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 3
JLPT level N4
311 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 送球 【ソウキュウ】 throwing a ball, handball
- 送還 【ソウカン】 sending home, repatriation, deportation
- 葬送 【ソウソウ】 attending a funeral procession, seeing off the deceased, burial of someone's remains, observing a burial
- 移送 【イソウ】 transfer, transport, transportation
Kun reading compounds
- 送る 【おくる】 to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit, to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person), to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury, to spend (time), to live one's life, to pass (down the line), to affix okurigana
Readings
- Korean:
- song
Spanish
- enviar
- remitir
- expedir
Portuguese
- acompanhante
- enviar
French
- escorter
- envoyer
268 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
349 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
331 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
220 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4683 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
192 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
260 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
441 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
447 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
206 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
686 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3837 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1968 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2664 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2035 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38842P | Morohashi |
3093 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6039 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2016 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2172 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
440 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
335 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
963 | 2001 Kanji |
2q6.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-6 | SKIP code |
3-2-6 | SKIP code |
3830.3 | Four corner code |
1-33-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9001 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
- 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
- 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
- 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency
Kun reading compounds
- 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
- 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
- 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ろ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cosa
- hecho
- asunto
- acción
Portuguese
- matéria
- coisa
- fato
- negócios
- razão
- possivelmente
French
- fait
- chose
- matière
- affaire
- raison
- peut-être
230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
293 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
32 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
272 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
73 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
108 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
80 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
80 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
30 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4384 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
241 | Morohashi |
3567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
71 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1240 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
10 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1547 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-8-3 | SKIP code |
5000.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e8b | Unicode hex code |
happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
612 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 故 【コ】 the late, the deceased
- 殊更 【コトサラ】 intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, especially, particularly
- 物故 【ブッコ】 death (of a person)
- 人身事故 【ジンシンジコ】 accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
- 故 【ゆえ】 reason, cause, circumstances
- 故に 【ゆえに】 therefore, consequently
- 何故 【なにゆえ】 why
- 古い 【ふるい】 old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
- 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
Readings
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- antiguo
- intencionadamente
- excepcional
- razón
- difunto
- causa
- circunstancias
Portuguese
- casualidade
- especialmente
- intencionalmente
- razão
- causa
- circunstâncias
- portanto
- consequentemente
French
- coïncidence
- spécialement
- intentionnellement
- raison
- cause
- circonstances
- destin
- feu ... (défunt)
- c'est pour ça que...
778 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
694 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
668 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
455 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2044 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
707 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
587 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
880 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
173 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
173 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
722 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
936 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
778 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1056 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
339 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13161 | Morohashi |
1141 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2334 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
333 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
355 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
697 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1566 | 2001 Kanji |
4i5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-4 | SKIP code |
4864.0 | Four corner code |
1-24-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6545 | Unicode hex code |