1910 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1537 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1109 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
24294 | Morohashi |
4012 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2596 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2642 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2364 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 うす
- Korean:
- dae
Spanish
Portuguese
French
5a8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-8 | SKIP code |
1061.4 | Four corner code |
1-17-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7893 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
- 氷山 【ヒョウザン】 iceberg
- 海氷 【カイヒョウ】 sea ice
- 解氷 【カイヒョウ】 a thaw
Kun reading compounds
- 氷 【こおり】 ice, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
- 氷水 【こおりみず】 ice water, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
- 人造氷 【じんぞうこおり】 artificial ice
- 雪氷 【せっぴょう】 snow and ice, snow ice, frozen snow
- 氷 【ひ】 ice, hail
- 氷柱 【つらら】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
- 薄ら氷 【うすらひ】 thin ice
- 凍る 【こおる】 to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すい
- Korean:
- bing
Spanish
- hielo
- congelado
Portuguese
- estalactite
- gelo
- granizo
- geada
- congela
French
- glace
- glaçon
- grêle
- geler
- congeler
498 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
401 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
378 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1222 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
131 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
820 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
662 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
140 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1269 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1095 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1153 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
43 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
24 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
25 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
133 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17087 | Morohashi |
39 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3032 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
131 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
138 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
259 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1142 | 2001 Kanji |
3a1.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-3 | SKIP code |
4-5-3 | SKIP code |
3223.0 | Four corner code |
1-41-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c37 | Unicode hex code |
mountain peak, mountain pass, climax, crest, (kokuji)
- Kun:
- とうげ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1941 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 峠 【とうげ】 (mountain) pass, highest point on a mountain road, ridge, peak (e.g. of summer), worst (e.g. of an illness), crisis, critical point, most difficult part
- 峠越え 【とうげごえ】 crossing a mountain pass
- 碓氷峠 【うすいとうげ】 Usui Pass
- 大菩薩峠 【だいぼさつとうげ】 The Sword of Doom (1966 film)
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- puerto de montaña
- desfiladero
- esplendor
- crisis
Portuguese
- pico de montanha
- passagem de montanha
- clímax
- cume
French
- col (montagne)
- sommet
- crête
- (kokuji)
1663 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1751 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1416 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1473 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1239 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1081 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1351 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1434 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1849 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
542 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
428 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
265 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
319 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
780 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8068 | Morohashi |
358 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1464 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
773 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
835 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1248 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1254 | 2001 Kanji |
3o6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
2173.1 | Four corner code |
1-38-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ce0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鉄 【テツ】 iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), railway, railway enthusiast
- 鉄製 【テッセイ】 made of iron
- 国鉄 【コクテツ】 national railway, Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
- 新日本製鐵 【シンニッポンセイテツ】 Nippon Steel Corporation
Kun reading compounds
- 黒金 【くろがね】 iron
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けん、 てっ
- Korean:
- cheol
Spanish
- hierro
- acero
Portuguese
- ferro
French
- fer
283 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
374 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
353 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
327 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4844 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
242 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
976 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1948 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
312 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
312 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
147 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1814 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2147 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1126 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1527 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
854 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40285 | Morohashi |
1711 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6253 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
846 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
909 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
449 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
422 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2863 | 2001 Kanji |
8a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-5 | SKIP code |
8513.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9244 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
- 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
- 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
- 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
- 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
Kun reading compounds
- 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
- 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
- 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
- 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- camino
- razón
- modo
- decir
- senda
- método
Portuguese
- Caminho
- estrada
- rua
- distrito
- viagem
- curso
- moral
- ensinamentos
- filosofia
French
- voie
- route
- rue
- région
- voyage
- morale
- enseignements
122 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
188 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
129 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4724 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
141 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
93 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1811 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
149 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
149 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
66 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
710 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3888 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
283 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39010P | Morohashi |
3134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6091 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
277 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
295 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
123 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
220 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
979 | 2001 Kanji |
2q9.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-9 | SKIP code |
3-2-9 | SKIP code |
3830.6 | Four corner code |
1-38-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9053 | Unicode hex code |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
- 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
- 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
- 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
- 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
- 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
- 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kun reading compounds
- 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
- 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
- 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
- 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
- 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
- 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かざり、 ふ、 も
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- letras
- literatura
Portuguese
- sentença
- literatura
- estilo
- arte
- decoração
- figuras
- plano
French
- phrase
- littérature
- style
- art
- décoration
- figure (de style)
- plan
- radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
77 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
68 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
136 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
71 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
180 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
86 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
949 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1708 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1741 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13450 | Morohashi |
1962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
89 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
35 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
466 | 2001 Kanji |
2j2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
0040.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6587 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
- 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
- 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
- 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
- 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
- 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
- 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
- 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
- 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
- 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cambiar
- transformarse
- modificarse
- disfrazarse
Portuguese
- mudança
- tomar a forma de
- influência
- encantar
- iludir
- seduzir
- -isação
French
- transformation
- prendre la forme de
- maquillage
- influence
- fantôme
- enchanter
- tromper
- chimie
- -isation
163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
258 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
238 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
100 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
350 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
76 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
378 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
56 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
254 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
55 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
22 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1017 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2572X | Morohashi |
21 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
580 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1008 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1083 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
104 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
242 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2156 | 2001 Kanji |
2a2.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-2 | SKIP code |
2121.0 | Four corner code |
2421.0 | Four corner code |
1-18-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5316 | Unicode hex code |