| 126 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 20 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 64 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 3 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 188 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 64 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 51 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 342 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 45 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 45 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 24 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 574 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2528 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1752 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1045 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9168 | Morohashi |
| 2035 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1593 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1036 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1114 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 13 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 51 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
- 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
- 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
- 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year
Kun reading compounds
- 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
- 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
- いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
- 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ね
- Korean:
- nyeon
Spanish
- año
- edad
Portuguese
- Ano
French
- année
- compteur d'années
| 2355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 8050.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e74 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 格好 【カッコウ】 shape, form, figure, posture, pose, appearance, state, situation, suitable, fit, reasonable, about
- 格好つける 【カッコウツケル】 to affect a stylish air, to try to look good, to show off
- 丁度 【チョウド】 exactly, precisely, just, right, opportunely, fortunately, just (like), as if, as though
Kun reading compounds
- 恰も 【あたかも】 as if, as it were, as though, right then, just then, at that moment
- 恰も好し 【あたかもよし】 luckily, fortunately
Readings
- Korean:
- heub
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1675 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 804 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 437 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 326 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 10603 | Morohashi |
| 368 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1838 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2281 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2379 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4k6.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 9806.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6070 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
423 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 好 【コウ】 good
- 好意 【コウイ】 kindness, favor, favour, friendliness, goodwill, affection, liking (for someone), love
- 友好 【ユウコウ】 friendship
- 同好 【ドウコウ】 similar tastes
Kun reading compounds
- 好む 【このむ】 to like, to prefer
- 好むと好まざるとにかかわらず 【このむとこのまざるとにかかわらず】 whether one likes it or not
- 好く 【すく】 to like, to love, to be fond of
- 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
- いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
- いい加減 【いいかげん】 irresponsible, perfunctory, careless, lukewarm, half-baked, halfhearted, vague, (already) enough, considerably, quite, rather, pretty
- いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
Readings
- Japanese names:
- こ、 たか、 とし、 よし
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- agradable
- gustar algo
- gustar
- preferir
Portuguese
- apaixonado
- agradável
- gostar
French
- aimer bien
- apprécié
- agréable
| 503 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 859 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 308 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1191 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 882 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 152 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 413 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 104 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 104 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 244 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 432 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 240 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 184 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 100 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6053 | Morohashi |
| 208 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1180 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 103 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 262 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 465 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1747 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4744.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 597d | Unicode hex code |