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
- 竺学 【ジクガク】 Indian studies, Buddhist studies
- 天竺 【テンジク】 India, cotton sheeting, foreign, imported, ultra-spicy, extra hot
- 唐天竺 【カラテンジク】 China and India, far away
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あつし
- Korean:
- chug, dog
Spanish
Portuguese
French
3367 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
729 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3248 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2280 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
25842 | Morohashi |
4247 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2642 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2684 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
6f2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-2 | SKIP code |
8810.1 | Four corner code |
1-28-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7afa | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2446 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 【タイ】 sea bream (esp. Pagrus major), porgy
- 鯛車 【たいぐるま】 traditional sea bream-shaped toy car
- 青武鯛 【あおぶたい】 Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
- 腐っても鯛 【くさってもたい】 a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond, quality is quality, an old eagle is better than a young crow, even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- pargo
- palometa
- besugo
Portuguese
French
5305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1971 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
2832 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2272 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2360 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1213 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1660 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
46226P | Morohashi |
1881 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6884 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2812 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2827 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
11a8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-11-8 | SKIP code |
2732.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9bdb | Unicode hex code |