269 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
181 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
164 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
343 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1172 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
508 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
151 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
105 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
629 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
639 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
124 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
409 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2673 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1360 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
121 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5834 | Morohashi |
2152 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1137 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
120 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
126 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
257 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
98 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
- 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
- 太太 【タイタイ】 wife
- 馬太 【マタイ】 Matthew (the Apostle)
- 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
- 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
- 羽太 【ハタ】 sea basses, groupers
- 赤羽太 【アカハタ】 blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
Kun reading compounds
- 太い 【ふとい】 fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious
- 太藺 【ふとい】 softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
- 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 たか、 ひろ
- Korean:
- tae
Spanish
- grande
- gordo
- grueso
- engordar
Portuguese
- gordo
- grande
- espesso
French
- gras
- dodu
- gros
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
4003.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
592a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
943 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夢中 【ムチュウ】 absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to, forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium, within a dream, while dreaming
- 夢想 【ムソウ】 dream, vision, reverie
- 同床異夢 【ドウショウイム】 cohabiting but living in different worlds
- 怪夢 【カイム】 strange dream
Kun reading compounds
- 夢 【ゆめ】 dream
- 夢にも 【ゆめにも】 (not) in the slightest, (not) at all
- 初夢 【はつゆめ】 first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck), dream on the night of setsubun
- 逆夢 【さかゆめ】 a dream which is contradicted by reality
- 夢見る 【ゆめみる】 to dream (of)
Readings
- Korean:
- mong
Spanish
- sueño
- visión
- ilusión
Portuguese
- sonho
- visão
- ilusão
French
- rêve
- vision
- illusion
816 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1844 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
969 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4028 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1425 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
444 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1990 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
811 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
830 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
800 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
407 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2939 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1510 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2046 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
311 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5801P | Morohashi |
2336 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1131 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
305 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
327 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
783 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1960 | 2001 Kanji |
3k10.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-10 | SKIP code |
2-8-5 | SKIP code |
4420.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5922 | Unicode hex code |
幻
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1564 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 幻想 【ゲンソウ】 fantasy, illusion, vision, dream
- 幻覚 【ゲンカク】 hallucination, illusion
- 変幻 【ヘンゲン】 transformation
- 夢幻 【ムゲン】 dreams, fantasy, visions
Kun reading compounds
- 幻 【まぼろし】 phantom, vision, illusion, apparition, something fleeting, short-lived dream, fabled item, mythical thing, very rare thing
- 幻を追う 【まぼろしをおう】 to pursue an illusion, to pursue a fantasy, to pursue phantoms
- 夢幻 【むげん】 dreams, fantasy, visions
Readings
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- visión
- espejismo
- ilusión
- aparición
Portuguese
- fantasma
- visão
- sonho
- ilusão
- aparição
French
- chimère
- fantôme
- fantasme
- vision
- rêve
- illusion
- apparition
1226 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1550 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1494 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1691 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1255 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
261 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1227 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1291 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1814 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
577 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
206 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
132 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
159 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1880 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9190 | Morohashi |
180 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1598 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1862 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2006 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1030 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2753 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-1 | SKIP code |
2772.0 | Four corner code |
1-24-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e7b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
14 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 三 【サン】 three, 3
- 三 【サン】 three
- 十三 【ジュウサン】 thirteen, 13, king
- 七三 【シチサン】 7 or 3 ratio, hair parted on one side
- 四三 【シソウ】 one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand, three and a four (in dice games)
Kun reading compounds
- 三 【さん】 three, 3
- 三十日 【みそか】 last day of the month
- 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
- 三つ折り 【みつおり】 threefold, folded in three
- 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
- 3つの密 【みっつのみつ】 three Cs, three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 さ、 さい、 さえ、 さぶ、 ざ、 ざえ、 ざぶ、 そう、 ぞ、 ただ、 みつ、 みん、 も、 や
- Korean:
- sam
Spanish
- tres
- 3
Portuguese
- três
French
- trois
3 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
3 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
23 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
10 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
8 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
3 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
4 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
22 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
4 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
4 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
5 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2423 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1225 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1689 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
3 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
12 | Morohashi |
1924 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
8 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
3 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
3 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
21 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
10 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3072 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-2 | SKIP code |
1010.1 | Four corner code |
1-27-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e09 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣士 【ケンシ】 swordsman, swordswoman, fencer
- 銃剣 【ジュウケン】 bayonet, guns and swords
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
Kun reading compounds
- 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣の舞 【つるぎのまい】 Sabre Dance
- 月の剣 【つきのつるぎ】 new moon, crescent moon
- 草薙の剣 【くさなぎのつるぎ】 Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword
Readings
- Korean:
- geom
Spanish
- sable
- espada
- hoja de espada
Portuguese
- sabre
- espada
- lâmina
- ponteiro de relógio
French
- sabre
- épée
- lame
- aiguille de montre
1214 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1248 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
696 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1436 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1095 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1151 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
879 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
900 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
791 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
198 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2104 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1096 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1493 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1687 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2076 | Morohashi |
1672 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
498 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1671 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1801 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1310 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2843 | 2001 Kanji |
2f8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-2 | SKIP code |
8250.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5263 | Unicode hex code |
士
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 士 【シ】 man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member
- 士官 【シカン】 officer
- 飛行士 【ヒコウシ】 pilot
- 公認会計士 【コウニンカイケイシ】 certified public accountant
Kun reading compounds
- 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
- 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 ま
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- caballero
- samurai
- hombre
Portuguese
- cavalheiro
- samurai
French
- gentilhomme
- samouraï
- radical samouraï (no. 33)
410 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
521 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
494 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
301 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1160 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
59 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1173 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
41 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
572 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
581 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
755 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
393 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4213 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2129 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2877 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
325 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5638 | Morohashi |
3405 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1117 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
319 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
341 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
386 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
441 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1472 | 2001 Kanji |
3p0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-2 | SKIP code |
4010.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
58eb | Unicode hex code |