723 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
620 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
796 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
227 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2773 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
386 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
715 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1789 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
93 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
93 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
400 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1280 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2648 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1832 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1791 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
19113 | Morohashi |
2135 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1775 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1913 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
179 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
600 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
274 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 無 【ム】 nothing, naught, nought, nil, zero, un-, non-
- 無意識 【ムイシキ】 unconsciousness, unconscious, involuntary, automatic, mechanical, unintentional, spontaneous, the unconscious
- 皆無 【カイム】 nonexistent, nil, none, nothing (at all), bugger-all
- 虚無 【キョム】 nihility, nothingness
- 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
- 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly
Kun reading compounds
- 無い 【ない】 nonexistent, not being (there), unowned, not had, unpossessed, unique, not, impossible, won't happen, not, to not be, to have not
- 【ないといけない】 have to (verb), must (verb), is indispensable, absolutely necessary
- 苦無 【くない】 ninja throwing knives, mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
Readings
- Korean:
- mu
Spanish
- nada
- inexistente
- prefijo negativo
- no hay
Portuguese
- Sem valor
- nada
- não sou/ estou
- nihil
- não
French
- néant
- rien
- ne pas
- non
- in-
- négatif
2340 | 2001 Kanji |
4d8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-10 | SKIP code |
2-8-4 | SKIP code |
8033.1 | Four corner code |
1-44-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7121 | Unicode hex code |
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 為政者 【イセイシャ】 statesman, administrator, politician, policymaker
- 為公会 【イコウカイ】 Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
- 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
- 営為 【エイイ】 business, occupation
Kun reading compounds
- 為 【ため】 good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, purpose, objective, aim, consequence, result, effect, affecting, regarding, concerning
- 為に 【ために】 for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of
- 外為 【がいため】 foreign exchange
- 念のため 【ねんのため】 (just) making sure, just to be sure, just in case, for caution's sake
- 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
- 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
- なす術 【なすすべ】 means, method, way
- 為る 【する】 to do, to carry out, to perform, to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into), to serve as, to act as, to work as, to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.), to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as, to decide on, to choose, to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.), to be (in a state, condition, etc.), to be worth, to cost, to pass (of time), to elapse, to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B, to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B, to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B, to feel A about B, verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"), creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"), to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
- 成り 【なり】 promoted (of a piece)
- 成り代わる 【なりかわる】 to take over for (someone), to stand in for, to substitute for, to replace, to take the place of (something)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- びい
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
- hacer
- ocurrir
- razón
- causa
Portuguese
- mudança
- benefício
- bem-estar
- é de uso
- tentativa
- prática
- custo
- servir para
- bom
- vantagem
- como um resultado de
French
- faire
- changer
- bénéfice
- bien-être
- être utile
- atteindre
- essayer
- s'entraîner
- coûter
- servir pour
- bon
- avantage
- par suite de
1003 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1137 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
977 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1514 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1005 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1484 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1581 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
736 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1274 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4395 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2225 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2994 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1937 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18981P | Morohashi |
3577 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3411 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1918 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2067 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
446 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
1277 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
950 | 2001 Kanji |
4d5.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-9-4 | SKIP code |
3-5-4 | SKIP code |
3402.7 | Four corner code |
1-16-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
70ba | Unicode hex code |
on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
817 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 徒 【ト】 party, set, gang, company, person
- 徒歩 【トホ】 walking, going on foot
- 信徒 【シント】 layman, believer, adherent, follower, laity
- 学徒 【ガクト】 student, follower, students and pupils
Kun reading compounds
- 徒 【いたずら】 useless, vain, aimless, idle
- いたずら書き 【いたずらがき】 scribbling, doodling, graffiti
- 徒 【あだ】 vain, futile, transient, frivolous
- 徒疎か 【あだおろそか】 making light of, disregarding
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かち
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- caminar
- inútil
- compañero
Portuguese
- júnior
- vazio
- vaidade
- futilidade
- inutilidade
- coisa efêmera
- gangue
- conjunto
- festa
- pessoas
French
- élève
- inexpérimenté
- vide
- vanité
- futilité
- inutilité
- chose éphémère
- bande
- parti
480 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
581 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
554 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
768 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1614 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
834 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
522 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1048 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
430 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
436 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
641 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
630 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
499 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
310 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
377 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
887 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10121 | Morohashi |
416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1746 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
878 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
943 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
553 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2070 | 2001 Kanji |
3i7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
7726.3 | Four corner code |
2428.1 | Four corner code |
1-37-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f92 | Unicode hex code |
食
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
- 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
- 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
- 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
- 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
Kun reading compounds
- 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
- 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
- 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
- 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
- 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
- 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐい
- Korean:
- sig, sa
Spanish
- alimento
- comida
- eclipse
- comer
Portuguese
- comer
- comida
- alimento
French
- manger
- nourriture
253 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
146 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
269 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5154 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
283 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
99 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1159 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
322 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
322 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
131 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1900 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2578 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1484 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
44014 | Morohashi |
2075 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6674 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1472 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1582 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
207 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
180 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2865 | 2001 Kanji |
8b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
8073.2 | Four corner code |
1-31-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
98df | Unicode hex code |