2889 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1966 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1306 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2155 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
652 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
392 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
489 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1270 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
20511P | Morohashi |
536 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3585 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1262 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1352 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1684 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 猪口 【チョコ】 sake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
- 猪牙舟 【チョキブネ】 small, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)
- 野猪 【ヤチョ】 wild boar
- 玄猪 【ゲンチョ】 day of the boar in the tenth month, mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar)
Kun reading compounds
- 猪 【い】 hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)
- 猪 【いのしし】 wild boar, wild pig
- 猪 【いのしし】 wild boar, wild pig
- 猪年 【いのししどし】 year of the Boar, year of the Pig
- 鹿猪 【しかいのしし】 babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
- 臍猪 【へそいのしし】 peccary
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いの
- Korean:
- jeo
Spanish
- jabalí
- verraco
Portuguese
French
- sanglier
3g8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
4426.0 | Four corner code |
1-35-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
732a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1713 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 苗 【ミャオ】 Miao (people), Hmong
- 苗裔 【ビョウエイ】 descendant
- 種苗 【シュビョウ】 seeds and seedlings, eggs and hatchlings, (fish) eggs and fry
- 育苗 【イクビョウ】 raising seedlings
- 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
- 苗字帯刀 【ミョウジタイトウ】 the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
- 豆苗 【トウミョウ】 pea sprouts
Kun reading compounds
- 苗 【なえ】 seedling, young plant, rice seedling
- 苗木 【なえぎ】 seedling, sapling, young tree
- 早苗 【さなえ】 rice seedling
- 花苗 【はななえ】 flower seedling
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ねい、 のら、 みう、 みつ
- Korean:
- myo
Spanish
- siembra
- plantón
- retoño
- vástago
Portuguese
- Muda (planta)
- broto
French
- plant
- jeune arbre
- bourgeon
1740 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1767 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3923 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1287 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1698 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
685 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1468 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1565 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1837 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
649 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2781 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1426 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1924 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
239 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30781P | Morohashi |
2237 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5004 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
234 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
249 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1215 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1976 | 2001 Kanji |
3k5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
4460.0 | Four corner code |
1-41-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
82d7 | Unicode hex code |
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
- 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
- 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
- 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
- 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
- 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
- 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
- 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
Kun reading compounds
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
- 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
- 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
- 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
- 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- す
- Korean:
- dae
Spanish
- generación
- reinado
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- relevar
Portuguese
- substituto
- mudança
- convertido
- repor
- período
- idade
- geração
- carga
- valor
- taxa
French
- substituer
- changer
- convertir
- remplacer
- période
- âge
- ère
- génération
- montant d'argent
- taux
- prix
- redevance
463 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
358 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
338 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
68 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
364 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
85 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
111 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
125 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
256 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
256 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
413 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
61 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
34 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1014 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
386 | Morohashi |
30 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
125 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1005 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1080 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
87 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
257 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2156 | 2001 Kanji |
2a3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-3 | SKIP code |
2324.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4ee3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
712 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 盛大 【セイダイ】 grand, magnificent, lavish, large scale, prosperous, thriving, lively, forceful, powerful, vigorous
- 盛況 【セイキョウ】 success, prosperity, boom
- 隆盛 【リュウセイ】 prosperity, flourishing, thriving
- 士気旺盛 【シキオウセイ】 morale being very high, heightened fighting spirit
- 盛者 【ショウジャ】 prosperous person, powerful person
- 盛者必衰 【ジョウシャヒッスイ】 even the prosperous inevitably decay, sic transit gloria mundi, all that's fair must fade
- 強盛 【キョウセイ】 might, mighty
- 熾盛 【シジョウ】 vigor (like leaping flames), liveliness
Kun reading compounds
- 盛る 【もる】 to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with, to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up, to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe, to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement), to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer), to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup
- 盛る 【さかる】 to prosper, to flourish, to copulate (animals)
- 盛ん 【さかん】 prosperous, flourishing, thriving, successful, popular, widespread, active, lively, energetic, vigorous, brisk, strong, enthusiastic, eager, hearty, frequent, repeated
- 盛んな歓迎 【さかんなかんげい】 cordial reception
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もり
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- auge
- prosperidad
- apilar
- colmar
- prosperar
- florecer
- próspero
Portuguese
- estrondo
- prosperar
- copular
French
- prospérité
- boom
- copuler
921 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1476 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
737 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3116 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
898 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1554 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1469 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
719 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
732 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
922 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1371 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3314 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1717 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2332 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1469 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23001P | Morohashi |
2675 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3895 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1457 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1567 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
925 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1474 | 2001 Kanji |
5h6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-5 | SKIP code |
5310.7 | Four corner code |
1-32-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
76db | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4752 | Morohashi |
3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3172 | 2001 Kanji |
3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
6010.3 | Four corner code |
1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56fd | Unicode hex code |