211 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
127 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
114 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
311 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1499 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
303 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
164 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
316 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
694 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
707 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
113 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
581 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3769 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2613 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
747 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9224P | Morohashi |
3035 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1604 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
739 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
799 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
389 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
108 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
263 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 広告 【コウコク】 advertisement, advertising, announcement, notice
- 広域 【コウイキ】 wide area, wide view (of a digitally displayed map), zoomed-out view
- 曠々 【コウコウ】 extensive, spacious
Kun reading compounds
- 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide
- 広い支持 【ひろいしじ】 broad support, wide-ranging support
- 広まる 【ひろまる】 to spread, to be propagated
- 広める 【ひろめる】 to spread, to propagate, to popularize, to disseminate, to broaden, to extend, to widen, to enlarge
- 広がる 【ひろがる】 to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)
- 広げる 【ひろげる】 to spread, to extend, to expand, to enlarge, to widen, to broaden, to unfold, to open, to unroll, to unwrap, to scatter about, to spread around, to make flourish, to cause to prosper
Readings
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- amplio
- ancho
- espacioso
- ensancharse
- ensanchar
- extenderse
- extender
Portuguese
- largo
- vasto
- espaçoso
French
- vaste
- large
- spacieux
571 | 2001 Kanji |
3q2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-2 | SKIP code |
0023.2 | Four corner code |
1-25-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e83 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1036 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 津液 【シンエキ】 saliva, spit, spittle, fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)
- 津々 【シンシン】 gushing, overflowing, everlasting, unfailing, endless
- 京津 【ケイシン】 Kyoto-Otsu, Kyoto and Otsu, Kyoto-Settsu, Kyoto and Settsu
- 入津 【ニュウシン】 entering a port
Kun reading compounds
- 津 【つ】 Tsu (city in Mie), harbour, harbor, port, ferry
- 津波 【つなみ】 tsunami, tidal wave
- 大津 【おおつ】 Ōtsu (city in Shiga)
- 秋津 【あきつ】 dragonfly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ず、 ち、 と
- Korean:
- jin
Spanish
- puerto
- transbordador
- desbordado
- inundado
Portuguese
- abrigo
- porto
- balsa
French
- havre
- port
- bac
1434 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
679 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2543 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
975 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1469 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
826 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
668 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
679 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1397 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1188 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
334 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17396 | Morohashi |
390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3122 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
328 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
350 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1275 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
355 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3510.7 | Four corner code |
1-36-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d25 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柳 【リュウ】 Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 柳暗花明 【リュウアンカメイ】 beautiful scenery of spring, red-light district
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 花柳 【カリュウ】 red-light district
Kun reading compounds
- 柳 【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 柳刃包丁 【やなぎばぼうちょう】 kitchen knife for sashimi
- 青柳 【あおやぎ】 green willow (i.e. one that has budded), meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
- 化粧柳 【けしょうやなぎ】 chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なぎ、 や、 やい、 やぎ、 やな、 やない
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- sauce
- mimbre
Portuguese
- salgueiro
French
- saule
1898 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2233 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1471 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1427 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1105 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1871 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2032 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1854 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1086 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1115 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
607 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
803 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1434 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14662 | Morohashi |
899 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2629 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1421 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1525 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1272 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1844 | 2001 Kanji |
4a5.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
4792.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
67f3 | Unicode hex code |
wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained
- On:
- ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1508 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 浪 【ロウ】 person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
- 浪人 【ロウニン】 ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination, person out of work, jobless person, wanderer, drifter
- 放浪 【ホウロウ】 wandering, roaming, drifting
- 1浪 【イチロウ】 failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なに、 なみ
- Korean:
- rang
Spanish
- ola
- onda
- ondulación
- fluctuación
- divagación
- vagar
- inutilidad
Portuguese
- vagabundando
- ondas
- vagas
French
- ondes
- vagues
- flots
1937 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1445 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2570 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1197 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1475 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1339 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1753 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1877 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1398 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1202 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
527 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
323 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
398 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1482 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17482 | Morohashi |
439 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3155 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1470 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1580 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1362 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
365 | 2001 Kanji |
3a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
3313.2 | Four corner code |
1-47-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d6a | Unicode hex code |