| 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) |
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)
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
- 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
- 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
- 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
- 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
- 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
- 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
- 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
- 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
- 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cambiar
- transformarse
- modificarse
- disfrazarse
Portuguese
- mudança
- tomar a forma de
- influência
- encantar
- iludir
- seduzir
- -isação
French
- transformation
- prendre la forme de
- maquillage
- influence
- fantôme
- enchanter
- tromper
- chimie
- -isation
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 258 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 238 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 100 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 350 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 76 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 378 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 56 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 55 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 22 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1017 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2572X | Morohashi |
| 21 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 580 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1008 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 104 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 242 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2121.0 | Four corner code |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5316 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
954 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 包 【ホウ】 counter for packaged goods (esp. powdered medicine)
- 包囲 【ホウイ】 siege, encirclement, envelopment, surrounding, besiegement
- 内包 【ナイホウ】 connotation, comprehension, intension, inclusion, containment within
- 閉包 【ヘイホウ】 closure
Kun reading compounds
- 包む 【つつむ】 to wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up, to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf, to conceal (a feeling), to hide, to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
- 包む 【くるむ】 to wrap up (in), to roll up (in), to tuck (up)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 かね
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- envolver
- empaquetar
- cubrir
Portuguese
- movimentar
- embrulhar
- capa
- esconde
French
- emballer
- envelopper
- recouvrir
- cacher
| 511 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 611 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 583 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1112 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 176 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 369 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 377 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 218 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 804 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 819 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1013 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 230 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3684 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1880 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2560 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 536 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2506P | Morohashi |
| 2966 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 572 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 530 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 569 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 456 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2556 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2771.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5305 | Unicode hex code |
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1312 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
- 一丁 【イッチョウ】 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant), one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar), one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m), one game, one task, well then, right
- 柳刃包丁 【ヤナギバボウチョウ】 kitchen knife for sashimi
- 丁 【テイ】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
- 丁寧 【テイネイ】 polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious
- 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
- 正丁 【セイテイ】 man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
- 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture
- 亜爾然丁 【アルゼンチン】 Argentina
- 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
- 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
Kun reading compounds
- 丁 【てい】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
- 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- barrio
- distrito
- hoja
Portuguese
- rua
- departamento
- cidade
- sufixo para contagem de para armas
- ferramentas
- folhas ou bolos de alguma coisa
- número par
- 4º sign
French
- pâté de maison
- tranche d'aliment
- exactitude
- soin extrême
- quatrième
- signe du 4è tronc céleste
| 473 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 367 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 346 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 794 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 166 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1024 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 8 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 184 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 184 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 550 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 3 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4155 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2106 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2851 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 92 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2 | Morohashi |
| 3348 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 91 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 241 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3153 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1020.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e01 | Unicode hex code |