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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 秤量 【ヒョウリョウ】 measuring weight, weighing, maximum weight (on a scale)
- 天秤 【テンビン】 (balance) scales, carrying pole, shoulder pole, milkmaid's yoke, thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine), spreader bar
- 化学天秤 【カガクテンビン】 chemical balance
Kun reading compounds
- 秤 【はかり】 scales, weighing machine
- 秤にかける 【はかりにかける】 to weigh on a scale, to weigh up options, to compare pros and cons
- 直示はかり 【ちょくじはかり】 direct-reading balance, direct-reading scales
- ばね秤 【ばねばかり】 spring balance, spring scale, pull tension gauge
Readings
- Korean:
- ching
Spanish
Portuguese
French
3275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1488 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1072 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
24993X | Morohashi |
4134 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2604 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2650 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
5d5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-5 | SKIP code |
2194.9 | Four corner code |
1-39-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
79e4 | Unicode hex code |
rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
- On:
- ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1455 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棒 【ボウ】 pole, rod, stick, baton, line, dash, spoken monotonously
- 棒状 【ボウジョウ】 cylinder or rod-shaped
- 用心棒 【ヨウジンボウ】 bodyguard, bouncer, (security) guard, bar (on a door), bolt, stick or pole used for self-defence
- 指揮棒 【シキボウ】 conductor's stick, conductor's baton
Readings
- Korean:
- bong, bang
Spanish
- barra
- vara
- bastón
- palo
- sin variación
- invariable
Portuguese
- vara
- pau
- poste
- bastão
- ramo
French
- bâton
- baguette
- canne
- barre
- perche
- massue
- ligne
987 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
975 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1424 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2302 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1121 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
636 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1623 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1543 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1645 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
988 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1105 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1237 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
671 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1589 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14929 | Morohashi |
983 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2750 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1575 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1697 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
956 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1855 | 2001 Kanji |
4a8.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-8 | SKIP code |
4595.3 | Four corner code |
1-43-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
68d2 | Unicode hex code |