1570 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
933 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1575 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1099 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1272 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1880 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1539 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1641 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
590 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
613 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
697 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
418 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
524 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1950 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9836P | Morohashi |
572 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1699 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1931 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2081 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1529 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
853 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弾 【ダン】 counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.), counter for bullets
- 弾圧 【ダンアツ】 oppression, suppression, pressure
- 防弾 【ボウダン】 bulletproof, bombproof
- 砲弾 【ホウダン】 shell, cannonball
- 弾棋 【ダンギ】 ancient Chinese board game similar to go
- 弾指 【ダンシ】 snapping the fingers (esp. by striking the side of the middle finger with the thumb; to indicate consent, joy, a warning, etc.), moment, instant, criticism, shunning, rejection
Kun reading compounds
- 弾く 【ひく】 to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
- 弾む 【はずむ】 to spring, to bound, to bounce, to be stimulated, to be encouraged, to get lively, to pay handsomely, to splurge, to part eagerly with (money, etc.), to breathe hard, to pant, to be out of breath
- 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
- 弾傷 【たまきず】 bullet wound, gunshot wound
- 弾く 【はじく】 to flip, to snap, to flick, to repel, to use (an abacus), to calculate, to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
- 弾ける 【はじける】 to burst open, to split open, to pop, to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor), to bounce, to bound
- 弾正台 【だんじょうだい】 Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871), Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryō system)
Readings
- Korean:
- tan
Spanish
- bala
- pelota
- chasquido
- golpe seco
- chasquear
- tocar (piano
- guitarra
- etc.)
Portuguese
- Bala (arma)
- fanhoso
- sacudidela
- estalo
French
- boulet
- rebond
- chiquenaude
- vibration
3555 | 2001 Kanji |
3h9.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
1925.6 | Four corner code |
1-35-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f3e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
685 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 返 【ヘン】 reply, answer
- 遍 【ヘン】 number of times
- 代返 【ダイヘン】 answer a roll call for another
- 往返 【オウヘン】 round trip
Kun reading compounds
- 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely
Readings
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- regresar
- devolver
Portuguese
- retornar
- responder
- desvanecer
- pagar
French
- rendre
- répondre
- s'estomper
- rembourser
316 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
412 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
389 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
586 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4670 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
307 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
950 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
442 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
448 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
184 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
681 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3797 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1940 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2633 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
733 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38758P | Morohashi |
3060 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6020 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
782 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
477 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
289 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3367 | 2001 Kanji |
2q4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-4 | SKIP code |
3130.4 | Four corner code |
1-42-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8fd4 | Unicode hex code |