374 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
274 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
256 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
419 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1310 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
546 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1209 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1184 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
721 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
734 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
929 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
482 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2828 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1459 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1042 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7156 | Morohashi |
2274 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1336 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1033 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
353 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
367 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宮 【キュウ】 palace, tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women), zodiacal sign
- 宮中 【キュウチュウ】 imperial court
- 離宮 【リキュウ】 imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace
- 巨蟹宮 【キョカイキュウ】 Cancer (4th zodiacal sign), the Crab
- 宮司 【グウジ】 chief priest
- 宮寺 【グウジ】 Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
- 二宮 【ニグウ】 the Two Ise Shrines
- 東宮 【トウグウ】 crown prince
- 宮内庁 【クナイチョウ】 Imperial Household Agency
- 宮内 【クナイ】 inside the Imperial Palace, Department of the Imperial Household
- 月宮 【ゲッキュウ】 moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
- 夙 【シュク】 outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
- 内宮 【ナイクウ】 Inner Ise Shrine
- 外宮 【ゲクウ】 outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine
Kun reading compounds
- 宮 【みや】 shrine, palace, imperial residence, Imperial prince, Imperial princess, headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc., temple
- 宮家 【みやけ】 house of an imperial prince
- 若宮 【わかみや】 young imperial prince, child of the imperial family, shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine, newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
- 大宮 【おおみや】 imperial palace, shrine, Grand Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child, elderly woman of imperial lineage
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐ、 み
- Korean:
- gung
Spanish
- príncipe
- familia imperial
- santuario
Portuguese
- Templo Shinto
- constelação
- palácio
- princesa
French
- sanctuaire
- constellations
- palais
- princesse
777 | 2001 Kanji |
3m7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-7 | SKIP code |
3060.6 | Four corner code |
1-21-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5bae | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 本 【ホン】 book, volume, script, this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue, main, head, principal, real, genuine, regular, proper, counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
- 本位 【ホンイ】 standard, basis, principle
- 社会資本 【シャカイシホン】 social capital, SOC
- 配本 【ハイホン】 distribution of books
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 本木 【もとき】 original stock
- 大本 【おおもと】 root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
- 旗本 【はたもと】 shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まと、 ごう
- Korean:
- bon
Spanish
- libro
- origen
- base
- contador de cosas alargadas
Portuguese
- livro
- presente
- real
- verdadeiro
- principal
- sufixo p/ contagem De coisas longas
French
- livre
- présent
- essentiel
- origine
- principal
- réalité
- vérité
- compteur d'objets allongés
45 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
76 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
70 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
15 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
96 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
20 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
61 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
212 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
25 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
25 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
37 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1046 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4314 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2937 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
215 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14421 | Morohashi |
3502 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2536 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
211 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
224 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
6 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
47 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1855 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-3 | SKIP code |
5023.0 | Four corner code |
1-43-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
672c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 賢 【ケン】 intelligence, genius, scholarship, virtue
- 賢人 【ケンジン】 wise person, virtuous person, sage, unrefined sake
- 遺賢 【イケン】 able men left out of office
- 聖賢 【セイケン】 saints and sages
Kun reading compounds
- 賢い 【かしこい】 wise, clever, smart, well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かた、 さか、 さと、 さとし、 たか、 たて、 のり、 まこと、 まさ、 まさる
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- inteligente
- sabio
- ingenioso
Portuguese
- sábio
- inteligente
- sabedoria
- inteligência
French
- intelligent
- sage
- sagesse
1221 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1488 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4517 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1072 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
931 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2579 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1288 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1362 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1740 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3518 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1817 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2472 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
860 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36822 | Morohashi |
2839 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5816 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
852 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
915 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1855 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3461 | 2001 Kanji |
7b9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-9-7 | SKIP code |
2-8-7 | SKIP code |
7780.6 | Four corner code |
1-24-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8ce2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
9 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 二 【ニ】 two, 2
- 二院 【ニイン】 the two houses of legislature
- 一二 【イチニ】 the first and second, a few
- 十二 【ジュウニ】 twelve, 12, queen
- 次男 【ジナン】 second son
- 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
- 不二 【フジ】 being two sides of the same coin, being the same (while appearing different), Very sincerely yours, peerless, unparalleled, unparallelled
- 唯一不二 【ユイイツフジ】 one and only, unique
Kun reading compounds
- 二 【に】 two, 2
- 二重 【にじゅう】 double, two-fold, two layers, duplex, diplo-, dipl-, double-edged eyelid, double eyelid, creased eyelid
- 二つ 【ふたつ】 two
- 二つ目 【ふたつめ】 one after next, second
- 再び 【ふたたび】 again, once more, a second time
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おと、 つぐ、 つぎ、 にい、 は、 ふ、 ふたつ、 ふだ、 わ
- Korean:
- i
Spanish
- dos
- 2
Portuguese
- dois
French
- deux
- radical deux (no. 2)
2 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
2 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
61 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
6 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
9 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
4 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
3 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
31 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2421 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1224 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1688 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
247 | Morohashi |
1922 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
72 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
11 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
2 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3072 | 2001 Kanji |
0a2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-1 | SKIP code |
1010.0 | Four corner code |
1-38-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e8c | Unicode hex code |