| 373 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 476 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 453 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 101 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2379 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 415 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 646 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2869 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 528 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 537 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 334 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1115 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1365 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 736 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 989 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1394 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15561 | Morohashi |
| 1076 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2880 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1382 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1482 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 158 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 631 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 機 【キ】 chance, opportunity, machine, aircraft, counter for aircraft, counter for (remaining) lives
- 機運 【キウン】 opportunity, chance, good time (to do), trend, tendency, momentum
- 端末機 【タンマツキ】 terminal (unit)
- 有機 【ユウキ】 organic
Kun reading compounds
- 機 【はた】 loom
- 機織り 【はたおり】 weaving, weaver
- 高機 【たかばた】 traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- mecanismo
- máquina
- avión
- ocasión
- telar
Portuguese
- mecanismo
- oportunidade
- ocasião
- máquina
- avião
French
- métier à tisser
- mécanique
- opportunité
- machine
- avion
- organique
| 1859 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 4295.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6a5f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1321 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 工作機械 【コウサクキカイ】 machine tool
- 産業機械 【サンギョウキカイ】 industrial machinery
Kun reading compounds
- 枷 【かせ】 shackles, fetters, irons, handcuffs, restraint, constraint, bonds (e.g. family), ties, binding relationship, binding relationships, encumbrance
- 足かせ 【あしかせ】 fetters, shackles, hobbles, encumbrance, hindrance, burden, trap
- 手かせ 【てかせ】 handcuffs
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- artilugio
- aparato
- máquina
- instrumento
Portuguese
- artefato
- trava
- máquina
- instrumento
French
- instrument
- machine
- entrave
| 360 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 459 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 436 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 929 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 474 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 635 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 529 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 538 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 511 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1097 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1203 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 654 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 870 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 684 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14882 | Morohashi |
| 961 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2685 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 677 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 732 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 562 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1859 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a7.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 4395.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68b0 | 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 4
JLPT level N2
679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 児 【ジ】 child, boy, I, me
- 児童 【ジドウ】 children, juvenile
- 新生児 【シンセイジ】 newborn baby
- 遺児 【イジ】 orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child
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)
- 【コククジラ】 gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), grey whale
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 駄々っ子 【だだっこ】 unmanageable child, spoiled child (spoilt), spoiled brat
Readings
- Japanese names:
- る
- Korean:
- a
Spanish
- recién nacido
- chiquillo
- cría
Portuguese
- recém-nascido
- criança
- filhote
French
- nouveau-né
- enfant
- petit d'animal
| 801 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 526 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 697 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 556 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 572 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 782 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 338 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 497 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1217 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1280 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1375 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 148 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3153 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1617 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2203 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 58 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1364 | Morohashi |
| 2546 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 355 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 58 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 62 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 482 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1257 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 2621.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5150 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 病 【ビョウ】 disease
- 病院 【ビョウイン】 hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary
- 血友病 【ケツユウビョウ】 hemophilia, haemophilia
- 同病 【ドウビョウ】 the same sickness
Kun reading compounds
- 病む 【やむ】 to fall ill, to suffer from (e.g. a disease), to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
- 病 【やまい】 illness, disease, bad habit, weakness, fault
- 病が篤い 【やまいがあつい】 seriously ill
- 恋病 【こいやまい】 lovesickness
- 躁鬱病 【そううつびょう】 manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis, bipolar disorder
Readings
- Korean:
- byeong
Spanish
- enfermedad
- caer enfermo
Portuguese
- mal
- doente
French
- malade
| 310 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 404 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 381 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 441 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3042 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 145 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 224 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1250 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 380 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 381 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 229 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1352 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4062 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2059 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2791 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1698 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22127 | Morohashi |
| 3277 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3798 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1682 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1813 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 365 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5i5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 0012.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 75c5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1406 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棟 【トウ】 large building, building with a long roof, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
- 棟梁 【トウリョウ】 central figure, pillar (e.g. of the nation), mainstay, chief support, leader, chief, boss, leader, head, master carpenter, beams and ridge supports of a roof
- 病棟 【ビョウトウ】 (hospital) ward
- 上棟 【ジョウトウ】 raising the ridgepole
Kun reading compounds
- 棟 【むね】 ridge (of roof), back of a sword, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
- 棟上げ 【むねあげ】 ridgepole-raising, setting up of the framework of a house
- 別棟 【べつむね】 separate building, outbuilding, outhouse
- 大棟 【おおむね】 top ridge of a roof, main ridge of a roof
Readings
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- alero de tejado
Portuguese
- Trave horizontal
- sulcar
French
- faîte
- bâtiment
| 1653 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1899 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2299 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1440 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1627 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1406 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1495 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1533 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1104 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1248 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 678 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 517 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14949 | Morohashi |
| 991 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2747 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 505 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 544 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1553 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1864 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4599.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68df | Unicode hex code |