| 2501 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 698 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3074 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2144 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1295 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17206 | Morohashi |
| 2419 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 時鳥 【ホトトギス】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Kun reading compounds
- 靴 【くつ】 shoe, shoes, boots, footwear, footgear
- 靴下 【くつした】 socks, sock, stockings, stocking
- 靴の沓 【かのくつ】 black-lacquered cowhide boots with curved toes, metal buckles, and brocade tops (worn with ceremonial dress)
Readings
- Korean:
- dab
Spanish
Portuguese
French
- soulier
- botte
| 3a4.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1260.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c93 | Unicode hex code |
hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1027 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 掛留 【ケイリュウ】 music suspension
Kun reading compounds
- 掛ける 【かける】 to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall), to let hang, to suspend (from), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag), to put on (e.g. a blanket), to put on top of, to cover, to lay, to spread, to put on (glasses, etc.), to wear (a necklace, etc.), to make (a call), to spend (time, money), to expend, to use, to pour (liquid) onto, to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto, to splash, to throw (e.g. water) onto, to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.), to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.), to put on (a DVD, song, etc.), to use (a device, implement, etc.), to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.), to burden (someone), to impose, to multiply (arithmetic operation), to secure (e.g. lock), to take a seat, to sit, to rest (something on something else), to support (something on something else), to bind, to wager, to bet, to risk, to stake, to gamble, to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on, to hold (a play, festival, etc.), to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.), to argue (in court), to deliberate (in a meeting), to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.), to increase further, to catch (in a trap, etc.), to set atop, to erect (a makeshift building), to apply (insurance), to pun (on a word), to use (a word) as a pivot word, to play on words, to be partway doing ..., to begin (but not complete) ..., to be about to ..., to address (someone), to direct (something, to someone), to do (something, to someone)
- 掛け 【かけ】 credit, money owed on an account, bill, hanger, holder, rest, rack, peg, hook, stand, in the process of (doing), midway through, half-(done), on the verge of, just about to, hot noodles in broth, wholesale price as a proportion of the list price (in tenths)
- 掛け金 【かけきん】 installment, instalment, premium, bill
- 切っ掛け 【きっかけ】 chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion
- 打ち掛け 【うちかけ】 women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono, ending play for the day, leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)
- 掛かる 【かかる】 to take (a resource, e.g. time or money), to hang, to come into view, to arrive, to come under (a contract, a tax), to start (engines, motors), to attend, to deal with, to handle, to have started to, to be on the verge of, to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover, to (come) at, to be fastened, to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.), to be caught in, to get a call, to depend on
- 掛かり 【かかり】 starting (e.g. of an engine), engaging (e.g. of a lock), expenses, costs, attack (esp. a corner approach), barb (of a fish hook), charge, duty, person in charge, official, clerk
- 係長 【かかりちょう】 subsection head, assistant manager, chief clerk
- 掛かり 【かかり】 starting (e.g. of an engine), engaging (e.g. of a lock), expenses, costs, attack (esp. a corner approach), barb (of a fish hook), charge, duty, person in charge, official, clerk
- 係長 【かかりちょう】 subsection head, assistant manager, chief clerk
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かけ
- Korean:
- gwae
Spanish
- colgar
- suspender
- enganchar
- depender
Portuguese
- pendurar
- suspender
- depender
- chegar
- imposto
French
- accrocher
- suspendre
- dépendre
- arriver à
- taxe
- verser
| 1083 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1183 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1952 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1143 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1362 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1321 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1464 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1559 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1477 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 896 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 596 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 361 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 449 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 681 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12267 | Morohashi |
| 493 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2214 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 674 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 727 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1436 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1354 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 5300.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 639b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
16 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 時 【ジ】 hour, o'clock, (specified) time, when ..., during ...
- 時価 【ジカ】 current value, price, market value
- 零時 【レイジ】 twelve o'clock, midnight, noon
- 平時 【ヘイジ】 peacetime, time of peace, ordinary times, normal times
Kun reading compounds
- 時 【とき】 time, hour, moment, occasion, case, chance, opportunity, season, the times, the age, the day, tense
- 時折 【ときおり】 sometimes, at intervals, occasionally, on occasion, from time to time
- 切り替え時 【きりかえとき】 time to switch over, response time
- 逢魔が時 【おうまがとき】 twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- と、 とぎ
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
- tiempo
- hora
- ocasión
Portuguese
- tempo
- hora
French
- temps
- heure
| 87 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 151 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 135 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 19 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2126 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 46 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 57 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1086 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 42 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 42 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 25 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 988 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1155 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 625 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 830 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 161 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13890 | Morohashi |
| 924 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2462 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 159 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 171 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 24 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 195 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3848 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 6404.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6642 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 次 【ジ】 next, hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence), order, sequence, time, times
- 次回 【ジカイ】 next time (occasion)
- 三次 【サンジ】 third, tertiary, cubic (function, equation, etc.), third-order
- 数次 【スウジ】 several times
- 次第に 【シダイニ】 gradually (progress into a state), in sequence, in order, in turn
- 次第 【シダイ】 depending on, as soon as, immediately after, upon, as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"), whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"), order, program, programme, precedence, circumstances, course of events, state of things, reason
- 路次 【ロジ】 way, path, route, along the way, along the road
Kun reading compounds
- 次ぐ 【つぐ】 to follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to)
- 次ぐ身 【つぐみ】 next in line, heir
- 次 【つぎ】 next, following, subsequent, stage, station
- 次々 【つぎつぎ】 in succession, one by one
- 五十三次 【ごじゅうさんつぎ】 fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
- 中継ぎ 【なかつぎ】 joining, joint, intermediation, acting as an intermediary, relaying, taking over, middle relief pitcher, middle reliever, pole-shaped item with a join in the middle, tea container with a lid that is the same size as the body
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 すき、 つぐ、 よし
- Korean:
- cha
Spanish
- siguiente
- seguir
Portuguese
- próximo
- pedido
- seqüência
French
- suivant
- ordre
- successivement
| 227 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 308 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 292 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 235 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 638 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 239 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 648 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 226 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 384 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 385 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 660 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1120 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 58 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 38 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 39 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 482 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15992P | Morohashi |
| 54 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2929 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 471 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 510 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 150 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 268 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 362 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3718.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b21 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
569 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 郎 【ロウ】 nth son, lang, official title in ancient China, man, young man, my husband, my lover, nth child (male and female)
- 郎君 【ロウクン】 young man, boy, son (of one's master, employer, etc.), husband, (male) lover, dear, darling
- 新郎 【シンロウ】 bridegroom
- 女郎 【ジョロウ】 prostitute (esp. Edo period)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いら、 お、 とう、 もん、 ろ、 ろお
- Korean:
- rang
Spanish
- hombre
- hijo
- sirviente
Portuguese
- filho
- sufixo para contagem de filhos
French
- fils (enfant)
- compteur de fils
| 1936 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 237 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4762 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 955 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1827 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1145 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 980 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1014 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 546 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 757 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1641 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1184 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1868 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39405P | Morohashi |
| 1289 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6138 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1851 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1995 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 264 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 844 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 3772.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 90ce | Unicode hex code |