1816 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1556 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1483 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1105 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
500 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1105 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1157 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1279 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
569 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
693 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
416 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
522 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
415 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8972 | Morohashi |
568 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1573 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
408 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
436 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1525 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1742 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帽 【ボウ】 hat, cap
- 帽子 【ボウシ】 hat, cap
- 水泳帽 【スイエイボウ】 swimming or bathing cap
- 海水帽 【カイスイボウ】 bathing cap, swimcap
Readings
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- sombrero
- gorra
- tocado
Portuguese
- boné
- chapéu
French
- casquette
- couvre-chef
1679 | 2001 Kanji |
3f9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
4626.0 | Four corner code |
1-43-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e3d | 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
337 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 収穫 【シュウカク】 harvest, crop, ingathering, fruits (of one's labors), gain, result, returns, catch (fishing), bag (hunting), haul
- 収益 【シュウエキ】 earnings, proceeds, returns, revenue
- 徴収 【チョウシュウ】 collection (of fees, taxes, etc.), levy
- 増収 【ゾウシュウ】 increase in yield
Kun reading compounds
- 収める 【おさめる】 to put (into), to put away (in), to put back (in), to keep (in), to store (in), to restore (to its place), to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.), to contain, to publish (in), to capture (on film), to achieve (results, success, etc.), to obtain, to get, to gain, to win, to make (a profit), to pay (fees, taxes, etc.), to deliver, to supply, to accept (a gift or money), to keep (within a limit), to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.), to dedicate, to subdue, to suppress, to settle, to finish, to conclude, to wind up, to bring to a close
- 収まる 【おさまる】 to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.), to be contained within, to fall within (e.g. a budget), to settle down (into), to be installed (in one's rightful place), to be returned (to one's original position), to settle into (one's position), to take up (a post), to occupy (a role), to be delivered, to be paid (e.g. taxes), to be settled (dispute, conflict, etc.), to be sorted, to subside (e.g. wind), to calm down, to abate, to be satisfied (e.g. with an answer), to consent, to agree
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のぶ
Spanish
- ingresar
- obtener
- recibir
- almacenar
- aceptar
- ser obtenido
- ser pagado
Portuguese
- renda
- obter
- colheita
- pagamento
- oferta
- loja
French
- fournir
- obtenir
- payer
- récolter
- revenu
- réserve
631 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
898 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
703 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
411 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
860 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
721 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
392 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
133 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
757 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
770 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
828 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
265 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
31 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
17 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
16 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1524 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3128 | Morohashi |
198 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
675 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1510 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1628 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
831 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1267 | 2001 Kanji |
2h2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-2 | SKIP code |
2774.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53ce | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
210 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 集 【シュウ】 collection, compilation
- 集荷 【シュウカ】 collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.), cargo booking
- 句集 【クシュウ】 collection of haiku poems
- 歌集 【カシュウ】 collection of waka poems, anthology, songbook
Kun reading compounds
- 集まる 【あつまる】 to gather, to collect, to assemble
- 集める 【あつめる】 to collect, to assemble, to gather
- 集う 【つどう】 to meet, to assemble, to congregate
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あつまり、 ず
- Korean:
- jib
Spanish
- reunir
- coleccionar
- reunirse
Portuguese
- juntar
- reunião
- congregar
- enxame
- bando
French
- rassembler
- réunir
- collection
- grouiller
- attroupement
243 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
324 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
309 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
168 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5031 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
279 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
272 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1779 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
436 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
442 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
224 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1851 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3445 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1772 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2413 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
566 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41974 | Morohashi |
2771 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6500 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
559 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
601 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
224 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
399 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2464 | 2001 Kanji |
8c4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-8-4 | SKIP code |
2090.4 | Four corner code |
1-29-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
96c6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1425 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 狂 【キョウ】 (some type of) enthusiast, someone possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
- 狂気 【キョウキ】 madness, insanity
- 酔狂 【スイキョウ】 whim, caprice, vagary, eccentricity
- 躁狂 【ソウキョウ】 frenzy, delirium, wild excitement, mania
Kun reading compounds
- 狂う 【くるう】 to go mad, to lose one's mind, to go crazy, to go insane, to get out of order, to go amiss, to malfunction, to become imprecise, to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.), to fall through, to get mixed up, to go crazy (over someone or something), to get enthusiastic, to go wild
- 狂おしい 【くるおしい】 mad (with grief, love, etc.), crazy, out of one's mind, on the verge of insanity
- 狂おしい 【くるおしい】 mad (with grief, love, etc.), crazy, out of one's mind, on the verge of insanity
Readings
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- locura
- desorden
- enloquecer
- loco
- demente
Portuguese
- lunático
- louco
- insano
- confundir
French
- fou
- aliéné
- insensé
- confusion
1161 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1352 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2872 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
972 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1523 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
366 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
883 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
904 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1513 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1300 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
318 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
202 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
241 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
266 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
20287 | Morohashi |
269 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3562 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
260 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
277 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1141 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2972 | 2001 Kanji |
3g4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
4121.4 | Four corner code |
1-22-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
72c2 | 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 |