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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
951 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 閉鎖 【ヘイサ】 closing, closure, shutdown, lockout
- 閉会 【ヘイカイ】 closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
- 開閉 【カイヘイ】 opening and shutting, opening and closing
- 幽閉 【ユウヘイ】 confinement, imprisonment, incarceration
Kun reading compounds
- 閉じる 【とじる】 to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.), to shut
- 閉ざす 【とざす】 to shut, to close, to fasten, to lock, to block (a street, entrance, etc.), to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to shut off, to cut off, to cover (e.g. in darkness), to consume (with negative feelings), to fill (e.g. with sadness), to bury (e.g. in grief)
- 閉める 【しめる】 to close, to shut
- 閉まる 【しまる】 to be shut, to close, to be closed, to be firm (of a body, face, etc.), to be well-knit, to be locked, to tighten, to be tightened, to become sober, to become tense
- 閉てる 【たてる】 to shut, to close
Readings
- Japanese names:
- へ
- Korean:
- pye
Spanish
- cerrar
- finalizar
- dejar de hacer
- guardar
Portuguese
- fechado
- fechar
French
- fermer
- clore
979 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
968 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1143 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4945 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
900 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
981 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
397 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
401 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
216 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1839 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4116 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2090 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2832 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1637 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41222 | Morohashi |
3319 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6385 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1623 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1751 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
931 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3847 | 2001 Kanji |
8e3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-8-3 | SKIP code |
7724.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9589 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1250 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鎖国 【サコク】 national isolation, closing the country (to foreigners), sakoku, policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
- 鎖骨 【サコツ】 collarbone, clavicle
- 経済封鎖 【ケイザイフウサ】 economic blockade, embargo
- 学級閉鎖 【ガッキュウヘイサ】 temporary closing of classes
Kun reading compounds
- 鎖 【くさり】 chain, chains
- 鎖編み 【くさりあみ】 chain stitch
- 救命の鎖 【きゅうめいのくさり】 chain of survival
- 人間の鎖 【にんげんのくさり】 human chain (chain of people holding hands, usually in protest)
- 閉ざす 【とざす】 to shut, to close, to fasten, to lock, to block (a street, entrance, etc.), to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to shut off, to cut off, to cover (e.g. in darkness), to consume (with negative feelings), to fill (e.g. with sadness), to bury (e.g. in grief)
Readings
- Korean:
- swae
Spanish
- conexión
- cerrar
- cadena
Portuguese
- cadeias
- ferros
- conexão
French
- chaîne
- fers
- liens
1286 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1605 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4901 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1698 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1856 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1819 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1968 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1338 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1832 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2213 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1156 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1573 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1956 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40708P | Morohashi |
1761 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6325 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1937 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2087 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1908 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2861 | 2001 Kanji |
8a10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-10 | SKIP code |
8918.6 | Four corner code |
1-26-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9396 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
191 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 反 【ハン】 anti-, antithesis, fanqie, traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
- 反映 【ハンエイ】 reflection (of light), reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.), application (of an update, changes, etc.), taking effect
- 離反 【リハン】 estrangement, alienation, disaffection, desertion, defection, breakaway
- 造反 【ゾウハン】 rebellion
- 反故 【ホゴ】 wastepaper, scrap paper
- 謀反 【ムホン】 rebellion, revolt, insurrection, treason
- 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
- 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
- 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
- 反故 【ホゴ】 wastepaper, scrap paper
- 反古籠 【ホグカゴ】 wastebasket
Kun reading compounds
- 反る 【そる】 to warp, to curve, to arch, to bend, to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
- 反らす 【そらす】 to bend, to warp, to curve
- 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
- 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そり、 た
- Korean:
- ban, beon
Spanish
- anti-
- opuesto
- devolver
- reflejar
- curvarse
Portuguese
- anti-
French
- anti-
492 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
393 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
371 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
183 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
817 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
342 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
391 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
69 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
324 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
324 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
362 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
267 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3663 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1869 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2549 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
730 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3127 | Morohashi |
2945 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
674 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
722 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
779 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
146 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
244 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3367 | 2001 Kanji |
2p2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-2 | SKIP code |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
7124.7 | Four corner code |
1-40-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53cd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
937 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 射 【シャ】 archery, mapping, map, morphism, arrow
- 射撃 【シャゲキ】 firing, shooting, fire, gunshot, marksmanship
- 照射 【ショウシャ】 irradiation, radiation, beaming, exposure (to light), illumination
- 投射 【トウシャ】 projection (of an image)
Kun reading compounds
- 射る 【いる】 to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
- 射す 【さす】 to shine
- 撃つ 【うつ】 to shoot (a gun, person, etc.), to fire
Readings
- Korean:
- sa, seog
Spanish
- disparar
- tirar
- radiar
- liberar
Portuguese
- dispare
- brilha dentro
- sobre
- arte do arco e flexa
French
- lancer une flèche
- tir à l'arc
- sur
- briller
893 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
882 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1000 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4603 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
989 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1222 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1144 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
900 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
922 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1015 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
505 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1850 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
979 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1327 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1257 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7434 | Morohashi |
1458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1380 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1249 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1338 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
902 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
848 | 2001 Kanji |
0a10.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-3 | SKIP code |
2440.0 | Four corner code |
2420.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c04 | Unicode hex code |