| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
313 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 供述 【キョウジュツ】 affidavit, deposition, testimony
- 供給 【キョウキュウ】 supply, provision
- 情報提供 【ジョウホウテイキョウ】 provision of information
- 臓器提供 【ゾウキテイキョウ】 organ donation
- 供養 【クヨウ】 memorial service for the dead, holding a service
- 供物 【クモツ】 offering (e.g. to the gods), votive offering
- 節句 【セック】 seasonal festival
- 初節供 【ハツゼック】 baby's first annual festival
- 供花 【キョウカ】 offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.), floral tribute
- 人身御供 【ヒトミゴクウ】 human sacrifice, victim
- 供御 【クゴ】 emperor's meal
- 供祭 【グサイ】 offerings, offerings and worship
- 内供 【ナイグ】 inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
- 応供 【オウグ】 arhat (meritorious person, esp. an epithet of Buddha)
Kun reading compounds
- 供える 【そなえる】 to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate
- 供 【とも】 companion, follower, attendant, retinue
- 共に 【ともに】 together, jointly, at the same time, with, as ..., including, along with, both
- 酒のお供 【さけのおとも】 appetizer or snack served with drinks, accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
Readings
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- ofrecer
- entregar
- expresar
- mencionar
- acompañante
Portuguese
- submeter
- oferecer
- presentear
- servir (refeição)
- acompanhar
French
- présenter
- offrir
- soumettre
- proposer
- accompagner
- servir (plat)
- pluriel cérémonieux
| 760 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 850 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 839 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 456 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 431 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 694 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 315 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 555 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 197 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 197 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 418 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 88 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 98 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 66 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 70 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1813 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 605 | Morohashi |
| 88 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 195 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1796 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1935 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 340 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 861 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2161 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 2428.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f9b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1069 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 騒然 【ソウゼン】 noisy, confused, uproarious
- 騒音 【ソウオン】 noise, din
- 狂躁 【キョウソウ】 mania, wild excitement
- 鼓譟 【コソウ】 motivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries, making an uproar
Kun reading compounds
- 騒ぐ 【さわぐ】 to make noise, to make racket, to be noisy, to rustle, to swoosh, to make merry, to clamor, to clamour, to make a fuss, to kick up a fuss, to lose one's cool, to panic, to act flustered, to feel tense, to be uneasy, to be excited
- 騒がしい 【さわがしい】 noisy, boisterous, turbulent (era, etc.), troubled
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- bullicio
- tumulto
- clamor
- hacer ruido
- hacer bulla
- agitarse
Portuguese
- vociferante
- barulhento
- clamor
- perturbar
- excitar
French
- tapage
- faire du bruit
- clameur
- émeute
- exciter
- déranger
| 1530 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 987 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5221 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1093 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1912 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 875 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 895 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 794 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1921 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2308 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1194 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1630 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2004 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44834P | Morohashi |
| 1835 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6760 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1985 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2139 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1913 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3471 | 2001 Kanji |
| 10a8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-8 | SKIP code |
| 7733.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9a12 | Unicode hex code |
雨
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
950 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雨水 【アマミズ】 rain water, "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
- 雨季 【ウキ】 rainy season
- 集中豪雨 【シュウチュウゴウウ】 local downpour, severe rain fall
- 時雨 【シグレ】 rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter, seasonable rain
Kun reading compounds
- 雨 【あめ】 rain, rainy day, rainy weather, the November suit (in hanafuda)
- 雨降り 【あめふり】 rainfall, rainy weather, rainy, wet
- 五月雨 【さみだれ】 early-summer rain
- 強い雨 【つよいあめ】 heavy rain (specifically 20-29 mm per hour in JMA use)
Readings
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- lluvia
Portuguese
- chuva
French
- pluie
| 42 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 69 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 3 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 655 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5042 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 114 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 97 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 759 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 30 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 30 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 232 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1858 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4378 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2218 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2983 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 429 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42210 | Morohashi |
| 3561 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6518 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 422 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 451 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 76 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3153 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-1 | SKIP code |
| 1022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96e8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 降格 【コウカク】 demotion, relegation, downgrading
- 降雨 【コウウ】 rainfall, rain
- 乗降 【ジョウコウ】 getting on and off, embarking and disembarking
- 投降 【トウコウ】 surrender
- 降三世明王 【ゴウザンゼミョウオウ】 Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja, conqueror of the three worlds
- 降誕会 【ゴウタンエ】 service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8), Buddha's birthday festival
Kun reading compounds
- 降りる 【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
- 下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
- 降る 【ふる】 to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down, to form (of frost), to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in, to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive
- 降り 【ふり】 rainfall, snowfall, alighting, descending
- 降りしきる 【ふりしきる】 to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.), to fall hard, to fall heavily, to pour down
- 下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
- 下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふり、 ふる
- Korean:
- hang, gang
Spanish
- caer
- bajar
- descender
- llover
- rendirse
- desde entonces
- bajarse
Portuguese
- descer
- precipitar
- queda
- rendição
French
- descendre
- pleuvoir
- précipiter
- tomber
- se rendre
| 873 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 863 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 787 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4994 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 887 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 984 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1058 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 947 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 977 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 136 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 731 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 548 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 335 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 414 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1317 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41620 | Morohashi |
| 458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6450 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1308 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1405 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 898 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d7.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 7725.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 964d | Unicode hex code |