1867 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1301 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
372 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
279 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
11946 | Morohashi |
2109 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
696 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 拉麺 【ラーメン】 ramen, Chinese-style noodles
- 拉致 【ラチ】 taking captive, carrying away, kidnapping, kidnaping, abduction
- 委内瑞拉 【ベネズエラ】 Venezuela
Kun reading compounds
- 拉ぐ 【ひしぐ】 to crush, to squash, to overpower, to beat, to crush
Readings
- Korean:
- rab
Spanish
Portuguese
French
3c5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
5001.8 | Four corner code |
1-57-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
62c9 | Unicode hex code |
人
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
- 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
- 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
- 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
- 人 【ニン】 counter for people
- 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
- 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
- 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent
Kun reading compounds
- 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
- 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
- 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
- いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- pessoa
French
- être humain
- personne
30 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
39 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
9 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
339 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
4 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
11 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
14 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
1 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
15 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
42 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4175 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2111 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
960 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
344 | Morohashi |
3368 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
99 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
951 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1023 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
2 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
7 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1262 | 2001 Kanji |
2a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-2-4 | SKIP code |
8000.0 | Four corner code |
1-31-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4eba | Unicode hex code |
clothing, admit, obey, discharge
- On:
- フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
873 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 服 【フク】 clothes (esp. Western clothes), clothing, dress, costume, suit, outfit, counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
- 服役 【フクエキ】 penal servitude, serving time in prison, military service, forced labor, compulsory service
- 私服 【シフク】 ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform), plain clothes, civilian clothes, casual wear, mufti, plainclothes police officer
- 呉服 【ゴフク】 cloth (for Japanese clothes), kimono fabrics, textile, drapery, dry goods, piece goods, silk fabrics
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はっ、 はつ、 はら
- Korean:
- bog
Spanish
- ropa
- admitir
- obedecer
Portuguese
- vestuário
- permitir
- obedecer
- descarregar
French
- habillement
- admettre
- obéir
- libérer (renvoi)
- avaler (médicament)
505 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
408 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
385 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
534 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3741 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
306 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
194 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
618 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
683 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
696 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
317 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1004 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1090 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
591 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1411 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14345P | Morohashi |
878 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4775 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1399 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1501 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
476 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
312 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3967 | 2001 Kanji |
4b4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
7724.7 | Four corner code |
1-41-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
670d | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Readings
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1158 | Morohashi |
317 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2a13.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-13 | SKIP code |
2121.6 | Four corner code |
1-49-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
50f5 | Unicode hex code |
尸
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 屍 【シカバネ】 corpse, kanji "corpse" radical
- 尸位 【シイ】 neglecting the duties of an office while taking pay
- 三尸 【サンシ】 the three worms (in Taoism), worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings
Readings
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1376 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
4198 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7630 | Morohashi |
3389 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
3r0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
7720.7 | Four corner code |
1-53-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c38 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帖合 【チョウアイ】 type of commission system in the book industry in Japan
- 捕物帳 【トリモノチョウ】 detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers), detective's memoirs, thief taker's memoirs
- 写生帖 【シャセイチョウ】 sketchbook
- 帖 【ジョウ】 folding book, counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori), counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc., counter for pairs (of curtains), counter for tatami mats
- 法帖 【ホウジョウ】 copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy
- 画帖 【ガジョウ】 picture album
Readings
- Korean:
- cheob, che
Spanish
- manojo de algas
- taco de papel
- libreta
- contador para papeles y algas
Portuguese
French
1473 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
563 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
342 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
256 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
8849 | Morohashi |
286 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1558 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2231 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2338 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3f5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
4126.0 | Four corner code |
1-36-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e16 | 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 |