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 weep, to sob, to howl
- 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1338 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黙祷 【モクトウ】 silent prayer
- 黙示 【モクシ】 (tacitly) implying, implication, revelation
- 寡黙 【カモク】 untalkative, quiet, taciturn, reticent, uncommunicative
- 温厚寡黙 【オンコウカモク】 gentle and reticent
Kun reading compounds
- 黙る 【だまる】 to be silent, to say nothing
Readings
- Korean:
- mug
Spanish
- silencio
- callarse
- dejar de hablar
Portuguese
- silêncio
- tornar-se silencioso
- parar de falar
- deixar como está
French
- silence
- se taire
- laisser en l'état
1856 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1418 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2796 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1581 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1925 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2405 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1578 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1684 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
869 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1941 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3554 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1833 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2494 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
245 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
48063P | Morohashi |
2865 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7055 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
240 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
255 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1819 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3640 | 2001 Kanji |
4d11.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-11-4 | SKIP code |
6333.3 | Four corner code |
1-44-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ed9 | Unicode hex code |