438 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
341 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
514 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
278 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
783 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
384 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
227 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1228 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
422 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
428 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
242 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1385 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2616 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1337 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1813 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
75 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23236 | Morohashi |
2111 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3926 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
75 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
79 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
195 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
358 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
279 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 真 【シン】 truth, reality, genuineness, seriousness, truth, printed style writing, star performer
- 真意 【シンイ】 real intention, true motive, true meaning
- 組み写真 【クミシャシン】 composite or montage photograph
- 迫真 【ハクシン】 realistic, true to life
Kun reading compounds
- 真 【ま】 just, right, due (east), pure, genuine, true, truth
- 誠 【まこと】 truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
- 秀真 【ほつま】 Hotsuma (script)
- 誠 【まこと】 truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
- 誠に 【まことに】 indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
- 嘘から出たまこと 【うそからでたまこと】 something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true, lie turned truth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さな、 さね、 ただ、 ただし、 なお、 のり、 まあ、 まこ、 まさ、 まっ、 まど、 まな、 まゆ、 みち、 も
- Korean:
- jin
Spanish
- verdad
- realidad
- puro
- genuino
- verdadero
Portuguese
- verdadeiro
- realidade
- seita do Budismo
French
- exact
- vrai
- réalité
- secte bouddhiste
1561 | 2001 Kanji |
2k8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
2-7-3 | SKIP code |
4080.1 | Four corner code |
1-31-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
771f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣士 【ケンシ】 swordsman, swordswoman, fencer
- 銃剣 【ジュウケン】 bayonet, guns and swords
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
Kun reading compounds
- 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣の舞 【つるぎのまい】 Sabre Dance
- 月の剣 【つきのつるぎ】 new moon, crescent moon
- 草薙の剣 【くさなぎのつるぎ】 Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword
Readings
- Korean:
- geom
Spanish
- sable
- espada
- hoja de espada
Portuguese
- sabre
- espada
- lâmina
- ponteiro de relógio
French
- sabre
- épée
- lame
- aiguille de montre
1214 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1248 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
696 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1436 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1095 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1151 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
879 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
900 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
791 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
198 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2104 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1096 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1493 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1687 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2076 | Morohashi |
1672 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
498 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1671 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1801 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1310 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2843 | 2001 Kanji |
2f8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-2 | SKIP code |
8250.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5263 | Unicode hex code |
白
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 白 【ハク】 white, striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus), (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.), one's lines, white dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles, Belgium, white person, Caucasian
- 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
- 美白 【ビハク】 beautifully white (esp. of skin), whitening (of skin, teeth, etc.)
- 漂白 【ヒョウハク】 blanching, bleaching
- 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
- 白夜 【ビャクヤ】 night under the midnight sun, white night (at extreme latitudes), night during which the sun doesn't set
- 敬白 【ケイハク】 yours sincerely, sincerely yours, yours truly
- 恐惶敬白 【キョウコウケイハク】 very truly yours, very respectfully yours
Kun reading compounds
- 白 【しろ】 white, innocence, innocent person, blank space, white stone, white dragon tile, skewered grilled pig intestine
- 白い 【しろい】 white
- 面白 【おもしろ】 amusing, funny, interesting
- 蘿蔔 【すずしろ】 daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- 白い 【しろい】 white
- 白色 【しろいろ】 white
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 か、 はっ
- Korean:
- baeg, bae
Spanish
- blanco
Portuguese
- branco
French
- blanc
37 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
53 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
65 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
266 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3095 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
79 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
73 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
205 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
205 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
44 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1362 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4305 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2175 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2929 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
37 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
22678 | Morohashi |
3493 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3863 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
37 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
37 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
242 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
46 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
878 | 2001 Kanji |
4c1.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
2600.0 | Four corner code |
1-39-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
767d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 兵刃 【ヘイジン】 sword blade
- 刀刃 【トウジン】 sword blade
- 刃傷 【ニンジョウ】 bloodshed
- 刃傷沙汰 【ニンジョウザタ】 bloodshed
Kun reading compounds
- 刃 【は】 edge (of a knife or sword), blade, prong (of an electrical plug)
- 鋼 【はがね】 steel, sword steel, sword
- 諸刃 【もろは】 double-edged (e.g. sword blade), double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife), double-edged blade
- 抜き刃 【ぬきは】 die blade, cutting die
- 刃 【やいば】 blade, sword, forged blade, wavy pattern on forged blades, sharpness, unhulled rice
- 刃を交える 【やいばをまじえる】 to cross swords (with)
- 鬼滅の刃 【きめつのやいば】 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)
- 氷の刃 【こおりのやいば】 gleaming sword
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ち、 と
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- hoja
- filo
Portuguese
- lâmina
- espada
- margem
French
- lame
- épée
- fil (épée)
1446 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1526 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
152 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1107 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1089 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1413 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1502 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1774 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
178 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3646 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2537 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
85 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1850 | Morohashi |
2929 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
449 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
84 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
88 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1014 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3545 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-1-2 | SKIP code |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
1742.0 | Four corner code |
1732.0 | Four corner code |
1-31-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5203 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
122 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 取 【シュ】 appropriation, obtaining
- 取材 【シュザイ】 gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.), collecting information, covering (an event, incident, etc.), reporting, interview (for a news story)
- 先取 【センシュ】 earning the first (runs), preoccupation
- 聴取 【チョウシュ】 hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.), asking, questioning (e.g. a suspect), enquiry, listening (e.g. to the radio)
Kun reading compounds
- 取る 【とる】 to take, to pick up, to grab, to catch, to pass, to hand, to give, to get, to obtain, to acquire, to win, to receive, to earn, to take (e.g. a vacation), to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.), to take (a measure, attitude, etc.), to choose, to remove, to get rid of, to take off, to take away, to steal, to rob, to eat, to have (e.g. lunch), to take (e.g. vitamins), to pick (e.g. flowers), to gather, to extract (e.g. juice), to catch (e.g. fish), to harvest (a crop), to take up (time, space), to occupy, to spare, to set aside, to secure, to reserve, to save, to put aside, to keep, to take (e.g. a joke), to interpret, to understand, to make out, to grasp, to record, to take down, to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper), to take, to buy, to get, to order, to have delivered, to charge, to fine, to take (tax), to take (e.g. a wife), to take on (e.g. an apprentice), to adopt, to accept, to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play
- 取るに足らない 【とるにたらない】 insignificant, inconsequential, trifling, negligible, of little importance
- 取り 【とり】 taking, taker, collecting, collector, remover, removal, last performer of the day (usu. the star performer), last performance of the day, active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration), emphatic or formal prefix
- 取り扱い 【とりあつかい】 treatment, service, handling, management
- 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
- 買取 【かいとり】 purchase, buying, buying out, buying used articles as a company, trade-in, buy back, purchase on a no-return policy, lump-sum payment, flat fee
- 取り 【とり】 taking, taker, collecting, collector, remover, removal, last performer of the day (usu. the star performer), last performance of the day, active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration), emphatic or formal prefix
- 取り扱い 【とりあつかい】 treatment, service, handling, management
- 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
- 買取 【かいとり】 purchase, buying, buying out, buying used articles as a company, trade-in, buy back, purchase on a no-return policy, lump-sum payment, flat fee
Readings
- Japanese names:
- どる
- Korean:
- chwi
Spanish
- tomar
- coger
Portuguese
- tomar
- trazer
- recolher
French
- prendre
- aller chercher
238 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
317 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
301 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
190 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3699 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
108 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
393 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
650 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
65 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
65 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
270 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
269 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1613 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
847 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1162 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
827 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3158 | Morohashi |
1262 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
679 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
819 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
194 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
303 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3267 | 2001 Kanji |
6e2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-2 | SKIP code |
1714.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53d6 | Unicode hex code |