501 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
601 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
573 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
265 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
164 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
51 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
445 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
104 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
315 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
315 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
595 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
411 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4271 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2157 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2909 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5835 | Morohashi |
3460 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1136 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
838 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
901 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
220 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
445 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夫妻 【フサイ】 husband and wife, married couple
- 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife
- 継夫 【ケイフ】 second husband
- 炊夫 【スイフ】 male cook
- 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife
- 夫子 【フウシ】 teacher, wise man, sage, master, Confucius, the person concerned, you, he, she
- 一工夫 【ヒトクフウ】 a bit of contrivance, some fiddling, a little ingenuity
- 創意工夫 【ソウイクフウ】 ingenuity, inventiveness, creative originality
- 夫人 【フジン】 wife, Mrs, madam, wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.), consort of the emperor
- 賦役 【フエキ】 slave labour, slave labor, compulsory service, forced labour, forced labor, exacted service
- 大夫 【ダイブ】 high steward, grand master
- 右京大夫 【ウキョウノダイブ】 Ukyō no Daibu (title under the ritsuryō system), high steward
Kun reading compounds
- 夫 【おっと】 husband
- 夫選び 【おっとえらび】 choosing a husband
- DV夫 【ディーブイおっと】 (physically) abusive husband, wife beater
- 元夫 【もとおっと】 ex-husband, former husband
- 其れ其れ 【それぞれ】 each, respectively
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 と、 ゆう、 よ
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- marido
- hombre
- esposo
Portuguese
- marido
- homem
French
- mari
- homme
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.31 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
5003.0 | Four corner code |
1-41-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
592b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
671 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 婦 【フ】 married woman, woman, lady
- 婦女暴行 【フジョボウコウ】 sexual assault (of a woman), rape
- 保健婦 【ホケンフ】 district health nurse, public health nurse
- 老婦 【ロウフ】 old woman
Kun reading compounds
- 嫁 【よめ】 bride, (one's) daughter-in-law, wife
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ね
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- señora
- mujer
- esposa
Portuguese
- dama
- mulher
- esposa
- noiva
French
- femme mariée
- épouse
- dame
- femme
707 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
800 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
779 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
481 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1237 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
313 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
454 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1603 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
316 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
316 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
597 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
448 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
565 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
343 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
426 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1159 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6432P | Morohashi |
469 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1243 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1151 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1234 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
746 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1744 | 2001 Kanji |
3e8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
4742.7 | Four corner code |
1-41-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5a66 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 善 【ゼン】 good, goodness, right, virtue
- 善意 【ゼンイ】 virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides, good faith
- 親善 【シンゼン】 friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity
- 独善 【ドクゼン】 self-righteousness, self-justified
Kun reading compounds
- 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
- 善い行い 【よいおこない】 good deed
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
- 良く 【よく】 nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...
- 善くも 【よくも】 how dare ..., how could ..., surprisingly, unexpectedly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たる、 よし
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- bondad
- virtud
Portuguese
- bom
- virtuoso
- bondade
French
- bien
- bonté
- vertu
831 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
929 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
735 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
643 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
606 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
717 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
415 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1799 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1191 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
676 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
295 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2921 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1501 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1044 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3904 | Morohashi |
2325 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
859 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1035 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
949 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
977 | 2001 Kanji |
2o10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-10 | SKIP code |
2-3-9 | SKIP code |
2-9-3 | SKIP code |
8060.5 | Four corner code |
8060.1 | Four corner code |
1-33-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5584 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 快哉 【カイサイ】 joy, exultation
- 悦哉 【エッサイ】 musket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)
Kun reading compounds
- 哉 【かな】 how!, what!, alas!
- 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
- 果たせるかな 【はたせるかな】 as expected
- 候哉 【そうろうや】 I wonder if ...
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 すけ、 とし、 ちか、 はじめ
- Korean:
- jae
Spanish
- ¿cómo?
- ¿qué?
- exclamación
Portuguese
French
777 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1940 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1006 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2037 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
4084 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2071 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2807 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
3596 | Morohashi |
3294 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
779 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2704 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2741 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4n5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-6-3 | SKIP code |
4-9-4 | SKIP code |
4365.0 | Four corner code |
1-26-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
54c9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N4
404 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 映画館 【エイガカン】 movie theatre, movie theater, cinema
- 映画 【エイガ】 movie, film, motion picture
- 大映 【ダイエイ】 Daiei Motion Picture Company
- 開映 【カイエイ】 beginning of a screening (at a movie theatre), starting a screening
Kun reading compounds
- 映る 【うつる】 to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected, to be displayed (on a screen)
- 映す 【うつす】 to project, to reflect, to cast (shadow)
- 映える 【はえる】 to shine, to glow, to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 え、 てる
- Korean:
- yeong
Spanish
- reflejo
- reflexión
- reflejar
- reflejarse
- proyectarse
- proyectar
Portuguese
- reflitir
- reflexão
- projeção
French
- projection
- refléter
- réflexion
830 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
813 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
234 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2118 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
910 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
187 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
840 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
352 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
353 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
234 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
985 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1104 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
600 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
793 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1758 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13838 | Morohashi |
892 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2448 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1742 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1879 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
368 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
876 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3863 | 2001 Kanji |
4c5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
6503.0 | Four corner code |
1-17-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6620 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
199 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
- 画家 【ガカ】 painter, artist
- 洋画 【ヨウガ】 Western painting, Western film, Western movie
- 邦画 【ホウガ】 Japanese film, Japanese painting
- 画 【カク】 stroke (of a kanji)
- 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
- 参画 【サンカク】 taking part (in planning), participation
- 家族計画 【カゾクケイカク】 family planning
- 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
- 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
- 似顔絵 【ニガオエ】 portrait, likeness, sketch (of a face)
- 影絵 【カゲエ】 shadow picture, silhouette, shadowgraph
Kun reading compounds
- 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
- 画する 【かくする】 to draw (a line), to demarcate, to mark, to divide, to map out, to plan
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa, hoeg
Spanish
- dibujo
- trazo
- puntuar
- interrumpir
Portuguese
- gravura
French
- trait de plume
- dessin
- écran
- compteur de traits de kanji
167 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
91 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
85 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
150 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
50 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
477 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
222 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
991 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
343 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
343 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
235 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
176 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3723 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2586 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1178 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21739P | Morohashi |
3000 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3733 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1170 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1254 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
176 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
155 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3175 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-6 | SKIP code |
1077.2 | Four corner code |
1-18-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
753b | Unicode hex code |