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 |
genius, years old, cubic shaku
- On:
- サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1497 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 才 【サイ】 ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius, sai, traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
- 歳 【サイ】 ... years old, age (of) ...
- 鬼才 【キサイ】 wizard, genius, remarkable talent, exceptional ability
- 英才 【エイサイ】 genius, brilliance, unusual talent, gifted person, person of unusual talent
Readings
- Korean:
- jae
Spanish
- talento
- capacidad
- habilidad
- años de edad
Portuguese
- gênio
- anos antigos
French
- génie
- "(x) ans" (âge)
- shaku cubique (18,04 ml)
217 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
139 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
126 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
639 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
270 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
574 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
553 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
35 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
551 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
560 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
739 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
853 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4218 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2131 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2880 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
688 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11769 | Morohashi |
3410 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2059 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
681 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
736 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
85 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1447 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-3 | SKIP code |
5000.0 | Four corner code |
4020.0 | Four corner code |
1-26-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
624d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1425 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 狂 【キョウ】 (some type of) enthusiast, someone possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
- 狂気 【キョウキ】 madness, insanity
- 酔狂 【スイキョウ】 whim, caprice, vagary, eccentricity
- 躁狂 【ソウキョウ】 frenzy, delirium, wild excitement, mania
Kun reading compounds
- 狂う 【くるう】 to go mad, to lose one's mind, to go crazy, to go insane, to get out of order, to go amiss, to malfunction, to become imprecise, to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.), to fall through, to get mixed up, to go crazy (over someone or something), to get enthusiastic, to go wild
- 狂おしい 【くるおしい】 mad (with grief, love, etc.), crazy, out of one's mind, on the verge of insanity
- 狂おしい 【くるおしい】 mad (with grief, love, etc.), crazy, out of one's mind, on the verge of insanity
Readings
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- locura
- desorden
- enloquecer
- loco
- demente
Portuguese
- lunático
- louco
- insano
- confundir
French
- fou
- aliéné
- insensé
- confusion
1161 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1352 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2872 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
972 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1523 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
366 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
883 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
904 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1513 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1300 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
318 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
202 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
241 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
266 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
20287 | Morohashi |
269 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3562 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
260 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
277 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1141 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2972 | 2001 Kanji |
3g4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
4121.4 | Four corner code |
1-22-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
72c2 | Unicode hex code |
人
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
- 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
- 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
- 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
- 人 【ニン】 counter for people
- 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
- 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
- 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent
Kun reading compounds
- 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
- 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
- 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
- いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- pessoa
French
- être humain
- personne
30 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
39 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
9 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
339 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
4 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
11 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
14 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
1 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
15 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
42 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4175 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2111 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
960 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
344 | Morohashi |
3368 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
99 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
951 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1023 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
2 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
7 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1262 | 2001 Kanji |
2a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-2-4 | SKIP code |
8000.0 | Four corner code |
1-31-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4eba | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紙 【シ】 newspaper
- 紙上 【シジョウ】 on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
- 原稿用紙 【ゲンコウヨウシ】 Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
- 製紙 【セイシ】 papermaking, paper manufacture
Kun reading compounds
- 紙 【かみ】 paper
- 紙芝居 【かみしばい】 kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
- インディア紙 【インディアかみ】 India paper
- 頸上 【くびかみ】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- papel
- periódico
Portuguese
- Papel
French
- papier
85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
148 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
132 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
501 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3510 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1953 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
180 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
180 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
243 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1517 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1654 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27293 | Morohashi |
1302 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4455 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1829 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1971 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
456 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
194 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2756 | 2001 Kanji |
6a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-4 | SKIP code |
2294.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d19 | 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 |
heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
193 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 重 【ジュウ】 jūbako, multi-tiered food box, heavy, serious, extreme, -fold, -ply
- 重圧 【ジュウアツ】 strong pressure, heavy pressure
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
- 重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
Kun reading compounds
- 重 【え】 -fold, -ply
- 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
- 九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 重い 【おもい】 heavy, weighty, heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy, slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy, important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave, serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical, solid, established, dignified, sensible
- 重い腰を上げる 【おもいこしをあげる】 to get off one's backside, to bestir oneself
- 重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker
- 重ねる 【かさねる】 to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another, to repeat many times over, to go through repeatedly, to accumulate
- 重なる 【かさなる】 to be piled up, to lie on top of one another, to come one after another, to happen over and over, to pile up (e.g. stress), to accumulate, to overlap (each other), to occur at the same time, to happen simultaneously
- 主 【おも】 chief, main, principal, important, main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
- 重き 【おもき】 importance, emphasis, stress
- 身重 【みおも】 pregnant
- 気重 【きおも】 heavy-hearted
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さね、 しげ、 しげる
- Korean:
- jung
Spanish
- pesado
- importante
- apilar
- amontonar
Portuguese
- pesado
- empilhar
- pilha de caixas
- -dobrar
French
- lourd
- empiler
- entasser
- s'emboîter
- - couches
245 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
326 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
311 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
155 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
224 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
161 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
266 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1017 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
227 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
227 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
115 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1802 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4390 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2991 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1691 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40132 | Morohashi |
3573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6207 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1675 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1805 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
136 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
330 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2272 | 2001 Kanji |
0a9.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-9-2 | SKIP code |
2-1-8 | SKIP code |
2010.4 | Four corner code |
1-29-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
91cd | Unicode hex code |