177 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
267 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
248 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
847 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1413 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
687 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
941 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
586 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
595 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
456 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
539 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2777 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1424 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1920 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1668 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8009 | Morohashi |
2236 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1459 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1653 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1782 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
294 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 岸壁 【ガンペキ】 quay, wharf, jetty, wall-like shoreline, cliff wall
- 岸頭 【ガントウ】 shore, wharf
- 護岸 【ゴガン】 river dike
- 対岸 【タイガン】 opposite shore
Kun reading compounds
- 岸 【きし】 bank, coast, shore
- 岸辺 【きしべ】 shore, bank (of a body of water)
- 片岸 【かたぎし】 one bank (of a river)
- 彼の岸 【かのきし】 nirvana
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けし
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- playa
- costa
- orilla
Portuguese
- Praia
French
- côte
- rive
- plage
1255 | 2001 Kanji |
3o5.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
2224.1 | Four corner code |
1-20-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5cb8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
248 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 朝 【チョウ】 dynasty, reign, period, epoch, age, court, North Korea
- 朝刊 【チョウカン】 morning newspaper
- 本朝 【ホンチョウ】 this land, our country, Imperial Court of Japan
- 王朝 【オウチョウ】 dynasty
Kun reading compounds
- 朝 【あさ】 morning, breakfast
- 朝方 【あさがた】 early morning, early hours, early in the morning
- 後の朝 【のちのあした】 the morning after (having slept together)
- 霜朝 【しもあさ】 frosty morning
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あそ、 ささ、 ちか、 とも
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- mañana
- amanecer
- corte imperial
Portuguese
- manhã
- disnastia
- regime
- época
- período
- Coréia do Norte
French
- matin
- dynastie
- régime
- période
- époque
- Corée (Nord)
118 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
191 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
175 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
257 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3788 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
395 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
195 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1672 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
469 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
477 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
91 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1009 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2130 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1114 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1513 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
52 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14374P | Morohashi |
1695 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4838 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
52 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
53 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
217 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
218 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1546 | 2001 Kanji |
4b8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-4 | SKIP code |
4742.0 | Four corner code |
1-36-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
671d | Unicode hex code |
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°)
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) |
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 |