28 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
32 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
42 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1827 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
37 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
54 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
118 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
57 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
57 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
170 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
847 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4267 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
644 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11768 | Morohashi |
3456 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
637 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
687 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
57 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
30 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
手
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
60 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 手術 【シュジュツ】 surgery, operation, procedure, skill with one's hands, sleight of hand
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
- 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
- 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.), excellent move
- 交際上手 【コウサイジョウズ】 good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer
- 処世上手 【ショセイジョウズ】 knowing how to get on in the world, knowing the secret of success in life
Kun reading compounds
- 手 【て】 hand, arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle, hand, worker, help, trouble, care, effort, means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship, hand, handwriting, kind, type, sort, one's hands, one's possession, ability to cope, hand (of cards), direction, move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- 手足 【てあし】 hands and feet, limbs, person at one's beck and call, person at hand, reliable worker
- 逆手 【ぎゃくて】 underhand grip, backhand grip (e.g. in tennis), unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
- 担い手 【にないて】 bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge, supporter
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- mano
Portuguese
- mão
French
- main
2247 | 2001 Kanji |
3c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
2050.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
624b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
141 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 続 【ゾク】 continuation, sequel
- 続出 【ゾクシュツ】 appearing one after another, cropping up one after another, occurring in succession
- 断続 【ダンゾク】 intermittence, being intermittent, occurring intermittently
- 持続 【ジゾク】 continuation, persisting, lasting, sustaining, enduring
- 続 【ゾク】 continuation, sequel
- 続日本紀 【ショクニホンギ】 Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Kun reading compounds
- 続く 【つづく】 to continue, to last, to go on, to continue (without a break), to be unbroken, to occur again and again, to lead to, to connect to, to adjoin, to come after, to follow, to succeed, to rank next to, to hold out, to keep, to last
- 続ける 【つづける】 to continue, to keep up, to keep on
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つぐ
- Korean:
- sog
Spanish
- continuación
- serie
- secuela
- continuar
- seguir
Portuguese
- continuar
- série
- sequela
- sequência
French
- continuer
- série
- suite
456 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
563 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
536 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
214 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3544 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
548 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
821 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2334 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
243 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
243 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
211 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1539 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1722 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1244 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1357 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27533 | Morohashi |
1362 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4500 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1345 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1445 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
400 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
609 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2757 | 2001 Kanji |
6a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-7 | SKIP code |
2491.2 | Four corner code |
1-34-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d9a | Unicode hex code |
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
24 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 分化 【ブンカ】 specialization, specialisation, differentiation
- 応分 【オウブン】 according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable
- 細分 【サイブン】 subdivision (into small parts)
- 分 【フン】 minute (unit of time), fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
- 分別 【フンベツ】 discretion, prudence, good sense, judgement, judgment, wisdom, discernment
- 毎分 【マイフン】 every minute, per minute
- 壊変毎分 【カイヘンマイフン】 disintegration per minute, dpm
- 分 【ブ】 one-tenth, one percent (one-tenth of a wari), 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun), 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes), 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale), one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency), thickness, advantageous circumstances, one-tenth of a monme of silver
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 一分 【イチブ】 one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryō (an old coin)
- 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Kun reading compounds
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 分け 【わけ】 division, splitting, classification, sharing, distribution, draw, tie
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 追分 【おいわけ】 forked road
- 分かれる 【わかれる】 to branch, to fork, to diverge, to separate, to split, to divide, to disperse, to scatter
- 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!
- 分かつ 【わかつ】 to divide, to separate, to share, to distribute, to distinguish
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いた、 わけ
- Korean:
- bun
Spanish
- parte
- segmento
- minuto
- dividir
- separar
Portuguese
- parte
- minuto
- segmento
- grau
- dever
- compreender
- saber
- valor
- 1%
- oportunidades
- shaku/100
French
- portion
- minute
- section
- part
- degré
- son lot dans la vie
- comprendre
- savoir
- devoir
- taux
- 1%
- chances
- bu = 1/100 de shaku = 3.03 mm
133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
218 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
199 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
35 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
578 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
35 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
22 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
64 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
38 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
38 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
26 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
180 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1713 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
788 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1853 | Morohashi |
1972 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
454 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
781 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
844 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
28 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
101 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2045 | 2001 Kanji |
2o2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
8022.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5206 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1428 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 岐路 【キロ】 forked road, crossroads
- 多岐 【タキ】 digression, many divergences
- 壱岐 【イキ】 Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture), Iki (island)
- 岐阜 【ギフ】 Gifu (city, prefecture)
- 岐阜医療科学大学 【ギフイリョウカガクダイガク】 Gifu University of Medical Science
- 伊邪那岐 【イザナギ】 Izanagi (deity)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たかし、 また
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- bifurcación
- división
- dividir
- partir
Portuguese
- ramo cortado
- bifurcação
- cena
- arena
- teatro
French
- bifurcation
- embranchement
- scène
- arène
- théâtre
1121 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1433 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1410 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1769 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
599 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
872 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
892 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1443 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
536 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
285 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
178 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
779 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7936 | Morohashi |
241 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1447 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
772 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
834 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1118 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1267 | 2001 Kanji |
3o4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
2474.7 | Four corner code |
1-20-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c90 | Unicode hex code |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
- 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
- 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
- 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
- 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
- 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
- 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kun reading compounds
- 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
- 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
- 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
- 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
- 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
- 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かざり、 ふ、 も
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- letras
- literatura
Portuguese
- sentença
- literatura
- estilo
- arte
- decoração
- figuras
- plano
French
- phrase
- littérature
- style
- art
- décoration
- figure (de style)
- plan
- radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
77 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
68 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
136 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
71 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
180 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
86 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
949 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1708 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1741 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13450 | Morohashi |
1962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
89 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
35 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
466 | 2001 Kanji |
2j2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
0040.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6587 | Unicode hex code |