121 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
201 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
184 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
11 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
213 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
27 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
63 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
771 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
71 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
71 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
39 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1053 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4385 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2987 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
516 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14499 | Morohashi |
3568 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2596 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
504 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
543 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
108 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
164 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
37 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
- 東亜 【トウア】 East Asia, the Orient
- 北北東 【ホクホクトウ】 north-northeast, north-north-east
- 東北東 【トウホクトウ】 east-northeast, ENE
Kun reading compounds
- 東 【ひがし】 east
- 東方 【とうほう】 eastern direction, the Orient, eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
- 犬が西向きゃ尾は東 【いぬがにしむきゃおはひがし】 that goes without saying, water is wet, when a dog turns west, its tail turns east
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい、 あがり、 あずま、 あづま、 こち、 さき、 しの、 とお、 はる、 ひが、 もと
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- Este
Portuguese
- Oriente
French
- Est
1564 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-8-3 | SKIP code |
5090.6 | Four corner code |
1-37-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6771 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
- 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
- 太太 【タイタイ】 wife
- 馬太 【マタイ】 Matthew (the Apostle)
- 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
- 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
- 羽太 【ハタ】 sea basses, groupers
- 赤羽太 【アカハタ】 blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
Kun reading compounds
- 太い 【ふとい】 fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious
- 太藺 【ふとい】 softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
- 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 たか、 ひろ
- Korean:
- tae
Spanish
- grande
- gordo
- grueso
- engordar
Portuguese
- gordo
- grande
- espesso
French
- gras
- dodu
- gros
269 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
181 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
164 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
343 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1172 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
508 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
151 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
105 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
629 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
639 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
124 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
409 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2673 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1360 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
121 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5834 | Morohashi |
2152 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1137 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
120 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
126 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
257 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
98 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
4003.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
592a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1583 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 后宮 【コウグウ】 empress's palace, queen's palace, empress, queen
- 皇妃 【コウヒ】 empress, queen
- 皇太后 【コウタイゴウ】 Empress Dowager, Queen Mother
- 太后 【タイコウ】 empress dowager, queen mother
Kun reading compounds
- 后 【きさき】 empress, queen
- 后町 【きさきまち】 women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
Readings
- Korean:
- hu
Spanish
- emperatriz
- esposa del emperador
Portuguese
- imperatriz
- rainha
- depois
- atrás
- mais tarde
French
- impératrice
- reine
- après
- derrière
- arrière
- plus tard
780 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
869 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
858 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1759 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
181 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
542 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1125 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
304 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1119 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1171 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1873 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
283 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3701 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1893 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2574 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1878 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3298 | Morohashi |
2981 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
704 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1861 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2005 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
844 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2677 | 2001 Kanji |
3d3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-4 | SKIP code |
3-3-3 | SKIP code |
7226.1 | Four corner code |
1-25-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
540e | Unicode hex code |