512 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
414 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
391 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
282 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2084 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
287 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
585 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
606 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
512 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
521 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
723 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
935 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1058 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
570 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
754 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
507 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13133 | Morohashi |
853 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2333 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
496 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
535 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
325 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
314 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 放火 【ホウカ】 arson, setting fire
- 放映 【ホウエイ】 televising, broadcasting, airing
- 豪放 【ゴウホウ】 largehearted, frank, unaffected
- 性解放 【セイカイホウ】 sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions
Kun reading compounds
- 放す 【はなす】 to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose, to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
- 放つ 【はなつ】 to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind, to set free, to release, to let loose, to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent), to send out (a person to carry out a duty), to set fire to
- 放れる 【はなれる】 to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
- 放く 【こく】 to expel (from the body), to let off (a fart), to let out, to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.), to say, to do
- 放る 【ほうる】 to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss, to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はなれ
- Korean:
- bang
Spanish
- dejar libre
- soltar
- liberar
- emitir
- separarse
- abandonar
Portuguese
- libertar
- liberação
- fogo
- disparar
- emitir
- banir
- liberar
French
- libérer
- relâcher
- renvoyer
- enflammer
- bannir
- émettre
466 | 2001 Kanji |
4h4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
0824.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
653e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
937 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 射 【シャ】 archery, mapping, map, morphism, arrow
- 射撃 【シャゲキ】 firing, shooting, fire, gunshot, marksmanship
- 照射 【ショウシャ】 irradiation, radiation, beaming, exposure (to light), illumination
- 投射 【トウシャ】 projection (of an image)
Kun reading compounds
- 射る 【いる】 to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
- 射す 【さす】 to shine
- 撃つ 【うつ】 to shoot (a gun, person, etc.), to fire
Readings
- Korean:
- sa, seog
Spanish
- disparar
- tirar
- radiar
- liberar
Portuguese
- dispare
- brilha dentro
- sobre
- arte do arco e flexa
French
- lancer une flèche
- tir à l'arc
- sur
- briller
893 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
882 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1000 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4603 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
989 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1222 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1144 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
900 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
922 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1015 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
505 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1850 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
979 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1327 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1257 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7434 | Morohashi |
1458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1380 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1249 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1338 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
902 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
848 | 2001 Kanji |
0a10.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-3 | SKIP code |
2440.0 | Four corner code |
2420.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c04 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 線 【セン】 line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off
- 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
- 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
- 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
Readings
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- línea
- cable
- frontera
- raíl
- carril
Portuguese
- linha
- trilha
French
- ligne
- voie
447 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
176 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
329 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
247 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3580 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
389 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
826 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
299 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
299 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
841 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1551 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1760 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
944 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1273 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1351 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27641 | Morohashi |
1392 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4548 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1339 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1438 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
236 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2742 | 2001 Kanji |
6a9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-9 | SKIP code |
2693.2 | Four corner code |
1-32-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7dda | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 滅亡 【メツボウ】 downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction
- 滅罪 【メツザイ】 expiation
- 隠滅 【インメツ】 destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression, hiding, concealment
- 衰滅 【スイメツ】 decline, downfall, ruin(ation)
Kun reading compounds
- 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
- 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
- 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
Readings
- Korean:
- myeol
Spanish
- extinguirse
- apagarse
- estropearse
- ser destruido
- ser devastado
- estropear
- destruir
- devastar
- demoler
Portuguese
- destruir
- arruinar
- extinguir
- golpe
French
- anéantir
- détruire
- ruiner
- renverser
- périr
1848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1387 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2660 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1228 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1338 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1421 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1500 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1237 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
812 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
475 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
371 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18008 | Morohashi |
660 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3279 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
365 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
390 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1642 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
359 | 2001 Kanji |
3a10.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-10 | SKIP code |
3315.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6ec5 | Unicode hex code |
germ, fungus, bacteria
- On:
- キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 菌 【キン】 fungus, germ, bacterium, bacillus
- 菌類 【キンルイ】 fungus, fungi
- 球菌 【キュウキン】 coccus
- 抗菌 【コウキン】 antibacterial, antimicrobial
Readings
- Korean:
- gyun
Spanish
- germen
- hongo
- bacteria
Portuguese
- germe
- fungo
- bactérias
French
- germe (microbien)
- champignon
- bactérie
1177 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1016 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3976 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1651 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1703 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1441 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1222 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1285 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1368 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
659 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2876 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1484 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
927 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
31156P | Morohashi |
2304 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5091 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
918 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
985 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1480 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1964 | 2001 Kanji |
3k8.32 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
4460.0 | Four corner code |
1-22-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
83cc | Unicode hex code |