1742 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1763 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2893 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
730 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1304 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1470 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1567 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1410 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1304 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
651 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
391 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
488 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
250 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
20535X | Morohashi |
535 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3586 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
244 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
259 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1461 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 猫額 【ビョウガク】 (as small as a) cat's forehead
- 猫額大 【ビョウガクダイ】 tiny
- 怪猫 【カイビョウ】 monster cat, cat with magical powers
- 成猫 【セイビョウ】 adult cat, fully-grown cat
Kun reading compounds
- 猫 【ねこ】 cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus), shamisen, geisha, wheelbarrow, clay bed-warmer, bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
- 猫 【ねこま】 cat
- 野良猫 【のらねこ】 stray cat, alley cat
- 山猫 【やまねこ】 wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.), wild cat, stray cat
Readings
- Korean:
- myo
Spanish
- gato
Portuguese
- Gato
French
- chat
2976 | 2001 Kanji |
3g8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
4426.0 | Four corner code |
1-39-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
732b | 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 grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
- 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
- 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
- 1対1 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
- 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
- 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
- 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
- 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation
Kun reading compounds
- 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
- 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
- Korean:
- il
Spanish
- uno
- 1
Portuguese
- um
French
- un
- radical un (no. 1)
1 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
1 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
4 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
2 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4148 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2105 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2850 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1 | Morohashi |
3341 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
1 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3072 | 2001 Kanji |
0a1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-1-4 | SKIP code |
1000.0 | Four corner code |
1-16-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e00 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 匹偶 【ヒツグウ】 pair, couple (husband and wife), friend, comrade
- 馬匹 【バヒツ】 horses
Kun reading compounds
- 匹 【ひき】 counter for small animals, counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size), counter for horses, roll of cloth
- 二匹 【にひき】 two small animals
Readings
- Korean:
- pil, mog
Spanish
- una persona
- confrontar
- equilibrar
- contador de animales
- contador de largo de telas
Portuguese
- igual
- cabeça
- sufixo para contagem de para pequenos animais
- rolo de pano
French
- égal
- tête
- compteur de petits animaux
- rouleau de tissu (= 2 tan = ~19m)
1736 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1595 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
756 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1120 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
379 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
187 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1500 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1599 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1203 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
234 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3680 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1878 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2558 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1711 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2673 | Morohashi |
2962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
584 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1695 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1025 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3475 | 2001 Kanji |
2t2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-2 | SKIP code |
7171.1 | Four corner code |
1-41-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5339 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
836 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 居 【キョ】 residence
- 居室 【キョシツ】 living room
- 入居 【ニュウキョ】 moving in (to a house, apartment, etc.), taking up residence
- 住居 【ジュウキョ】 dwelling, house, residence, address
- 居士 【コジ】 grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix), private-sector scholar
Kun reading compounds
- 居る 【いる】 to be (of animate objects), to exist, to stay, to be ...-ing, to have been ...-ing
- 居留守 【いるす】 pretending to be out
- 居る 【おる】 to be (animate), to be, to exist, to be ...-ing, to (have the audacity to) do
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おき、 ぐ、 すえ
- Korean:
- geo, gi
Spanish
- sentarse
- residir
- vivir con
- ser [nk]
- existir
Portuguese
- residir
- existir
- viver com
French
- se trouver
- résider
- être
- exister
- vivre avec
586 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
678 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
649 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
777 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1387 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
208 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
483 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
737 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
171 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
171 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
535 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
527 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3822 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2653 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1072 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7663 | Morohashi |
3080 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1416 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1063 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1143 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
281 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
680 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3777 | 2001 Kanji |
3r5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
7726.4 | Four corner code |
1-21-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c45 | Unicode hex code |