2904 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1835 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
825 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
613 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
20609 | Morohashi |
3599 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2345 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2433 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 獅子 【シシ】 lion, left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
- 獅子舞 【シシマイ】 lion dance, traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
Kun reading compounds
- 獅子 【しし】 lion, left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
- 獅子舞 【ししまい】 lion dance, traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- león
Portuguese
French
3g10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-10 | SKIP code |
4122.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7345 | 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 |
heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
193 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 重 【ジュウ】 jūbako, multi-tiered food box, heavy, serious, extreme, -fold, -ply
- 重圧 【ジュウアツ】 strong pressure, heavy pressure
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
- 重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
Kun reading compounds
- 重 【え】 -fold, -ply
- 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
- 九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 重い 【おもい】 heavy, weighty, heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy, slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy, important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave, serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical, solid, established, dignified, sensible
- 重い腰を上げる 【おもいこしをあげる】 to get off one's backside, to bestir oneself
- 重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker
- 重ねる 【かさねる】 to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another, to repeat many times over, to go through repeatedly, to accumulate
- 重なる 【かさなる】 to be piled up, to lie on top of one another, to come one after another, to happen over and over, to pile up (e.g. stress), to accumulate, to overlap (each other), to occur at the same time, to happen simultaneously
- 主 【おも】 chief, main, principal, important, main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
- 重き 【おもき】 importance, emphasis, stress
- 身重 【みおも】 pregnant
- 気重 【きおも】 heavy-hearted
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さね、 しげ、 しげる
- Korean:
- jung
Spanish
- pesado
- importante
- apilar
- amontonar
Portuguese
- pesado
- empilhar
- pilha de caixas
- -dobrar
French
- lourd
- empiler
- entasser
- s'emboîter
- - couches
245 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
326 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
311 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
155 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
224 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
161 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
266 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1017 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
227 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
227 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
115 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1802 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4390 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2991 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1691 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40132 | Morohashi |
3573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6207 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1675 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1805 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
136 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
330 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2272 | 2001 Kanji |
0a9.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-9-2 | SKIP code |
2-1-8 | SKIP code |
2010.4 | Four corner code |
1-29-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
91cd | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2126 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 禄 【ロク】 stipend, reward
- 禄高 【ロクダカ】 (amount of a samurai's) stipend
- 元禄 【ゲンロク】 Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
- 永禄 【エイロク】 Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし、 よし
- Korean:
- rog
Spanish
- feliz
- contento
- feudo
- sueldo de funcionario
Portuguese
French
3250 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1998 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1589 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2179 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1264 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
684 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
24741P | Morohashi |
1002 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4096 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2602 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2648 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4e8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-8 | SKIP code |
3723.2 | Four corner code |
1-47-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7984 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
522 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 兵 【ヘイ】 (common) soldier, rank and file, army, troops, warfare, strategy
- 兵員 【ヘイイン】 military strength, military personnel
- 伏兵 【フクヘイ】 ambush, troops in ambush, unexpected opposition, unexpected obstacle
- 工兵 【コウヘイ】 combat engineer, military engineer, combat engineering, military engineering
- 兵 【ヒョウ】 pawn
- 兵法 【ヘイホウ】 art of war, strategy, tactics
- 小兵 【コヒョウ】 small build, small stature
- 大兵 【ダイヒョウ】 great stature, large build
Kun reading compounds
- 兵 【つわもの】 soldier, warrior, person of courage, strong person, very capable person, master (in a field)
- 古強者 【ふるつわもの】 feudal warrior, samurai, old soldier, veteran, old hand
Readings
- Japanese names:
- へ
- Korean:
- byeong
Spanish
- soldado
- marinero
- tropa
Portuguese
- soldado
- particular
- tropas
- exército
- guerra
- estratégia
- tática
French
- soldat
- simple soldat
- troupes
- armée
- guerre
- stratégie
- tactique
712 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
606 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
578 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
447 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
201 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
396 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
343 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
499 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
784 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
798 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
994 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
155 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3158 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2207 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1343 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1462 | Morohashi |
2551 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
374 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1331 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1429 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
243 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
489 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2661 | 2001 Kanji |
2o5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-2 | SKIP code |
7280.1 | Four corner code |
1-42-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5175 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
400 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 衛星 【エイセイ】 (natural) satellite, moon, (artificial) satellite
- 衛生 【エイセイ】 hygiene, sanitation, health
- 自衛 【ジエイ】 self-defense, self-defence
- 専守防衛 【センシュボウエイ】 nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
- 衛星 【エイセイ】 (natural) satellite, moon, (artificial) satellite
- 衛生 【エイセイ】 hygiene, sanitation, health
- 近衛 【コノエ】 Imperial Guards
- 兵衛 【ヒョウエ】 middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もり、 い、 まもる
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
- defensa
- protección
- guardián
Portuguese
- defesa
- proteção
French
- défense
- protection
551 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
646 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
617 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
394 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1639 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
686 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1722 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2452 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
815 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
834 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
780 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1617 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
938 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
526 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
686 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1661 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34073 | Morohashi |
760 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1776 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1646 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1775 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
287 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
813 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2053 | 2001 Kanji |
3i13.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-13 | SKIP code |
2122.1 | Four corner code |
2150.6 | Four corner code |
1-17-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
885b | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卍 【マンジ】 swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol), fylfot, gammadion, swastika-shaped family crest, wow, yeah, ugh, yuck, awesome, really, let's go
- 卍固め 【マンジガタメ】 octopus hold
Kun reading compounds
- 卍 【まんじ】 swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol), fylfot, gammadion, swastika-shaped family crest, wow, yeah, ugh, yuck, awesome, really, let's go
- 卍固め 【まんじがため】 octopus hold
- 右万字 【みぎまんじ】 right-facing swastika, clockwise swastika
- 逆卍 【ぎゃくまんじ】 right-facing swastika, clockwise swastika
Readings
- Korean:
- man
Spanish
Portuguese
French
79 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
197 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2724 | Morohashi |
611 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2k4.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-1 | SKIP code |
1221.7 | Four corner code |
1-50-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
534d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
750 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 固体 【コタイ】 solid (body), solid matter, solid-state
- 固形 【コケイ】 solid (body)
- 凝固 【ギョウコ】 coagulation, freezing, solidification
- 簡明強固 【カンメイキョウコ】 plain and sturdy
Kun reading compounds
- 固める 【かためる】 to harden, to freeze, to strengthen, to solidify, to make (a fist), to tramp down (snow, dirt), to put together, to collect, to gather, to consolidate, to make secure, to stabilize, to settle down, to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.), to establish (evidence), to fortify, to reinforce, to support, to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.), to swear, to resolutely vow, to sincerely promise, to tie tightly, to fasten, to hold a bow fully drawn
- 固まる 【かたまる】 to harden, to solidify, to become firm, to become certain, to gather (together), to assemble, to huddle together, to freeze, to hang, to stop responding
- 塊 【かたまり】 lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster, group, crowd, embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification
- 塊肉 【かたまりにく】 chunk of meat (e.g. for grilling), joint of meat
- 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
- かたいことは言いっこなし 【かたいことはいいっこなし】 let's put formalities aside, let's not speak so stiffly
Readings
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- endurecer
- fijar
- terco
- testarudo
- originario de
Portuguese
- endurecer
- aglomerar
- coágulo
- coagular
French
- solide
- durcir
- résolu
- coaguler
- cailler
393 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
501 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
476 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
834 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1036 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
738 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
424 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
744 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
972 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1004 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
470 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
343 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3830 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1963 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2658 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
587 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4745 | Morohashi |
3086 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
949 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
580 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
622 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
503 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1577 | 2001 Kanji |
3s5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
6060.4 | Four corner code |
1-24-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56fa | Unicode hex code |