754 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
669 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
640 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1127 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3140 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
674 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1561 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1637 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
848 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
867 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
976 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1387 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1504 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
796 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1084 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1479 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23318 | Morohashi |
1172 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3935 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1467 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1577 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
725 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 眼 【ガン】 eye, insight, vision, power of observation, gist, main point, hole
- 眼科 【ガンカ】 ophthalmology
- 主眼 【シュガン】 main purpose, chief aim, focus, main point, gist, essence
- 象嵌 【ゾウガン】 inlay, inlaying, damascening
- 慈眼 【ジゲン】 merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
- 開眼 【カイガン】 enlightenment, spiritual awakening, opening one's eyes to the truth, reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.), reaching the highest echelons, gaining eyesight, restoring eyesight, opening the eyes, filling out the eyes (of a Buddha) as the last step of consecrating a new statue or picture, ceremony where a newly made image or idol is consecrated
Kun reading compounds
- 眼 【まなこ】 eye, eyeball, pupil and (dark) iris of the eye, insight, perceptivity, power of observation, look, field of vision, core, center, centre, essence
- 血眼 【ちまなこ】 bloodshot eyes, (doing something in a) frenzy
- 百眼 【ひゃくまなこ】 using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period), simple paper mask
- 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
- 眼鏡 【めがね】 glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles, judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
- 血眼 【ちまなこ】 bloodshot eyes, (doing something in a) frenzy
- 遠目 【とおめ】 distant view, looking from a distance, being able to see a long distance, good long-distance vision, farsightedness
Readings
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- ojo
- vista
- perspicacia
- punto principal
Portuguese
- globo ocular
French
- globe oculaire
3965 | 2001 Kanji |
5c6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-6 | SKIP code |
6703.2 | Four corner code |
1-20-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
773c | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 瞼板腺 【ケンバンセン】 meibomian gland, tarsal gland
- 花瞼 【カケン】 beautiful eyelids
- 眼瞼 【ガンケン】 eyelid, palpebra
Kun reading compounds
- 瞼 【まぶた】 eyelid
- 二重まぶた 【ふたえまぶた】 double-edged eyelid
- 一重まぶた 【ひとえまぶた】 single-edged eyelid, eyelid with an epicanthic fold, upper eyelid with no fold
Readings
- Korean:
- geom
Spanish
Portuguese
French
3160 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
23744 | Morohashi |
3966 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
5c13.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-13 | SKIP code |
6808.6 | Four corner code |
1-66-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
77bc | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 痙縮 【ケイシュク】 spasticity, contracture, (muscle) stiffness
- 痙性麻痺 【ケイセイマヒ】 spastic paralysis
- 咬痙 【コウケイ】 lockjaw, trismus
- 書痙 【ショケイ】 writer's cramp
Kun reading compounds
- 攣る 【つる】 to cramp, to be cramped, to get a cramp (in)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
3052 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
22186 | Morohashi |
3812 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
5i7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-5-7 | SKIP code |
0011.1 | Four corner code |
1-65-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
75d9 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 攣縮 【レンシュク】 spasm
- 胃痙攣 【イケイレン】 gastrospasm, stomach spasm, stomach cramps
- 膣痙攣 【チツケイレン】 vaginismus, vaginal spasm
Kun reading compounds
- 攣る 【つる】 to cramp, to be cramped, to get a cramp (in)
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeon
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2035 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
3635 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
13032 | Morohashi |
2919 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2320 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
3c19.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-19-4 | SKIP code |
2250.2 | Four corner code |
1-58-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6523 | Unicode hex code |