458 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
565 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
538 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1356 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
644 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
457 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1540 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
910 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
932 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
448 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
463 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
492 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
305 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
370 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1405 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6987 | Morohashi |
410 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1296 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1393 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1494 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
551 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1388 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 孫 【ソン】 descendant (usu. of a certain generation), lineage, pedigree, grandchild
- 孫悟空 【ソンゴクウ】 Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West), Monkey King, Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
- 愛孫 【アイソン】 one's beloved grandchild
- 外孫 【ガイソン】 grandchild from a daughter married into another family
Kun reading compounds
- 孫 【まご】 grandchild
- 孫子 【まごこ】 children and grandchildren, posterity, descendants
- 初孫 【ういまご】 first grandchild
- 内孫 【ないそん】 child of one's heir
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひ
- Korean:
- son
Spanish
- nieto
- descendientes
Portuguese
- neto
- descendentes
French
- petits-enfants
- descendants
3541 | 2001 Kanji |
2c7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
1-2-7 | SKIP code |
1249.3 | Four corner code |
1-34-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b6b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
465 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 命 【メイ】 order, command, decree, life, destiny, fate
- 命運 【メイウン】 fate, destiny
- 延命 【エンメイ】 keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support
- 十月革命 【ジュウガツカクメイ】 October Revolution
- 命婦 【ミョウブ】 title for high-ranking court ladies
- 延命 【エンメイ】 keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support
- 安心立命 【アンシンリツメイ】 spiritual peace and enlightenment, keeping an unperturbed mind through faith
Kun reading compounds
- 命 【いのち】 life, life force, lifetime, lifespan, most important thing, foundation, core, paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love), fate, destiny, karma
- 命からがら 【いのちからがら】 for dear life, barely escaping alive
- 貴い命 【たっといいのち】 precious life
- 露の命 【つゆのいのち】 life as evanescent as the dew
Readings
- Korean:
- myeong
Spanish
- orden
- mandato
- vida
Portuguese
- destino
- comando
- decreto
- vida
French
- destinée
- destin
- ordre
- décret
- vie
- nommer (à un poste)
519 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
416 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
394 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
388 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
430 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
387 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
411 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
671 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
578 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
587 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
997 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
325 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2553 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1772 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1412 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3473 | Morohashi |
2058 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
767 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1400 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
249 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
316 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2844 | 2001 Kanji |
2a6.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
8062.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
547d | Unicode hex code |
obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion
- On:
- ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
779 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 順 【ジュン】 order, turn, sorting, obedient, docile, submissive, meek
- 順位 【ジュンイ】 order, rank, position (e.g. in a race), precedence
- 打順 【ダジュン】 batting order
- 筆順 【ヒツジュン】 stroke order (esp. of a Chinese character)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あや、 あり、 おき、 おさむ、 しげ、 したがう、 とし、 なお、 のぶ、 のり、 まさ、 むね、 もと、 ゆき、 よし、 より
- Korean:
- sun
Spanish
- orden
- turno
- obedecer
Portuguese
- obedecer
- pedido
- volta
- direita
- docilidade
- ocasião
French
- obéir
- ordre (tour)
- juste
- docilité
- occasion
427 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
534 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
506 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
813 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1450 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
506 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1006 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1532 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
769 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
783 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
952 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1884 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
18 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
9 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
9 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
131 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
43349 | Morohashi |
18 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6619 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
129 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
136 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
589 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1261 | 2001 Kanji |
9a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-11 | SKIP code |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
2108.6 | Four corner code |
1-29-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9806 | Unicode hex code |