967 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
957 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
796 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3754 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
933 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
845 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
957 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1265 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1338 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1085 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1017 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3182 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1641 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
455 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
29363 | Morohashi |
2573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4794 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
446 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
481 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
893 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
696 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 背後 【ハイゴ】 back, rear, background, behind the scenes
- 背景 【ハイケイ】 background, scenery, backdrop, setting, background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context, backing, support (from behind the scenes)
- 違背 【イハイ】 violation, transgression
- 向背 【コウハイ】 one's attitude, state of affairs
Kun reading compounds
- 背 【せ】 back, reverse, rear side, back (e.g. of a chair), spine (of a book), height, stature, ridge (of a mountain)
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 膝皿貝 【ひざらがい】 chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora), sea cradle, Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
- 角背 【かくせ】 flat back (book spine), square back
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 背丈 【せたけ】 stature, height
- 背く 【そむく】 to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe
- 背ける 【そむける】 to turn (one's face) away, to avert (one's eyes)
Readings
- Korean:
- bae, pae
Spanish
- espalda
- detrás
- estatura
- desobedecer
- infringir
- rebelarse
Portuguese
- estatura
- altura
- costas
- atrás
- desobedecer
- desafiar
- quebrar promesum
- rebelar
French
- stature
- taille
- dos
- arrière
- désobéir
- défier
- revenir sur
- se rebeller
1246 | 2001 Kanji |
4b5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
1222.7 | Four corner code |
1122.7 | Four corner code |
1-39-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
80cc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 赤軍 【セキグン】 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Japanese Red Army, JRA
- 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
- 七赤 【シチセキ】 seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
- 日赤 【ニッセキ】 Japanese Red Cross Society (abbr), Nisseki
- 赤銅 【シャクドウ】 shakudo, gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
- 赤銅色 【シャクドウイロ】 brown, tan
Kun reading compounds
- 赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
- 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
- 紅赤 【べにあか】 beniaka, variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh; product of the Kawagoe region, bright red tinged with yellow
- 真赤 【まあか】 bright red, deep red
- 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist
- 赤色 【あかいろ】 red, red color (colour), communism, the left
- 赤らむ 【あからむ】 to become red, to redden, to blush
- 赤らめる 【あからめる】 to blush, to redden
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あこ、 あま
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- rojo
- enrojecer
- enrojecerse
- sonrojarse
Portuguese
- vermelho
French
- rouge
35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
51 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
46 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
476 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
275 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
254 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
443 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
207 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
207 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
46 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1751 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2719 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1389 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36993 | Morohashi |
2193 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5840 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1743 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1880 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
406 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
68 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1441 | 2001 Kanji |
3b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
4023.1 | Four corner code |
4033.1 | Four corner code |
1-32-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8d64 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 戦々慄々 【センセンリツリツ】 trembling with fear, filled with trepidation
- 栗鼠 【リス】 squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae), Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
- リス亜目 【リスアモク】 Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)
- 片栗 【カタクリ】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
- 実栗 【ミクリ】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed
Kun reading compounds
- 栗 【くり】 Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
- 栗石 【くりいし】 construction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter), chestnut-sized pebble
- 片栗 【かたくり】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
- 実栗 【みくり】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くる、 りっ
- Korean:
- ryul
Spanish
- castaña
- estricto
Portuguese
French
- châtaigne
1571 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1219 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3280 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1694 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1623 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14695 | Morohashi |
2649 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2662 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1609 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1735 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4a6.32 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-4 | SKIP code |
1090.4 | Four corner code |
1-23-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6817 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鼠疫 【ソエキ】 plague, pest
- 鼠害 【ソガイ】 damage by rats or mice
- 海鼠 【ナマコ】 sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
- 飛鼠 【ヒソ】 bat (animal)
Kun reading compounds
- 鼠 【ねずみ】 mouse, rat, dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)
- 鼠穴 【ねずみあな】 rathole, mousehole
- 藍鼠 【あいねずみ】 indigo-tinged grey (gray)
- 臭鼠 【においねずみ】 muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
- 鼠 【ねずみ】 mouse, rat, dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)
- 鼠子 【ねずこ】 Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)
- 藍鼠 【あいねずみ】 indigo-tinged grey (gray)
- 梅鼠 【うめねず】 grayish pink, rose grey
Readings
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- ratón
- rata
Portuguese
French
5417 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2430 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3340 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
48390 | Morohashi |
2693 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7078 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2065 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2856 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
0a13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-7 | SKIP code |
2-5-7 | SKIP code |
7771.7 | Four corner code |
1-33-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9f20 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1772 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 猿人 【エンジン】 ape man
- 猿害 【エンガイ】 damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)
- 人類猿 【ジンルイエン】 anthropoid ape
- 孤猿 【コエン】 lone monkey, stray monkey
Kun reading compounds
- 猿 【さる】 monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate, sly person, idiot, hick, sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut), clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook, bathhouse prostitute
- 猿尾 【さるお】 backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body
- 木から落ちた猿 【きからおちたさる】 person who has lost something they used to rely on, a monkey fallen from the tree
- 真猿 【まさる】 monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 さわ、 ざる、 まし
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- mono
- simio
Portuguese
- Macaco
French
- singe
1028 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1717 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2905 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1529 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2062 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1584 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1690 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1865 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1308 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
824 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
479 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
612 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
410 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
20584 | Morohashi |
669 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3600 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
403 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
430 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1648 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2965 | 2001 Kanji |
3g10.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-10 | SKIP code |
4423.2 | Four corner code |
1-17-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
733f | Unicode hex code |