560 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1521 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1233 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
141 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1491 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1246 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1431 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1538 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1640 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1862 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
517 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2861 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1477 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1987 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1946 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8696P | Morohashi |
2295 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2705 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1927 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2077 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
570 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1588 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 巣窟 【ソウクツ】 den, haunt, hangout, nest, lair
- 巣穴 【スアナ】 nesting hole, burrow, den
- 卵巣 【ランソウ】 ovary
- 病巣 【ビョウソウ】 focus, nidus, lesion
Kun reading compounds
- 巣 【す】 nest, rookery, breeding place, hive, den, haunt, (spider's) web
- 巣食う 【すくう】 to build a nest, to nest, to hang out (of a bad group), to be based (in), to haunt, to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.), to be planted, to luck (in one's heart)
- 古巣 【ふるす】 old haunts, former homes
- 浮き巣 【うきす】 floating nest
- 巣食う 【すくう】 to build a nest, to nest, to hang out (of a bad group), to be based (in), to haunt, to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.), to be planted, to luck (in one's heart)
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- nido
- colmena
- guarida
Portuguese
- ninho
- viveiro
- colméia
- teia
- escondrijo
French
- nid
- colonie (fous)
- ruche
- toile (araignée)
- antre
964 | 2001 Kanji |
3n8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
9090.4 | Four corner code |
3290.4 | Four corner code |
1-33-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5de3 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1797 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 鴨 【かも】 duck, easy mark, sucker, sitting duck
- 鴨居 【かもい】 lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
- いい鴨 【いいかも】 desirable prey, easy game, easy mark, easy prey, easy target
Readings
- Korean:
- ab
Spanish
- pato salvaje
Portuguese
French
1570 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
121 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2489 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1582 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1143 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
46823 | Morohashi |
6955 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2835 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2850 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
11b5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-11 | SKIP code |
6752.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9d28 | 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 |
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 grade 4
JLPT level N3
277 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 置換 【チカン】 substitution, replacement, permutation, substitution, displacement
- 置換可能引数データ 【チカンカノウヒキスウデータ】 replaceable parameter data
- 留置 【リュウチ】 detention (usu. during investigation), imprisonment, poundage, custody
- 倒置 【トウチ】 turning upside down, inversion
Kun reading compounds
- 置く 【おく】 to put, to place, to leave (behind), to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up, to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ, to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.), to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool, to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house, to separate spatially or temporally, to do something in advance, to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おき、 おけ、 き
- Korean:
- chi
Spanish
- poner
- colocar
- situar
Portuguese
- colocação
- por
- colocar
- depositar
- abandonar
- manter
- empregar
- hipotecar
French
- placer
- poser
- déposer
- faire à l'avance
- laisser derrière
- garder
- employer
- gage
469 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
570 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
545 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
322 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3644 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
345 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
831 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2232 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
426 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
432 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
262 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1466 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3222 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1671 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2262 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
840 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
28298 | Morohashi |
2608 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4645 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
832 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
895 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
312 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
610 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3675 | 2001 Kanji |
5g8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-8 | SKIP code |
3-1-12 | SKIP code |
6071.6 | Four corner code |
1-35-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7f6e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
440 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 去年 【キョネン】 last year
- 去就 【キョシュウ】 leaving or staying, (one's) course of action, (one's) position, (one's) attitude
- 消去 【ショウキョ】 erasure, deletion, elimination, clearing, elimination (of variables), extinction
- 国外退去 【コクガイタイキョ】 deportation
- 去年 【キョネン】 last year
- 大過去 【ダイカコ】 past perfect tense, pluperfect
- 不定過去 【フテイカコ】 aorist tense (in Greek), past-perfective tense
Kun reading compounds
- 去る 【さる】 to leave, to go away, to pass, to elapse, to be distant, to send away, to drive off, to divorce, to (do) completely, last ... (e.g. "last April")
- 去る者追わず 【さるものおわず】 do not chase the one who leaves
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- geo
Spanish
- pasado
- ido
- dejar
- abandonar
- partir
Portuguese
- foi
- passado
- deixar
- passar
- eliminar
- divórcio
French
- parti
- passé
- quitter
- s'écouler
- éliminer
- divorce
189 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
276 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
258 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
618 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1051 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
475 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
133 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
266 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
414 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
420 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
309 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
261 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2678 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1364 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1850 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
757 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3070 | Morohashi |
2156 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
665 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
750 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
812 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
496 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
247 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1471 | 2001 Kanji |
3b2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-2 | SKIP code |
4073.1 | Four corner code |
1-21-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53bb | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
- 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
- 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
- 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency
Kun reading compounds
- 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
- 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
- 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ろ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cosa
- hecho
- asunto
- acción
Portuguese
- matéria
- coisa
- fato
- negócios
- razão
- possivelmente
French
- fait
- chose
- matière
- affaire
- raison
- peut-être
230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
293 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
32 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
272 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
73 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
108 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
80 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
80 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
30 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4384 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
241 | Morohashi |
3567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
71 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1240 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
10 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1547 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-8-3 | SKIP code |
5000.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e8b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 件 【ケン】 matter, affair, case, item, subject, counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc., counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
- 件数 【ケンスウ】 number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
- 刑事事件 【ケイジジケン】 criminal case
- 要件 【ヨウケン】 important matter, requirement, requisite, necessary condition, sine qua non
Kun reading compounds
- 件 【くだん】 the aforementioned, the said, (man, incident, etc.) in question, the above-mentioned, the aforesaid, the usual
Readings
- Korean:
- geon
Spanish
- asunto
- caso
Portuguese
- romance
- caso
- matéria
- item
French
- affaire
- cas
- matière
- article
598 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
687 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
660 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
290 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
368 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
485 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
306 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.9 | Japanese for Busy People |
732 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
745 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
482 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
66 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
54 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
35 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
35 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
968 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
410 | Morohashi |
51 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
130 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
959 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1032 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
171 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
657 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2155 | 2001 Kanji |
2a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-4 | SKIP code |
2520.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4ef6 | Unicode hex code |