192 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
111 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
100 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
112 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1571 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
332 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
170 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1878 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
217 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
217 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
111 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
611 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
574 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
349 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
432 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1243 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9815 | Morohashi |
475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1695 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1235 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1321 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
133 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
201 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
112 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 強 【キョウ】 a little over, a little more than, strength, the strong, powerhouse, one of the biggest, one of the most powerful, -upper (seismic intensity)
- 強化 【キョウカ】 strengthening, intensifying, reinforcement, enhancement, solidification, reinforcement
- 列強 【レッキョウ】 major powers of the world, great powers
- 屈強 【クッキョウ】 robust, brawny, muscular, strong, sturdy
- 強盗 【ゴウトウ】 robber, mugger, robbery, burglary
- 強引 【ゴウイン】 overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed
Kun reading compounds
- 強い 【つよい】 strong, potent, competent, domineering, tough, strong, brawny, powerful, healthy, rugged, good (at), skilled, knowledgeable, being able to handle, know how to deal (with), durable (against), resistant (to), resilient, firm, rigid, solid, intense, strong, fierce, high, dependable, trustworthy
- 強い雨 【つよいあめ】 heavy rain (specifically 20-29 mm per hour in JMA use)
- 強まる 【つよまる】 to get strong, to gain strength
- 強める 【つよめる】 to strengthen, to emphasize, to emphasise
- 強いる 【しいる】 to force, to compel, to coerce, to press, to impose
- 強い 【こわい】 tough, stiff, hard, inflexible, obstinate, stubborn, tired, worn out
- 強飯 【こわめし】 glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions), mochi rice with red beans
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すね
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
- fuerte
- coacción
- poderoso
- obligar
- forzar
- coaccionar
Portuguese
- Forte
- poderoso
- forçar
French
- fort
3571 | 2001 Kanji |
3h8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
1323.6 | Four corner code |
1-22-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f37 | Unicode hex code |
inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
45 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 相 【ソウ】 aspect, appearance, look, physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune), aspect, phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
- 相違 【ソウイ】 difference, discrepancy, variation
- 実相 【ジッソウ】 reality, real state of affairs, true state of affairs, true form of all things as they are, ultimate reality
- 世相 【セソウ】 social conditions, phase of life, (sign of) the times, state of society
- 相 【ショウ】 minister (of a government department)
- 相伴 【ショウバン】 partaking, participating, taking part in, sharing (something with someone)
- 厚相 【コウショウ】 Welfare Minister
- 宰相 【サイショウ】 prime minister, premier, chancellor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 い、 おう、 さ、 さが、 すけ
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- apariencia
- aspecto
- fase
- ministro de estado
- conjuntamente
- mutuamente
Portuguese
- inter-
- mútuo
- juntamente
- mutuamente
- ministro de estado
- conselheiro
- aspecto
- face
- fisionomia
French
- inter-
- mutuel
- ensemble
- ministre
- aspect
- phase
- physionomie
452 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
348 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
530 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
66 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2241 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
97 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
759 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
868 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
146 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
146 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
391 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1383 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1120 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
609 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
808 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
213 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23151 | Morohashi |
900 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3920 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
209 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
222 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
111 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
334 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1879 | 2001 Kanji |
4a5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
4690.0 | Four corner code |
1-33-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
76f8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
70 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 関 【カン】 barrier, gate
- 関係 【カンケイ】 relation, relationship, connection, participation, involvement, concern, influence, effect, sexual relations, sexual relationship, related to, connected to
- 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
- 通関 【ツウカン】 customs clearance
Kun reading compounds
- 関 【せき】 barrier, gate, seki, mutual life
- 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
- 霞ヶ関 【かすみがせき】 Kasumigaseki, district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located, government ministries (of Japan), Japanese government bureaucracy
- 関わる 【かかわる】 to be affected, to be influenced, to be concerned with, to have to do with, to stick to (opinions)
- 覗き機関 【のぞきからくり】 peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
- 水機関 【みずからくり】 puppet powered by (falling) water, water-powered contrivance, show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwan, wan
Spanish
- barrera
- puerta
- relación
- mecanismo
- valla
Portuguese
- conexão
- obstáculo
- passagem
- emvolver
- concernente
French
- relation
- barrière
- lien
- rapport
- concerner
365 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
467 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
444 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4958 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
289 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
982 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2245 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
398 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
402 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
446 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1844 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4129 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2099 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2842 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2036 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41297 | Morohashi |
3328 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2017 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
84 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
614 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3863 | 2001 Kanji |
8e6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-8-6 | SKIP code |
7743.0 | Four corner code |
1-20-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
95a2 | Unicode hex code |
electricity
- On:
- デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
268 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 電化 【デンカ】 electrification
- 電圧 【デンアツ】 voltage
- 送電 【ソウデン】 transmission of electricity, electricity supply, power supply
- 配電 【ハイデン】 distribution of electricity
Readings
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- electricidad
- eléctrico
Portuguese
- eletricidade
French
- électricité
286 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
197 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
180 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
125 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5050 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
222 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
98 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2025 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
108 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
108 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
61 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1862 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3465 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1784 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2431 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
541 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
42253 | Morohashi |
2790 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
535 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
574 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
332 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
228 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3156 | 2001 Kanji |
8d5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-8-5 | SKIP code |
1071.6 | Four corner code |
1-37-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
96fb | 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 |
lineage, system
- On:
- ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
567 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 系 【ケイ】 system, lineage, group, corollary, system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period), (taxonomical) series
- 系統 【ケイトウ】 system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)
- 日系 【ニッケイ】 (of) Japanese descent, non-Japanese of Japanese descent, nikkeijin, company, etc. set up with Japanese capital, company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
- 水系 【スイケイ】 water system, river system, drainage system
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- sistema
- conexión
- relación
- linaje
Portuguese
- linhagem
- sistema
French
- lignée
- système
765 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
855 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
844 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
786 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
195 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
634 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1617 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
977 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
908 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
930 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
449 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1504 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2443 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1236 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1403 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27223 | Morohashi |
1944 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4433 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1391 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1492 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
849 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2241 | 2001 Kanji |
6a1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-6 | SKIP code |
4-7-4 | SKIP code |
2-4-3 | SKIP code |
2090.3 | Four corner code |
1-23-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7cfb | Unicode hex code |