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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1036 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 津液 【シンエキ】 saliva, spit, spittle, fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)
- 津々 【シンシン】 gushing, overflowing, everlasting, unfailing, endless
- 京津 【ケイシン】 Kyoto-Otsu, Kyoto and Otsu, Kyoto-Settsu, Kyoto and Settsu
- 入津 【ニュウシン】 entering a port
Kun reading compounds
- 津 【つ】 Tsu (city in Mie), harbour, harbor, port, ferry
- 津波 【つなみ】 tsunami, tidal wave
- 大津 【おおつ】 Ōtsu (city in Shiga)
- 秋津 【あきつ】 dragonfly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ず、 ち、 と
- Korean:
- jin
Spanish
- puerto
- transbordador
- desbordado
- inundado
Portuguese
- abrigo
- porto
- balsa
French
- havre
- port
- bac
1434 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
679 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2543 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
975 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1469 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
826 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
668 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
679 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1397 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1188 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
334 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17396 | Morohashi |
390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3122 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
328 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
350 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1275 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
355 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3510.7 | Four corner code |
1-36-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d25 | 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 |
vapor, steam
- On:
- キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
2020 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 汽車 【キシャ】 train (esp. long distance train), steam train
- 汽船 【キセン】 steamship, steamboat, steamer
Readings
- Korean:
- gi, heul
Spanish
- vapor
Portuguese
- vapor
French
- vapeur
60 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
104 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
94 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1732 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2507 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
490 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1459 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
135 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
135 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1491 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1162 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
309 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
198 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
234 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1904 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17177 | Morohashi |
264 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3068 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1886 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2031 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
139 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
356 | 2001 Kanji |
3a4.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
3811.7 | Four corner code |
1-21-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c7d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夏 【カ】 Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
- 夏季 【カキ】 summer season
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 盛夏 【セイカ】 midsummer, height of summer
- 夏 【ゲ】 summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
- 夏至 【ゲシ】 summer solstice
- 一夏 【イチゲ】 one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
- 半夏 【ハンゲ】 crow dipper (Pinellia tuber), 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
Kun reading compounds
- 夏 【なつ】 summer
- 夏季 【かき】 summer season
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 常夏 【とこなつ】 everlasting summer
Readings
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- verano
Portuguese
- verão
French
- été
52 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
88 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
82 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
580 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
58 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
163 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
148 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1161 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
461 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
469 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
97 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
402 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2619 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1339 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1815 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
302 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5720 | Morohashi |
2113 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1120 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
296 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
317 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
188 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3167 | 2001 Kanji |
4i7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
2-7-3 | SKIP code |
1024.7 | Four corner code |
1040.7 | Four corner code |
1-18-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
590f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
203 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 利 【リ】 advantage, benefit, profit, interest
- 利上げ 【リアゲ】 increase in interest rates
- 低利 【テイリ】 low interest rate
- 水利 【スイリ】 utilization of water, water supply, irrigation, water transportation, navigability (e.g. of a river)
Kun reading compounds
- 効く 【きく】 to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for), to work, to function well, to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to, to taste (alcohol), to try
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かが、 と、 とし、 のり、 み、 りい
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- ganancia
- ventaja
- beneficio
- ser efectivo
Portuguese
- lucro
- vantagem
- benefício
French
- profit
- avantage
- bénéfice
528 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
626 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
596 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
219 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
200 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
355 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
436 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
329 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
329 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
248 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
189 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1431 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
757 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1029 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
915 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1932 | Morohashi |
1114 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
466 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
906 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
972 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
180 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
491 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2243 | 2001 Kanji |
5d2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-2 | SKIP code |
2290.0 | Four corner code |
1-45-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5229 | Unicode hex code |
車
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
333 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 車 【シャ】 car, vehicle, van, truck, wagon, lorry, (train) car, carriage
- 車検 【シャケン】 vehicle inspection
- 軽自動車 【ケイジドウシャ】 light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), k-car, kei car
- 台車 【ダイシャ】 platform truck, hand truck, trolley, dolly, cart, truck, bogie
Kun reading compounds
- 車 【くるま】 car, automobile, vehicle, wheel, castor, caster
- 車椅子 【くるまいす】 wheelchair
- 火の車 【ひのくるま】 fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell), desperate financial situation, dire straits
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くら、 くろま
- Korean:
- cha, geo
Spanish
- coche
- vehículo
- rueda
Portuguese
- carro
French
- véhicule
- voiture
88 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
63 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
31 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
162 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4608 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
54 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
91 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
532 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
133 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
133 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
62 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1769 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4367 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2212 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2976 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
292 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38172 | Morohashi |
3552 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5939 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
286 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
304 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
231 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
64 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1555 | 2001 Kanji |
7c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-7-3 | SKIP code |
5000.6 | Four corner code |
1-28-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8eca | Unicode hex code |