32 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
41 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
35 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
178 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1185 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
62 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
42 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
114 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
102 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
102 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
68 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
423 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4226 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2135 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2884 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
99 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6036 | Morohashi |
3418 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1173 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
98 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
102 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
60 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
19 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
女
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 女 【ジョ】 woman, girl, daughter, Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), feminine noun
- 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
- 処女 【ショジョ】 virgin (usu. female), maiden, virgin (e.g. forest), unspoiled by human activity, debut, maiden (e.g. voyage)
- 一女 【イチジョ】 one daughter, eldest daughter, first-born daughter
- 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
- 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
- 老若男女 【ロウニャクナンニョ】 men and women of all ages
- 天女 【テンニョ】 heavenly nymph, celestial maiden, beautiful and kind woman
- 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
- 女官 【ジョカン】 court lady, lady-in-waiting
Kun reading compounds
- 女 【おんな】 woman, female, female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
- 女形 【おんながた】 onnagata, male actor in female kabuki roles, female partner (in a relationship)
- 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
- 囲い女 【かこいおんな】 mistress
- 雌 【め】 female, smaller (of the two), weaker, woman, wife
- 女神 【めがみ】 goddess, female deity
- 早乙女 【さおとめ】 young female rice planter, young girl
- 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おな、 た、 つき、 な
- Korean:
- nyeo, yeo
Spanish
- femenino
- mujer
Portuguese
- mulher
- fêmea
French
- femme
- féminin
1769 | 2001 Kanji |
3e0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
4040.0 | Four corner code |
1-29-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5973 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1474 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 髪 【ハツ】 (a) hair
- 理髪 【リハツ】 haircut
- 毛髪 【モウハツ】 hair
Kun reading compounds
- 髪 【かみ】 hair (on the head)
- 髪型 【かみがた】 hair style, coiffure, hairdo
- 黒髪 【くろかみ】 black hair
- 波打つ髪 【なみうつかみ】 wavy hair
Readings
- Japanese names:
- がた、 ひげ
- Korean:
- bal
Spanish
- pelo
- cabello
Portuguese
- cabelo da cabeça
French
- cheveux
1706 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1344 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5255 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1224 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1018 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1148 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1201 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1359 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1925 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3528 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1821 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2477 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1943 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
45387P | Morohashi |
2846 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6804 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1924 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2074 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1745 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3467 | 2001 Kanji |
3j11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-10-4 | SKIP code |
7244.7 | Four corner code |
1-40-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9aea | Unicode hex code |
毛
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1179 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 毛 【モウ】 one-thousandth, 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun), 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari), 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme), old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
- 毛皮 【ケガワ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
- 不毛 【フモウ】 barren, sterile, infertile, unproductive (e.g. discussion), fruitless
- 再生毛 【サイセイモウ】 recycled wool, reclaimed wool
Kun reading compounds
- 毛 【け】 hair, fur, wool, down, plumage, feathers
- 毛皮 【けがわ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
- お毛毛 【おけけ】 pubic hair
- 猫っ毛 【ねこっけ】 fine, soft hair
Readings
- Japanese names:
- めん、 も
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- pelaje
- vello
- pluma
- cultivo
- producción
Portuguese
- peles
- cabelo
- pena
- abaixo
French
- pilosité
- pelage
- cheveux
- plumage
- duvet
142 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
210 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
521 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2473 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
125 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
661 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
117 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
287 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
287 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
490 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1147 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4264 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1932 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16772 | Morohashi |
3453 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3013 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1913 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2062 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
103 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2256 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.33 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
2071.4 | Four corner code |
1-44-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6bdb | Unicode hex code |
大
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
- 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
- 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman
Kun reading compounds
- 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
- Korean:
- dae, da, tae
Spanish
- grande
- muy
- mucho
Portuguese
- grande
- enorme
French
- grand
22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
53 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
7 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
32 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
40 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
48 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
26 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
26 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
87 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
408 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
108 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5831 | Morohashi |
3416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
5 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
14 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
4003.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5927 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
394 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 象 【ショウ】 form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon
- 将棋 【ショウギ】 shogi, Japanese chess
- 具象 【グショウ】 concreteness, embodiment, expressing concretely
- 抽象 【チュウショウ】 abstraction
- 象 【ゾウ】 elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
- 象牙 【ゾウゲ】 ivory
- アジア象 【アジアゾウ】 Asian elephant, Indian elephant
- 海象 【セイウチ】 walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)
Kun reading compounds
- 象る 【かたどる】 to model (something) on, to be modelled on, to be made in the shape of, to take the shape of, to imitate, to symbolize, to represent
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きさ
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- imagen
- imitar
- forma
- figura
- elefante
Portuguese
- elefante
- modelar
- imitar
- imagem
- forma
- sinal (dos tempos)
French
- éléphant
- modèle
- imiter
- image
- forme
- signe (des temps)
- phénomène
663 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
540 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
533 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
575 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4472 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
809 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
916 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1761 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
739 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
752 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
939 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1718 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2647 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1350 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1831 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1995 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36372 | Morohashi |
2134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5744 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1976 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2130 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
591 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2551 | 2001 Kanji |
2n10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-10 | SKIP code |
2-6-6 | SKIP code |
2723.2 | Four corner code |
1-30-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8c61 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 係争 【ケイソウ】 dispute, contention, conflict, controversy
- 係留 【ケイリュウ】 mooring, anchorage
- 連係 【レンケイ】 connection, linking, linkage, link, liaison, contact, coordination
Kun reading compounds
- 繋ぐ 【つなぐ】 to connect, to link together, to tie, to fasten, to restrain, to maintain, to preserve, to keep, to transfer (phone call), to put a person through, to hedge, to buy or sell forward
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
Portuguese
French
3618 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2959 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3564 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
27940X | Morohashi |
2902 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4573 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2655 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2697 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
6a13.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-11-6 | SKIP code |
2-13-6 | SKIP code |
5790.3 | Four corner code |
1-23-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7e4b | Unicode hex code |