775 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
693 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
667 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
533 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2637 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
610 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
694 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
715 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
728 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
430 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1219 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
733 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
436 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
548 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
372 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17759 | Morohashi |
601 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3249 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
366 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
391 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
753 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 減 【ゲン】 reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
- 減員 【ゲンイン】 reduction of staff
- 増減 【ゾウゲン】 increase and decrease, fluctuation
- 軽減 【ケイゲン】 abatement, reduction
Kun reading compounds
- 減る 【へる】 to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
- 減るもんじゃない 【へるもんじゃない】 it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, it's not like it's the end of the world
- 減らす 【へらす】 to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
Readings
- Korean:
- gam
Spanish
- menguar
- decrecer
- disminuir
- resta
- acortar
Portuguese
- definhar
- decréscimo
- reduzir
- decadência
- encurtar
- obter
- com fome
French
- diminuer
- réduire
- décliner
- décroître
- avoir faim
359 | 2001 Kanji |
3a9.37 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
3315.0 | Four corner code |
1-24-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6e1b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 塩 【エン】 salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.), chloride
- 塩化 【エンカ】 chloridation, salification, chloride
- 減塩 【ゲンエン】 reduction of salt, sodium restriction
- 岩塩 【ガンエン】 halite, rock salt
Kun reading compounds
- 塩 【しお】 salt, common salt, table salt, sodium chloride, hardship, toil, trouble, saltiness, cold, unwelcoming, indifferent
- 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt
- 岩塩 【がんえん】 halite, rock salt
- 手塩 【てしお】 table salt, small plate
Readings
- Korean:
- yeom
Spanish
- sal
Portuguese
- Sal
French
- sel
354 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
451 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
428 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1058 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1125 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
730 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
439 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1846 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1101 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1152 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
924 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
385 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
774 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
456 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
578 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1470 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5382 | Morohashi |
631 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1075 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1458 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1568 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
603 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1474 | 2001 Kanji |
3b10.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-10 | SKIP code |
4811.7 | Four corner code |
1-17-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5869 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 醤油 【ショウユ】 soy sauce, shoyu
- 醤油炒め 【ショウユイタメ】 fried dish seasoned with soy sauce
- 肉醤 【シシビシオ】 salted and fermented meat or fish
- 魚醤 【ギョショウ】 fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
Kun reading compounds
- 醤 【ひしお】 paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water, watery mash left over from making soy sauce
Readings
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- tipo de miso
Portuguese
French
4801 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
3537 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
40011X | Morohashi |
6186 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2746 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2774 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
7e11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-10-7 | SKIP code |
2760.1 | Four corner code |
1-30-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
91a4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
690 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 油井 【ユセイ】 oil well
- 油彩 【ユサイ】 oil painting
- 重油 【ジュウユ】 heavy oil, fuel oil
- 軽油 【ケイユ】 diesel oil, diesel fuel, gas oil, light oil
- 油色 【ユショク】 coating a painting with a layer of transparent oil
- 油然 【ユウゼン】 gushingly, freely (welling up), copiously
Kun reading compounds
- 油 【あぶら】 oil
- 油絵 【あぶらえ】 oil painting
- 匂い油 【においあぶら】 perfumed hair oil
- 機械油 【きかいあぶら】 machine oil
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- aceite
- grasa
Portuguese
- petróleo
- gordura
- óleo
French
- huile
- gras
522 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
422 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
400 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
689 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
298 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
671 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
593 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
364 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
365 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
624 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1183 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
400 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
255 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1116 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17253 | Morohashi |
341 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3106 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1188 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
317 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
376 | 2001 Kanji |
3a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
3516.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6cb9 | Unicode hex code |