200 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
115 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
104 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
408 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1589 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
223 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
518 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
414 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
395 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
399 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
509 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
615 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1050 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
565 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
749 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1727 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9969 | Morohashi |
846 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1713 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1711 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1847 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
306 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
141 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 形 【ケイ】 form, tense, adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)
- 形式 【ケイシキ】 form (as opposed to substance), format, form, style, manner, formality, form, mode, form, form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)
- 造形 【ゾウケイ】 molding, moulding, shaping, forming, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling
- 体型 【タイケイ】 figure, body shape, build, physique, form, somatotype, biotype, habitus, (type of) physique
- 形相 【ギョウソウ】 look (esp. an angry or upset look), expression
- 奇形 【キケイ】 deformity, malformation, strange shape, unusual shape
- 大仰 【オオギョウ】 exaggerated, overblown, overdone
Kun reading compounds
- 形 【かた】 shape, form, style, security, collateral, obverse of an old zeni coin
- 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
- 借金のカタ 【しゃっきんのカタ】 security for a loan, collateral
- 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
- 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
- 形作る 【かたちづくる】 to form, to shape, to make, to mold, to mould, to build up
- 顔かたち 【かおかたち】 features, looks
- 姿形 【すがたかたち】 appearance, figure, shape, form
- 形 【なり】 style, way, shape, form, appearance, state
- 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance
- 生成り 【きなり】 unbleached cloth, unbleached colour (color), unbleached, undyed
- 鉤状 【かぎなり】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ち
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
- forma
- figura
- tipo
Portuguese
- forma
- formulário
- estilo
French
- forme
- style
3260 | 2001 Kanji |
3j4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-3 | SKIP code |
1242.2 | Four corner code |
1-23-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f62 | Unicode hex code |
status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
- On:
- ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
298 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 状 【ジョウ】 form, shape, appearance, state, condition, circumstances, letter, correspondence
- 状況 【ジョウキョウ】 state of affairs, situation, conditions, circumstances
- 内情 【ナイジョウ】 internal conditions, true state of affairs
- 形状 【ケイジョウ】 shape, form
Readings
- Korean:
- jang, sang
Spanish
- estado
- condición
- circunstancias
- situación
Portuguese
- condicional
- condições
- circunstâncias
- formulário
- aparecimento
French
- état des choses
- conditions
- circonstances
- lettre
- forme
- apparence
818 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
739 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
717 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
414 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2839 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
512 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
727 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
365A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
626 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
636 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
829 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1296 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
322 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
204 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
244 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
244 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
20257 | Morohashi |
272 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3556 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
239 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
254 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
430 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
672 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1263 | 2001 Kanji |
2b5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
3313.4 | Four corner code |
1-30-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
72b6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
146 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 保育 【ホイク】 nurturing, rearing, childcare, day care, nursing, suckling
- 保安 【ホアン】 peace preservation, security, safety
- 留保 【リュウホ】 reserving, withholding
- 生保 【セイホ】 life insurance, livelihood protection, public assistance, welfare
- 保する 【ホスル】 to guarantee
- 保安 【ホウアン】 Hōan era (1120.4.10-1124.4.3)
- 永保 【エイホウ】 Eihō era (1081.2.10-1084.2.7), Eiho era
- 太保 【タイホウ】 Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty), Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
Kun reading compounds
- 保つ 【たもつ】 to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to sustain, to last, to endure, to keep well (food), to wear well, to be durable
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 お、 ぶ、 もり、 やす、 やすし
- Korean:
- bo
Spanish
- garantizar
- mantener
- preservar
- proteger
- apoyar
Portuguese
- proteger garantia
- guarda
- preservar
- sustentar
- apoiar
French
- protéger
- garantir
- garder
- préserver
- conserver
- soutenir
716 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
808 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
787 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
166 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
455 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
351 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
319 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
781 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
489 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
498 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
665 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
102 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
107 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
72 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
77 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1006 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
702 | Morohashi |
96 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
222 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
997 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1072 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
163 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
705 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2164 | 2001 Kanji |
2a7.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-7 | SKIP code |
2629.4 | Four corner code |
1-42-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4fdd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
577 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 存続 【ソンゾク】 continuance, survival, persistence, retention, duration
- 存在 【ソンザイ】 existence, being, presence
- 残存 【ザンゾン】 survival, remaining, being extant, being left
- 共存 【キョウゾン】 coexistence
- 存分 【ゾンブン】 to one's heart's content, as much as one likes, without reserve, freely, to the full
- 存じる 【ゾンジル】 to know, to be aware (of), to be acquainted (with), to think, to consider, to believe, to feel
- 温存 【オンゾン】 preservation, retainment, keeping
- 共存 【キョウゾン】 coexistence
Kun reading compounds
- 永らえる 【ながらえる】 to have a long life, to live a long time
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あり、 まさ
- Korean:
- jon
Spanish
- existir
- proteger
- conocer
- suponer
Portuguese
- supor
- estar atento
- acreditar
- sentir
French
- supposer
- être conscient de
- croire
- sentir
836 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
938 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
926 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
724 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1267 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
405 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
455 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
313 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
269 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
269 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
587 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
458 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3702 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2575 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
691 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6943 | Morohashi |
2982 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1284 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
684 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
739 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
431 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
846 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1447 | 2001 Kanji |
2c3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-4 | SKIP code |
3-3-3 | SKIP code |
3-2-3 | SKIP code |
3-3-2 | SKIP code |
4024.7 | Four corner code |
1-34-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b58 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
- 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
- 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
- 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
- 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
- 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Readings
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- inusual
- extraño
- cambio
- cambiar
- alterar
- modificar
Portuguese
- raro
- mudança
- estranhar
French
- insolite
- étrange
- changer
509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
609 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
581 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
324 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
191 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
443 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
970 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
257 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
257 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2569 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5703 | Morohashi |
2069 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1745 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
254 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
532 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
467 | 2001 Kanji |
2j7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
0040.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5909 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 換金 【カンキン】 realization (of goods into money), conversion (into money), liquidation
- 換気 【カンキ】 ventilation
- 互換 【ゴカン】 interchange, transposition, compatible (e.g. PC)
- 代換 【ダイカン】 hypallage
Kun reading compounds
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
Readings
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- cambio
- intercambio
- intercambiar
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- ser intercambiado
- ser convertido
Portuguese
- trocar
- turno
- carga
- mudar
French
- échanger
- remplacer
- convertir
- change
1105 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
846 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1964 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
957 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
580 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1586 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1693 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
749 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
913 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
716 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
429 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
537 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1052 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
12358 | Morohashi |
587 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2233 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1043 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1122 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1540 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1363 | 2001 Kanji |
3c9.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
5703.4 | Four corner code |
1-20-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
63db | Unicode hex code |