| 355 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 255 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 235 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 297 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2361 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 470 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 644 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2301 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 781 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 795 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 34 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1111 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1350 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 733 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 979 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1767 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15484P | Morohashi |
| 1066 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2854 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1751 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1888 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 432 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
480 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
- 横行 【オウコウ】 being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent, walking sideways, staggering, striding
- 縦横 【ジュウオウ】 length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal, the four cardinal points, every direction, all directions, as one wishes, as one pleases, at will
- 専横 【センオウ】 arbitrariness, despotism, high-handedness, tyranny
Kun reading compounds
- 横 【よこ】 horizontal (as opposed to vertical), side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth, side (of a box, etc.), beside, aside, next to, unconnected
- 邪 【よこしま】 wicked, evil, wrong, bad
- 真横 【まよこ】 (right at the) side, just beside
- 縦中横 【たてちゅうよこ】 using horizontal characters in vertical writing
Readings
- Korean:
- hoeng
Spanish
- lateral
- lado
- horizontal
- egoísta
- incorrecto
- costado
Portuguese
- De lado
- lado
- horizontal
- largura
- trama (tecidos)
French
- latéral
- côté
- horizontal
- largeur
- trame (tissu)
| 1861 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a11.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-11 | SKIP code |
| 4498.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6a2a | Unicode hex code |
severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
338 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 断 【ダン】 decision, judgment, resolution
- 断言 【ダンゲン】 assertion, declaration, affirmation
- 独断 【ドクダン】 one's own judgement (judgment), decision made without consulting others, arbitrary decision, dogmatism
- 縦断 【ジュウダン】 running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across, cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally
Kun reading compounds
- 断つ 【たつ】 to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up
- 断る 【ことわる】 to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline, to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance, to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
- 断るまでもなく 【ことわるまでもなく】 needless to say
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- cortar
- interrumpir
- rehusar
- declinar
- rechazar
Portuguese
- desligamento
- decadência
- recusa
- pedir desculpas
- avisar
- despedir
- proíbir
- decisão
- julgamento
- incisivo
French
- refus
- décliner
- rupture
- excuses
- prévenir
- rejeter
- interdire
- décision
- jugement
- trancher
| 841 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 773 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 750 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 493 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2078 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 606 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 594 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1669 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1024 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1063 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 900 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 955 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1885 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1001 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1355 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1145 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13557 | Morohashi |
| 1492 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2385 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1136 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1218 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 426 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 743 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6b5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 2272.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65ad | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
554 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歩 【ホ】 step, stride, counter for steps
- 歩行 【ホコウ】 walking, walk
- 遊歩 【ユウホ】 walk, promenade
- 牛歩 【ギュウホ】 snail's pace, slow progress
- 歩 【ブ】 bu, traditional unit of area, approx. 3.31 square metres, commission, percentage, exactly, precisely
- 歩合 【ブアイ】 rate, ratio, percentage, commission, poundage, percentage
- 町歩 【チョウブ】 hectare (2.471 acres)
- 町段畝歩 【チョウタンセブ】 units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)
- 歩 【フ】 pawn
- 歩三兵 【フサンビョウ】 starting with only a king on the board and three pawns in hand (as a handicap when teaching a beginner)
- 敵歩 【テキフ】 opponents pawn
- 二歩 【ニフ】 dropping two unpromoted pawns on the same file (illegal move)
Kun reading compounds
- 歩く 【あるく】 to walk
- 歩む 【あゆむ】 to walk, to go on foot, to tread (a figurative path), to follow, to lead (a life), to experience, to advance towards (e.g. a solution), to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.), to embark (on the road to ...)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 ゆき、 ゆみ
- Korean:
- bo
Spanish
- camino
- caminar
- razón
- proporción
- ir a pie
Portuguese
- passeio
French
- marcher
- compteur de pas
| 136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 221 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 202 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 312 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2433 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 433 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 204 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 694 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 431 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 437 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 176 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1130 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3071 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1566 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2141 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 377 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16284 | Morohashi |
| 2416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2958 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 371 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 397 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 267 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 165 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1260 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 2120.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b69 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
- 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
- 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
- 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
- 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
Kun reading compounds
- 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
- 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
- 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
- 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- camino
- razón
- modo
- decir
- senda
- método
Portuguese
- Caminho
- estrada
- rua
- distrito
- viagem
- curso
- moral
- ensinamentos
- filosofia
French
- voie
- route
- rue
- région
- voyage
- morale
- enseignements
| 122 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 188 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 129 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4724 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 141 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 93 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1811 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 149 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 149 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 66 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 710 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3888 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 283 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39010P | Morohashi |
| 3134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6091 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 277 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 295 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 123 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 220 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 979 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q9.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 3830.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9053 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
553 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 橋 【キョウ】 pons, pons Varolii
- 橋脚 【キョウキャク】 bridge pier, pontoon bridge
- 桟橋 【サンバシ】 wharf, bridge, jetty, pier
- 石橋 【イシバシ】 stone bridge
Kun reading compounds
- 橋 【はし】 bridge
- 橋渡し 【はしわたし】 mediation, good offices, go-between, intermediary, mediator, bridge (between), building a bridge
- 船橋 【ふなばし】 pontoon bridge, floating bridge, bridge (of a ship)
- 大橋 【おおはし】 large bridge, big bridge
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ばせ
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- puente
Portuguese
- ponte
French
- pont
| 193 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 277 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 259 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 272 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2378 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 443 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 645 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2485 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 597 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 607 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 313 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1116 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1367 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 738 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 991 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 436 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15526 | Morohashi |
| 1078 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2879 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 429 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 460 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 437 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1849 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a12.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 4292.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6a4b | Unicode hex code |