1898 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2233 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1471 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1427 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1105 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1871 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2032 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1854 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1086 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1115 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
607 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
803 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1434 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14662 | Morohashi |
899 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2629 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1421 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1525 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1272 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柳 【リュウ】 Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 柳暗花明 【リュウアンカメイ】 beautiful scenery of spring, red-light district
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 花柳 【カリュウ】 red-light district
Kun reading compounds
- 柳 【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 柳刃包丁 【やなぎばぼうちょう】 kitchen knife for sashimi
- 青柳 【あおやぎ】 green willow (i.e. one that has budded), meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
- 化粧柳 【けしょうやなぎ】 chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なぎ、 や、 やい、 やぎ、 やな、 やない
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- sauce
- mimbre
Portuguese
- salgueiro
French
- saule
1844 | 2001 Kanji |
4a5.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
4792.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
67f3 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2415 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 巷間 【コウカン】 on the street, around town, the world, the public
- 巷説 【コウセツ】 gossip, talk about town
- 陋巷 【ロウコウ】 narrow, dirty backstreet
Kun reading compounds
- 巷 【ちまた】 the public, the street (e.g. "word on the street"), street, district, quarters, location (e.g. of a battle), scene (e.g. of carnage), divide (e.g. between life and death), fork (in a road), crossroads
- 巷で話題 【ちまたでわだい】 much-talked-about, recently popular, in vogue
- 悪の巷 【あくのちまた】 skid row, underworld
- 修羅の巷 【しゅらのちまた】 scene of carnage
Readings
- Korean:
- hang
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1465 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
974 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3097 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2162 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
8756X | Morohashi |
1543 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1956 | 2001 Kanji |
3k6.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-5 | SKIP code |
4471.7 | Four corner code |
1-25-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5df7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
- 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
- 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
- 紅花 【ベニバナ】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
- 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
- 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
- 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image
Kun reading compounds
- 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
- 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
- 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
- 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
Readings
- Japanese names:
- わ
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- flor
Portuguese
- flor
French
- fleur
43 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
70 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
9 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
551 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3909 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
328 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
81 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
481 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
255 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
255 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
314 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
641 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2740 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1405 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1018 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30734P | Morohashi |
2211 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4980 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1009 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1084 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
69 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1956 | 2001 Kanji |
3k4.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
4421.4 | Four corner code |
1-18-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
82b1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
891 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 街 【ガイ】 street, quarter, district, area
- 街宣車 【ガイセンシャ】 sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda), loudspeaker van, (right-wing) propaganda vehicle
- ウォール街 【ウォールガイ】 Wall Street
- 中華街 【チュウカガイ】 Chinatown
- 街道 【カイドウ】 highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period), main road, highway (e.g. to success), path (to becoming ...), subdistrict (in China)
- 街道筋 【カイドウスジ】 highway route (Edo period), main route
Kun reading compounds
- 町 【まち】 town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood, downtown, main street, street, road
- 街角 【まちかど】 street corner
- 眠らない街 【ねむらないまち】 city that never sleeps
- 街々 【まちまち】 streets
Readings
- Japanese names:
- また
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- avenida
- calle
- ciudad
Portuguese
- bulevar
- rua
- cidade
French
- boulevard
- rue
- ville
461 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
819 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
790 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1626 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1181 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1721 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1570 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
186 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
186 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
371 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1615 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
702 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
421 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
528 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
899 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34051 | Morohashi |
576 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1759 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
890 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
955 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
580 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2053 | 2001 Kanji |
3i9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
2122.1 | Four corner code |
2110.4 | Four corner code |
1-19-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8857 | Unicode hex code |