135 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
220 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
201 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
90 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3461 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
112 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
803 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
343 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
224 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
224 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
562 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1493 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4342 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2198 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2958 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
928 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
26832 | Morohashi |
3529 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4380 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
919 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
987 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
155 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
135 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
米
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
61 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 米 【ベイ】 (United States of) America, USA
- 米価 【ベイカ】 rice price
- 在米 【ザイベイ】 being in the United States, staying in the United States, residing in the United States
- 対米 【タイベイ】 relating to the USA, toward America, with America
- 精米 【セイマイ】 rice polishing, polished rice
- 白米 【ハクマイ】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice
Kun reading compounds
- 米 【こめ】 (husked grains of) rice, staple (product, etc.), necessity, (online) comment
- 米倉 【こめぐら】 rice granary
- お米 【おこめ】 (husked grains of) rice
- アルボリオ米 【アルボリオこめ】 arborio rice (Italian variety)
- 米 【よね】 88 years old, rice
- 米沢牛 【よねざわぎゅう】 Yonezawa beef
- 白米 【はくまい】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice
Readings
- Japanese names:
- は、 べ、 まべ、 め、 よ、 よな、 よの、 よま
- Korean:
- mi
Spanish
- arroz
- América
- arroz (crudo)
Portuguese
- arroz
- EUA
French
- grain de riz
- Amérique
- un mètre
1064 | 2001 Kanji |
6b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-3 | SKIP code |
9090.4 | Four corner code |
1-42-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7c73 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4752 | Morohashi |
3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3172 | 2001 Kanji |
3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
6010.3 | Four corner code |
1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56fd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 薬 【ヤク】 dope, narcotic, drug
- 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
- 製薬 【セイヤク】 medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
- 医薬 【イヤク】 medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
Kun reading compounds
- 薬 【くすり】 medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe
- 薬指 【くすりゆび】 ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe
Readings
- Japanese names:
- み
- Korean:
- yag
Spanish
- medicina
- droga
Portuguese
- remédio
- produto químico
- esmalte
- pólvora
- benefício
French
- médicament
- produit chimique
- émail
- poudre à canon
- bénéfice
521 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
420 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
398 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
541 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4074 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
323 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
247 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2568 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
359 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
360 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
315 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
672 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3011 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1539 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2100 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1752 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
32188PX | Morohashi |
2375 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5224 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1736 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1873 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
439 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1964 | 2001 Kanji |
3k13.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-13 | SKIP code |
4490.4 | Four corner code |
1-44-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
85ac | Unicode hex code |
bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
286 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 局 【キョク】 bureau, department, office (e.g. post, telephone), broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio), channel, exchange, affair, situation, game (of go, shogi, etc.)
- 局員 【キョクイン】 clerk, (bureau, post-office) staff
- 医局 【イキョク】 medical office (esp. in a hospital), doctor's office
- 開局 【カイキョク】 opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.), establishment
Kun reading compounds
- 局 【つぼね】 court lady (Heian period), lady-in-waiting, separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady; Heian period), room for a very low class prostitute, very low class prostitute
- 局女郎 【つぼねじょろう】 prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
- 御局 【おつぼね】 court lady with her own private chamber or office, low-class prostitute (Edo period)
- お局 【おつぼね】 senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
Readings
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- oficina
- departamento
Portuguese
- junta
- escritório
- caso
- conclusão
- dama da corte
- amante
- apartamento dela
French
- local
- pièce
- bureau
- affaire
- conclusion
- dame de cour
- dame d'honneur
- son appartement à elle
194 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
280 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
262 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
194 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1384 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
422 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
482 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
514 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
170 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
170 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
228 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
524 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3800 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1943 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2636 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1075 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7653 | Morohashi |
3063 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1412 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1066 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1147 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
228 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
279 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3749 | 2001 Kanji |
3r4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-4 | SKIP code |
3-4-3 | SKIP code |
7722.7 | Four corner code |
1-22-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c40 | Unicode hex code |
方
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
46 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 方 【ホウ】 direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction), side (of an argument, etc.), one's part, type, category, field (of study, etc.), indicates one side of a comparison, way, method, manner, means, length (of each side of a square)
- 方言 【ホウゲン】 dialect, provincialism
- 途方 【トホウ】 way, destination, reason
- 処方 【ショホウ】 prescription (of medicine), formula
Kun reading compounds
- 方 【かた】 direction, way, person, lady, gentleman, method of, manner of, way of, care of ..., person in charge of ..., side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
- 方々 【かたがた】 people, (all) persons, everyone, ladies and gentlemen, you (usu. plural)
- 親方 【おやかた】 master, boss, chief, foreman, supervisor, stable master, craftsman, artisan, foster parent
- 出方 【でかた】 attitude, approach, move, theater usher, theatre usher
Readings
- Japanese names:
- から、 な、 なた、 ふさ、 まさ、 みち、 も、 わ
- Korean:
- bang
Spanish
- dirección
- lado
- cuadrado
- método
- manera
- persona
- forma de hacer
Portuguese
- direção
- pessoa
- alternativa
French
- direction
- personne
- alternative
138 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
223 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
204 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
28 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2082 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
26 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
182 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
85 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
70 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
70 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
43 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
957 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2459 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1243 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1709 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
501 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13620 | Morohashi |
1963 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
490 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
529 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
25 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
102 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
445 | 2001 Kanji |
4h0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
3-3-1 | SKIP code |
0022.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
65b9 | Unicode hex code |
co-, cooperation
- On:
- キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
121 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 協議 【キョウギ】 conference, consultation, discussion, negotiation
- 協会 【キョウカイ】 association, society, organization, organisation
- 農協 【ノウキョウ】 agricultural cooperative
- 経協 【ケイキョウ】 management association, management conference, management institute
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeob
Spanish
- cooperación
- colaboración
Portuguese
- co-
- cooperação
French
- coopération
- co-
377 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
485 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
461 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
209 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
774 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
572 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
381 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
548 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
234 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
234 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
444 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
244 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
103 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
70 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
74 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
881 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2742 | Morohashi |
93 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
617 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
872 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
937 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
193 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
501 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1445 | 2001 Kanji |
2k6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-6 | SKIP code |
4402.7 | Four corner code |
1-22-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5354 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
- 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
- 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
- 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
- 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
- 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
- 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
- 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
Kun reading compounds
- 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
- 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
- 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい、 い
- Korean:
- hoe, goe, gwal
Spanish
- asociación
- reunión
- encontrarse con
- reunirse
Portuguese
- encontro
- reunião
- festa
- associação
- entrevista
- une
French
- réunion
- rencontre
- meeting
- parti
- association
- entrevue
- rejoindre
54 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
87 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
12 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
381 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
116 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
14 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
454 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
158 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
158 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
59 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
47 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2512 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1275 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1741 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
460 | Morohashi |
2020 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
143 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
752 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
814 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
16 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
119 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2871 | 2001 Kanji |
2a4.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-4 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
8073.1 | Four corner code |
1-18-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f1a | Unicode hex code |