479 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
838 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1192 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2532 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1049 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
678 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
590 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1236 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1300 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
252 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1171 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
396 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
253 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
300 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
439 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17309 | Morohashi |
338 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3104 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
432 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
463 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
500 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 泣訴 【キュウソ】 imploring with tears in one's eyes
- 号泣 【ゴウキュウ】 crying loudly, bawling, wailing, lamentation, crying one's eyes out (without making noise), breaking into a flood of tears, crying buckets, weeping
- 哀泣 【アイキュウ】 crying with sadness
Kun reading compounds
- 泣く 【なく】 to cry, to shed tears, to weep, to sob, to suffer (from), to be troubled (by), to face hardship, to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.), to do reluctantly, to make sacrifices, to be not worth worth the name, to suffer (of a reputation), to be spoiled, to be put to shame, to lament, to bemoan, to bewail
- 泣く子と地頭には勝てない 【なくことじとうにはかてない】 you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason, you can't fight City Hall
Readings
- Korean:
- eub
Spanish
- llorar
- gemir
- cantar (pájaros)
Portuguese
- choro
- chorar
- lamento
French
- pleurer
- gémir
373 | 2001 Kanji |
3a5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
3011.8 | Four corner code |
1-21-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6ce3 | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
- 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
- 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
- 対地 【タイチ】 towards the ground, with respect to the ground, ground (speed, attack, etc.)
- 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
- 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
- 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
- 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall
Readings
- Japanese names:
- どま
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- suelo
- tierra
- terreno
- posición
Portuguese
- terra
- chão
French
- sol
- terre
111 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
184 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
167 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
40 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1056 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
143 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
143 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
241 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
118 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
118 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
146 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
367 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
236 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
521 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4890 | Morohashi |
204 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
976 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
515 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
554 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
45 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
130 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1456 | 2001 Kanji |
3b3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-3 | SKIP code |
4411.2 | Four corner code |
1-35-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5730 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 教頭 【キョウトウ】 deputy head teacher, vice principal
- 会頭 【カイトウ】 society president
- 頭 【ズ】 head
- 頭打ち 【アタマウチ】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 馬頭 【メズ】 horse-headed demon (in hell)
- 烏頭 【ウズ】 dried aconite root (used in traditional Chinese medicine), monkshood
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 鳥兜 【トリカブト】 aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat
Kun reading compounds
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭打ち 【あたまうち】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 石頭 【いしあたま】 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)
- ごま塩頭 【ごましおあたま】 salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭文字 【かしらもじ】 first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
- お頭 【おかしら】 leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head
- 鯛の尾より鰯の頭 【たいのおよりいわしのかしら】 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- 頭 【かぶり】 head
- 頭を振る 【かぶりをふる】 to shake one's head (in denial)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ、 がみ、 ちゃん、 つむり、 づ
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- cabeza
- principio
- delantera
Portuguese
- cabeça
- sufixo para contagem de animais grandes
French
- tête
- compteur de gros animaux
294 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
203 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
186 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
386 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4469 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
519 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
275 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2504 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
276 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
276 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
166 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1889 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2019 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1073 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1453 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
43490 | Morohashi |
1604 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6639 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1441 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1549 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
234 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
238 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3061 | 2001 Kanji |
9a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-9 | SKIP code |
1118.6 | Four corner code |
1-38-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
982d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 勝 【ショウ】 win, victory, beautiful scenery, scenic spot, counter for wins
- 勝因 【ショウイン】 cause of victory, reason for (one's) success
- 必勝 【ヒッショウ】 certain victory
- 快勝 【カイショウ】 sweeping victory, easy victory
Kun reading compounds
- 勝つ 【かつ】 to win, to gain victory
- 褐色 【かちいろ】 dark indigo (almost black)
- 勝る 【まさる】 to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival, to outweigh, to preponderate
- 優るとも劣らない 【まさるともおとらない】 not at all inferior to, rival or surpass, compare favorably (with)
- 優れる 【すぐれる】 to be better (than), to be superior, to surpass, to excel, to be excellent
- 勝つ 【かつ】 to win, to gain victory
- 褐色 【かちいろ】 dark indigo (almost black)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かち、 と、 よし
- Korean:
- seung
Spanish
- ganar
- sobresalir
Portuguese
- vitória
- vencer
- prevalecer
- superar
French
- victoire
- gagner
- l'emporter
- surpasser
250 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
335 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
319 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
197 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3787 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
266 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
373 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1613 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
509 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
518 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
263 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
224 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1268 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
686 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
918 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1217 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2409 | Morohashi |
1005 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
553 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1209 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1294 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
419 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
401 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3945 | 2001 Kanji |
4b8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-8 | SKIP code |
7922.7 | Four corner code |
1-30-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
52dd | Unicode hex code |