1074 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
577 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2254 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1608 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1430 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1212 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1275 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
986 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1089 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1162 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
628 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
836 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1534 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14743 | Morohashi |
927 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2660 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1520 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1638 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1348 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
nucleus, core, kernel
- On:
- カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
475 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 核 【カク】 stone (of a fruit), pit, pip, core (of an organization, team, etc.), nucleus, heart, nuclear weapons, nucleus (of an atom), nucleus (of a cell), condensation nucleus, (planetary) core, ring (in a cyclic compound), kernel, core, nucleus (of a cultured pearl)
- 核家族 【カクカゾク】 nuclear family
- 中核 【チュウカク】 kernel, core, nucleus, center, centre
- 放射性同位核 【ホウシャセイドウイカク】 radioisotope
Readings
- Korean:
- haeg
Spanish
- semilla
- núcleo
- centro
- meollo
Portuguese
- núcleo
- centro
- cerne
French
- noyau
- nucléaire
- coeur
1862 | 2001 Kanji |
4a6.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
4098.2 | Four corner code |
1-19-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6838 | Unicode hex code |
小
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
- 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
- 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
- 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium
Kun reading compounds
- 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
- 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
Portuguese
- Pequeno
- pouco
French
- petit
24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
27 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
36 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
63 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1355 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
33 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
46 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
21 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
27 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
27 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
88 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
511 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
7 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
106 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7473 | Morohashi |
7 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
126 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
15 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1141 | 2001 Kanji |
3n0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-2 | SKIP code |
9000.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c0f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
88 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 体 【タイ】 body, physique, posture, shape, form, style, substance, identity, reality, field, counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.), typeface, type
- 体育 【タイイク】 physical education, PE, gym (class)
- 生体 【セイタイ】 organism, living body
- 解体 【カイタイ】 demolition, taking down, dismantling, disassembly, taking apart, dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.), breaking up, dissection (of a body), dismemberment
- 体 【テイ】 appearance, air, condition, state, form
- 体裁 【テイサイ】 (outward) appearance, (proper) format (e.g. of an essay), form, style, appearances, decency, show, display, lip-service, insincere words, glib talk
- 身体 【シンタイ】 body, physical system, (the) person
- 風体 【フウテイ】 appearance, look, dress
Kun reading compounds
- 体 【からだ】 body, torso, trunk, build, physique, frame, figure, health, constitution, corpse, dead body
- 体つき 【からだつき】 body build, figure
- お体 【おからだ】 body
- 御体 【おんからだ】 body of Christ (Eucharist)
- 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なり
- Korean:
- che
Spanish
- cuerpo
- forma
Portuguese
- corpo
- substância
- objeto
- realidade
- sufixo para contagem de para imagens
French
- corps
- substance
- objet
- réalité
- compteur d'images
270 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
182 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
165 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
110 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
405 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
176 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
115 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
358 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
61 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
61 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
165 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
80 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
80 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
52 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
55 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
966 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
509 | Morohashi |
71 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
165 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
957 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1030 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
96 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
149 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2155 | 2001 Kanji |
2a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-5 | SKIP code |
2523.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f53 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 低 【テイ】 low (level, value, price, etc.)
- 低温 【テイオン】 low temperature
- 高低 【コウテイ】 high and low, rise and fall
- 西高東低 【セイコウトウテイ】 high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east
Kun reading compounds
- 低い 【ひくい】 low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.), low (position), close to the ground, short (height), deep (voice), in a low key, low (volume)
- 低い優先順位 【ひくいゆうせんじゅんい】 low priority (e.g. cell)
- 低める 【ひくめる】 to lower, to be lowered
- 低まる 【ひくまる】 to lower, to be lowered
Readings
- Korean:
- jeo
Spanish
- bajo
- barato
- humilde
- pequeño
- bajar
- ser bajado
Portuguese
- abaixe
- humilde
- curto
French
- bas
- petit (taille)
- humble
677 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
575 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
548 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
518 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
406 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
690 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
113 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
561 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
570 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
108 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
82 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
82 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
54 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
57 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1848 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
504 | Morohashi |
73 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
166 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1831 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1973 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
487 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2156 | 2001 Kanji |
2a5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-5 | SKIP code |
2224.0 | Four corner code |
1-36-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f4e | Unicode hex code |
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
24 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 分化 【ブンカ】 specialization, specialisation, differentiation
- 応分 【オウブン】 according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable
- 細分 【サイブン】 subdivision (into small parts)
- 分 【フン】 minute (unit of time), fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
- 分別 【フンベツ】 discretion, prudence, good sense, judgement, judgment, wisdom, discernment
- 毎分 【マイフン】 every minute, per minute
- 壊変毎分 【カイヘンマイフン】 disintegration per minute, dpm
- 分 【ブ】 one-tenth, one percent (one-tenth of a wari), 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun), 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes), 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale), one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency), thickness, advantageous circumstances, one-tenth of a monme of silver
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 一分 【イチブ】 one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryō (an old coin)
- 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Kun reading compounds
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 分け 【わけ】 division, splitting, classification, sharing, distribution, draw, tie
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 追分 【おいわけ】 forked road
- 分かれる 【わかれる】 to branch, to fork, to diverge, to separate, to split, to divide, to disperse, to scatter
- 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!
- 分かつ 【わかつ】 to divide, to separate, to share, to distribute, to distinguish
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いた、 わけ
- Korean:
- bun
Spanish
- parte
- segmento
- minuto
- dividir
- separar
Portuguese
- parte
- minuto
- segmento
- grau
- dever
- compreender
- saber
- valor
- 1%
- oportunidades
- shaku/100
French
- portion
- minute
- section
- part
- degré
- son lot dans la vie
- comprendre
- savoir
- devoir
- taux
- 1%
- chances
- bu = 1/100 de shaku = 3.03 mm
133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
218 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
199 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
35 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
578 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
35 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
22 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
64 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
38 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
38 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
26 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
180 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1713 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
788 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1853 | Morohashi |
1972 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
454 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
781 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
844 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
28 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
101 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2045 | 2001 Kanji |
2o2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
8022.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5206 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |