2706 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
18412 | Morohashi |
3344 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 沖 【おき】 open sea, Okinawa
Readings
- Korean:
- o, og
Spanish
Portuguese
French
3a13.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-13 | SKIP code |
3713.4 | Four corner code |
1-63-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6fb3 | Unicode hex code |
門
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
452 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 門 【モン】 gate, branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master, division, phylum, counter for cannons
- 門下 【モンカ】 one's pupil, one's student, one's follower
- 入門 【ニュウモン】 becoming a pupil (of), becoming a disciple, entering an institution, beginning training, introduction (to), primer, guide, entering through a gate
- 宗門 【シュウモン】 (religious) denomination, sect
Kun reading compounds
- 門 【もん】 gate, branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master, division, phylum, counter for cannons
- 門出 【かどで】 setting off (on a long journey), setting out, departure (e.g. for the front), leaving home, starting a new life, starting life anew
- 帝 【みかど】 emperor (of Japan), mikado, (the gates of an) imperial residence
- 口は災いの門 【くちはわざわいのかど】 words can lead to disaster, the tongue is the root of calamities, the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
- 戸 【と】 door (esp. Japanese-style), shutter, window shutter, entrance (to a home), narrows
- 門浪 【となみ】 waves in narrow straits
- 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
- 長門 【ながと】 Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じょう、 も、 と、 ゆき
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- puerta
Portuguese
- portões
French
- portail
- compteur de canons
143 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
231 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
211 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
385 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4940 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
105 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
269 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
601 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
161 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
161 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
445 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1838 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1100 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
597 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
789 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1630 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41208 | Morohashi |
888 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6381 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1616 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1743 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
376 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
168 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3853 | 2001 Kanji |
8e0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
3-8-0 | SKIP code |
7777.7 | Four corner code |
7777.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9580 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
790 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 軽 【ケイ】 light (e.g. aircraft, truck), light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), kei car
- 軽快 【ケイカイ】 light (of movements), nimble, sprightly, springy, light-hearted, cheerful, buoyant, jaunty, casual (e.g. clothing), rhythmical (e.g. melody), taking a turn for the better (of an illness), receding of symptoms, recovery, convalescence
- 軽々 【ケイケイ】 indiscreetly, thoughtlessly, carelessly, frivolously
- 酌量減軽 【シャクリョウゲンケイ】 reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances
- 軽忽 【キョウコツ】 indiscreet, thoughtless, absurd, laughable, disdaining, belittling
- 常不軽 【ジョウフキョウ】 Sadaparibhuta (bodhisattva)
- 剽軽 【ヒョウキン】 facetious, droll, funny
Kun reading compounds
- 軽い 【かるい】 light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily), light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile, non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial, slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke), easy, simple, indiscriminate
- 軽石 【かるいし】 pumice stone
- 軽やか 【かろやか】 light, easy, non-serious, minor
- 軽んじる 【かろんじる】 to look down on, to make light of
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- ligero
- insignificante
- poco serio
- fácil
Portuguese
- ligeiramente
- insignificante
- sem importância
French
- léger
- insignifiant
- sans importance
387 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
287 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
269 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
650 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4620 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
598 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
258 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1657 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
547 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
556 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
116 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1775 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1909 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1015 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1372 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
724 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38281 | Morohashi |
1515 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5953 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
717 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
774 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
395 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1572 | 2001 Kanji |
7c5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-5 | SKIP code |
5701.4 | Four corner code |
1-23-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8efd | Unicode hex code |
rut, wheel, track, model, way of doing
- On:
- キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1480 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 軌 【キ】 rut, wheel track, distance between two wheels, gauge
- 軌跡 【キセキ】 tire track, traces of a person or thing, path one has taken, locus
- 広軌 【コウキ】 broad gauge
- 狭軌 【キョウキ】 narrow gauge
Readings
- Korean:
- gwe
Spanish
- surco
- vía
- modelo
- ejemplo
Portuguese
- Sulco de rodas
- roda
- trilha
- modelo
- caminho
French
- ornière
- rails
- orbite
- modèle
- façon de faire
1125 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1629 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4610 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1465 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1797 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
892 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1787 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1921 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1306 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1770 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1832 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
968 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1312 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
294 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38176 | Morohashi |
1445 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5941 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
288 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
306 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1297 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1557 | 2001 Kanji |
7c2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-2 | SKIP code |
5401.7 | Four corner code |
1-21-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8ecc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鉄 【テツ】 iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), railway, railway enthusiast
- 鉄製 【テッセイ】 made of iron
- 国鉄 【コクテツ】 national railway, Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
- 新日本製鐵 【シンニッポンセイテツ】 Nippon Steel Corporation
Kun reading compounds
- 黒金 【くろがね】 iron
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けん、 てっ
- Korean:
- cheol
Spanish
- hierro
- acero
Portuguese
- ferro
French
- fer
283 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
374 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
353 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
327 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4844 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
242 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
976 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1948 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
312 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
312 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
147 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1814 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2147 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1126 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1527 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
854 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40285 | Morohashi |
1711 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6253 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
846 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
909 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
449 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
422 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2863 | 2001 Kanji |
8a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-5 | SKIP code |
8513.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9244 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
529 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 路上 【ロジョウ】 on the road, on the street, in the street, on the way
- 路地 【ロジ】 alley, alleyway, lane, path through a gate or garden, teahouse garden
- 活路 【カツロ】 means of survival, means of escape, way out of a difficulty
- 岐路 【キロ】 forked road, crossroads
- 路加 【ルカ】 St Luke
Kun reading compounds
- 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
- 道草 【みちくさ】 loitering on the way, wayside grass
- 長路 【ながみち】 long road, far journey
- 脇道 【わきみち】 side road, byroad, digression (e.g. from argument)
Readings
- Korean:
- ro
Spanish
- camino
- ruta
- carretera
Portuguese
- caminho
- rota
- estrada
- distância
French
- chemin
- route
- distance
540 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
439 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
415 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
367 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4561 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
677 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
935 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1925 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
151 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
151 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
533 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1764 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1936 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1290 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
37524 | Morohashi |
1533 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5876 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1282 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1376 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
425 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3777 | 2001 Kanji |
7d6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-6 | SKIP code |
6716.4 | Four corner code |
1-47-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8def | Unicode hex code |