24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
27 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
36 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
63 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1355 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
33 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
46 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
21 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
27 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
27 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
88 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
511 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
7 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
106 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7473 | Morohashi |
7 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
126 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
15 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
小
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
- 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
- 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
- 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium
Kun reading compounds
- 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
- 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
Portuguese
- Pequeno
- pouco
French
- petit
1141 | 2001 Kanji |
3n0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-2 | SKIP code |
9000.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c0f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夜 【ヤ】 counter for nights
- 夜間 【ヤカン】 night, nighttime
- 同夜 【ドウヤ】 the same night, that night
- 通夜 【ツヤ】 all-night vigil over a body, wake
Kun reading compounds
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜明け 【よあけ】 dawn, daybreak
- 毎夜 【まいよ】 every evening, every night
- 短夜 【みじかよ】 short summer night
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜ご飯 【よるごはん】 dinner, evening meal
- 御寝 【およる】 sleep, rest
- 銀河鉄道の夜 【ぎんがてつどうのよる】 Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa), Milky Way Railroad
Readings
- Korean:
- ya
Spanish
- noche
- tarde
Portuguese
- noite
- à noite
French
- nuit
- soirée
144 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
232 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
212 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
298 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
336 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
766 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
471 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
479 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
93 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
406 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2550 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1301 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1770 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1046 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5763 | Morohashi |
2056 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1037 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1115 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
318 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
169 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
467 | 2001 Kanji |
2j6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
3-4-4 | SKIP code |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
591c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1279 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鳴管 【メイカン】 syrinx (part of a bird), lower larynx
- 鳴禽 【メイキン】 songbird, oscine
- 百家争鳴 【ヒャッカソウメイ】 let a hundred schools of thought contend
- 蛙鳴 【アメイ】 frog calling
Kun reading compounds
- 鳴く 【なく】 to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp, to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
- 鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす 【なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす】 empty vessels make the most noise, the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada
- 鳴る 【なる】 to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
- 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
- 鳴らす 【ならす】 to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose), to snap (fingers), to crack (joints), to be popular, to be esteemed, to be reputed, to state, to insist, to complain, to fart (loudly)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なり、 なる
- Korean:
- myeong
Spanish
- emitir sonido (animal)
- sonido
- sonar
- hacer sonar
Portuguese
- gorjeio
- choro
- latido
- som
- argola
- eco
- buzina
French
- gazouiller
- crier
- aboyer
- pousser son cri (animal)
- sonner
- écho
- cacarder
321 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
209 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1186 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
983 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
864 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1019 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2065 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
925 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
948 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
487 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1935 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
481 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
616 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1961 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
46672 | Morohashi |
674 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6939 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1942 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2092 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
235 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3750 | 2001 Kanji |
3d11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-11 | SKIP code |
6702.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9cf4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1043 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鶏肉 【トリニク】 chicken meat, fowl, poultry, bird meat
- 鳥獣 【チョウジュウ】 birds and wild animals, wildlife
- 海鳥 【ウミドリ】 sea bird
- 愛鳥 【アイチョウ】 pet bird
Kun reading compounds
- 鳥 【とり】 bird, bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry
- 鳥居 【とりい】 torii (Shinto shrine archway)
- 焼き鳥 【やきとり】 yakitori, chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer, grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow), failing to win a single hand during a half-game
- 花鶏 【あとり】 brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 と、 とっ
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- pájaro
- ave
Portuguese
- Pássaro
- sufixo para nomes de pássaros.
French
- oiseau
- poulet
117 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
190 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
174 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
932 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5340 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
182 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
283 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1521 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
285 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
285 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
486 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1934 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4105 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2083 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2822 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1960 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
46634 | Morohashi |
3312 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6931 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1941 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2091 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
210 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
850 | 2001 Kanji |
11b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-7-4 | SKIP code |
4-11-4 | SKIP code |
2732.7 | Four corner code |
1-36-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ce5 | Unicode hex code |