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 3
JLPT level N4
144 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 安価 【アンカ】 low-priced, cheap, inexpensive, shallow (e.g. sympathy), superficial, cheap (e.g. government)
- 安易 【アンイ】 easy, simple, easygoing, lighthearted, simplistic, irresponsible, careless, quick (to do)
- 平安 【ヘイアン】 peace, tranquility, tranquillity, Heian period (794-1185)
- 慰安 【イアン】 solace, relaxation
Kun reading compounds
- 安い 【やすい】 cheap, inexpensive, calm, peaceful, quiet
- 休まる 【やすまる】 to be rested, to feel at ease, to repose, to be relieved
- 安 【やす】 cheap, rash, thoughtless, careless, indiscreet, frivolous
- 安上がり 【やすあがり】 cheap, economical
- 目安 【めやす】 criterion, standard, yardstick, reference, aim, rough estimate, approximation
- 最安 【さいやす】 cheapest, least expensive, lowest-price
- 安らか 【やすらか】 peaceful, tranquil, calm, restful
- 安らかにお眠りください 【やすらかにおねむりください】 rest in peace, requiescat in pace, RIP
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あす、 あず、 あっ、 や
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- barato
- tranquilo
- pacífico
Portuguese
- relaxar
- calmo
- baixo
- barato
- descansado
- pacífico
- satisfeito
French
- paisible
- calme
- tranquille
- pas cher
- reposant
- satisfait
153 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
242 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
223 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
128 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1283 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
98 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
45 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
472 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
105 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
105 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
84 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
464 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2695 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1373 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1859 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
193 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7072 | Morohashi |
2171 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1311 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
190 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
202 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
165 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
263 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
769 | 2001 Kanji |
3m3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
3040.4 | Four corner code |
1-16-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b89 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 沈着 【チンチャク】 composure, calmness, self-possession, presence of mind, depositing (at the bottom), deposition, accumulation, adherence
- 沈下 【チンカ】 sinking, subsidence
- 浮沈 【フチン】 floating and sinking, rise and fall, ebb and flow, ups and downs
- 撃沈 【ゲキチン】 (attacking and) sinking (a ship), sending (a ship) to the bottom
- 沈香 【ジンコウ】 agarwood, aloeswood, gharuwood, eaglewood, agalloch, agallochum, aquilaria tree, lign aloes
- 沈香も焚かず屁も放らず 【ジンコウモタカズヘモヒラズ】 having few faults as well as few virtues, not burning agarwood (incense); not passing wind
Kun reading compounds
- 沈む 【しずむ】 to sink, to go under, to submerge, to go down (e.g. sun), to set, to descend, to feel depressed, to become subdued, to become somber
- 沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬あり 【しずむせあればうかぶせあり】 life has its ups and downs, he who falls today may rise tomorrow
- 沈める 【しずめる】 to sink (e.g. a ship), to submerge, to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair), to floor (an opponent)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しん
- Korean:
- chim, sim
Spanish
- hundido
- sumergido
- deprimido
- desanimado
- hundirse
- sumergirse
- deprimirse
- desanimarse
Portuguese
- afundar
- submergir
- abaixar
- deprimir-se
- aloés
French
- couler
- être submergé
- s'enfoncer
- être déprimé
- aloès
1601 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1319 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2508 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1097 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
668 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
399 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
936 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
964 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1129 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1166 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
306 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
231 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1906 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17189 | Morohashi |
261 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3069 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1888 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2033 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1139 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
357 | 2001 Kanji |
3a4.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
3411.2 | Four corner code |
1-36-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c88 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1385 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 没 【ボツ】 death, rejection (of a manuscript, etc.), lacking, without
- 没後 【ボツゴ】 after death, posthumously
- 戦没 【センボツ】 death in battle, killed in action
- 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
- 没薬 【モツヤク】 myrrh
Readings
- Korean:
- mol
Spanish
- hundirse
- ocultarse
- morir
- perecer
- perder
- penetrar
- rechazar
- excluir
Portuguese
- afogar
- afundar
- esconder
- cair na mãos de
- desaparecer
- evaporar
French
- sombrer
- couler
- cacher
- immersion
- disparaître
- mourir
1823 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1579 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2506 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1075 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1461 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
935 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
963 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1130 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1167 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
305 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
194 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
714 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17233 | Morohashi |
260 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3066 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
707 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
763 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
368 | 2001 Kanji |
3a4.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
3714.7 | Four corner code |
1-43-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6ca1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
- 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
- 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
- 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency
Kun reading compounds
- 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
- 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
- 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ろ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cosa
- hecho
- asunto
- acción
Portuguese
- matéria
- coisa
- fato
- negócios
- razão
- possivelmente
French
- fait
- chose
- matière
- affaire
- raison
- peut-être
230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
293 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
32 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
272 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
73 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
108 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
80 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
80 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
30 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4384 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
241 | Morohashi |
3567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
71 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1240 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
10 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1547 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-8-3 | SKIP code |
5000.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e8b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 件 【ケン】 matter, affair, case, item, subject, counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc., counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
- 件数 【ケンスウ】 number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
- 刑事事件 【ケイジジケン】 criminal case
- 要件 【ヨウケン】 important matter, requirement, requisite, necessary condition, sine qua non
Kun reading compounds
- 件 【くだん】 the aforementioned, the said, (man, incident, etc.) in question, the above-mentioned, the aforesaid, the usual
Readings
- Korean:
- geon
Spanish
- asunto
- caso
Portuguese
- romance
- caso
- matéria
- item
French
- affaire
- cas
- matière
- article
598 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
687 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
660 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
290 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
368 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
485 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
306 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.9 | Japanese for Busy People |
732 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
745 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
482 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
66 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
54 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
35 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
35 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
968 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
410 | Morohashi |
51 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
130 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
959 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1032 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
171 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
657 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2155 | 2001 Kanji |
2a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-4 | SKIP code |
2520.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4ef6 | Unicode hex code |