166 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
84 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
478 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2422 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
256 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
201 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
392 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
395 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
200 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1125 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2296 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
480 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16167 | Morohashi |
1825 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2945 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
469 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
508 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
486 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
230 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
- 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
- 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
- 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
Kun reading compounds
- 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
- 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
- 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
- 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
- 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- canción
- cantar
Portuguese
- canção
- cantar
French
- chanson
- chanter
3162 | 2001 Kanji |
4j10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-10-4 | SKIP code |
1768.2 | Four corner code |
1-18-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b4c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
- 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
- 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
- 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
- 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
- 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest
Kun reading compounds
- 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
- 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
- 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
- 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain
Readings
- Korean:
- mul
Spanish
- cosa
- objeto
- materia
Portuguese
- coisa
- objeto
- matéria
French
- objet
- chose
- matière
313 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
410 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
387 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
126 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2857 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
74 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
214 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
611 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
79 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
79 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
321 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1290 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1084 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
587 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
777 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1059 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
19959 | Morohashi |
874 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3538 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1050 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1129 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
95 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
313 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2451 | 2001 Kanji |
4g4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
2752.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7269 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 語 【ゴ】 word, language, speech
- 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
- 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
- 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word
Kun reading compounds
- 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
- 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
- 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with
Readings
- Korean:
- eo
Spanish
- palabra
- discurso
- lenguaje
- hablar
- conversar
- narrar
Portuguese
- palavra
- discurso
- língua
French
- langage
- mot
- raconter
209 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
112 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
274 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4374 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
231 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
87 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2136 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
67 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
67 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
154 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1685 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1944 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1040 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1402 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
353 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35533 | Morohashi |
1543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5628 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
347 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
371 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
211 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
231 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3077 | 2001 Kanji |
7a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-7 | SKIP code |
0166.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8a9e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 薬 【ヤク】 dope, narcotic, drug
- 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
- 製薬 【セイヤク】 medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
- 医薬 【イヤク】 medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
Kun reading compounds
- 薬 【くすり】 medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe
- 薬指 【くすりゆび】 ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe
Readings
- Japanese names:
- み
- Korean:
- yag
Spanish
- medicina
- droga
Portuguese
- remédio
- produto químico
- esmalte
- pólvora
- benefício
French
- médicament
- produit chimique
- émail
- poudre à canon
- bénéfice
521 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
420 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
398 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
541 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4074 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
323 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
247 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2568 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
359 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
360 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
315 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
672 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3011 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1539 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2100 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1752 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
32188PX | Morohashi |
2375 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5224 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1736 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1873 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
439 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1964 | 2001 Kanji |
3k13.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-13 | SKIP code |
4490.4 | Four corner code |
1-44-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
85ac | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
563 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 師 【シ】 teacher, master, mentor, religious leader, specialist, five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
- 獅子 【シシ】 lion, left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
- 大師 【ダイシ】 great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
- 歯科医師 【シカイシ】 dentist
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のし、 のり、 もろ、 かず、 つかさ、 みつ、 もと
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- maestro
- profesor
- experto
- técnico
Portuguese
- perito
- professor
- mestre
- exército
- guerra
French
- maître
- expert
- professeur
- exemplaire
- modèle
- armée
- guerre
624 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
720 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
693 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
490 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
113 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
547 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
496 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1130 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
409 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
415 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
967 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
563 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1680 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1211 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1277 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8916 | Morohashi |
1326 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1562 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1269 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1361 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
438 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
714 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
844 | 2001 Kanji |
3f7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-4 | SKIP code |
2172.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e2b | Unicode hex code |
round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丸 【ガン】 fishball, meatball, pill
- 丸剤 【ガンザイ】 pill
- 一丸 【イチガン】 one lump, one body, one group
- 雷丸 【ライガン】 raigan (Omphalia lapidescens), parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine
Kun reading compounds
- 丸 【まる】 circle, entirety, whole, full, complete, money, dough, moola, enclosure inside a castle's walls, soft-shelled turtle, suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 本丸 【ほんまる】 inner citadel, core, center, centre, focus, crux
- 大丸 【だいまる】 Daimaru, Daimaru (Japanese department store chain)
- 丸める 【まるめる】 to make round, to roll up, to curl up, to seduce, to cajole, to explain away, to round off (a fraction), to shave (one's head), to lump together
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 丸井 【まるい】 Marui, Marui (retailer)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ま、 わ、 わに
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- redondo
- circular
- círculo
- redondear
Portuguese
- arredondar
- cheio
- mês
- perfeição
- -nave
- pílulas
- espiral para cima
- seduzir
French
- rond
- arrondir
- entier (mois)
- pilule
- perfection
- suffixe des bateaux
- se pelotonner
- se rouler en boule
- séduire
- justifier
101 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
830 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
567 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
155 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
922 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
288 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
40 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
644 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
654 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
591 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
17 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4225 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2134 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2883 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
44 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
94 | Morohashi |
3417 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
34 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
44 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
44 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
82 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1657 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.28 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
5001.7 | Four corner code |
1-20-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e38 | 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 |