of one's heir
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひ
- Korean:
- son
Spanish
- nieto
- descendientes
Portuguese
- neto
- descendentes
French
- petits-enfants
- descendants
| 458 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 565 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 538 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1356 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 644 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 457 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1540 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 910 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 932 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 448 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 463 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 492 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 305 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 370 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1405 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6987 | Morohashi |
| 410 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1296 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1393 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1494 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 551 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3541 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 1249.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b6b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 降格 【コウカク】 demotion, relegation, downgrading
- 降雨 【コウウ】 rainfall, rain
- 乗降 【ジョウコウ】 getting on and off, embarking and disembarking
- 投降 【トウコウ】 surrender
- 降三世明王 【ゴウザンゼミョウオウ】 Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja, conqueror of the three worlds
- 降誕会 【ゴウタンエ】 service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8), Buddha's birthday festival
Kun reading compounds
- 降りる 【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
- 下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
- 降る 【ふる】 to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down, to form (of frost), to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in, to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive
- 降り 【ふり】 rainfall, snowfall, alighting, descending
- 降りしきる 【ふりしきる】 to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.), to fall hard, to fall heavily, to pour down
- 下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
- 下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふり、 ふる
- Korean:
- hang, gang
Spanish
- caer
- bajar
- descender
- llover
- rendirse
- desde entonces
- bajarse
Portuguese
- descer
- precipitar
- queda
- rendição
French
- descendre
- pleuvoir
- précipiter
- tomber
- se rendre
| 873 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 863 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 787 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4994 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 887 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 984 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1058 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 947 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 977 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 136 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 731 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 548 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 335 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 414 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1317 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41620 | Morohashi |
| 458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6450 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1308 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1405 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 898 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d7.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 7725.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 964d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
722 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 臨界 【リンカイ】 boundary, (nuclear) criticality, critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
- 臨海 【リンカイ】 coastal, seaside, oceanfront, maritime
- 意臨 【イリン】 copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy), copying freely
- 形臨 【ケイリン】 copying calligraphy from a model
Kun reading compounds
- 臨む 【のぞむ】 to look out on, to overlook, to front onto, to face (a situation, crisis, etc.), to meet (e.g. death), to be confronted by, to deal with (an issue), to attend (e.g. a function), to appear (e.g. in court), to be present at, to go to (e.g. a place), to take part in, to participate, to join
Readings
- Japanese names:
- み
- Korean:
- rim
Spanish
- asistir
- encontrar
- encarar
- enfrentarse
- confrontar
Portuguese
- considerar
- enfrentar
- reunião
- confrontar
- coparecer
- invocar
French
- faire face à
- rencontrer
- affronter
- assister à
- passer voir
- se rendre sur place
- exceptionnel
| 880 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 1004 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 994 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 897 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3840 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 783 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1683 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 836 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 855 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1229 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1806 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2059 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1083 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1470 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 862 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30087 | Morohashi |
| 1630 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4899 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 854 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 918 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1004 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3477 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2t15.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-11 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-11 | SKIP code |
| 7876.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81e8 | Unicode hex code |