| 964 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 954 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 621 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3774 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 927 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 849 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1278 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1352 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1109 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1036 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1227 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 665 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 888 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1953 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29567P | Morohashi |
| 975 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4821 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1934 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2084 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 930 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 脳 【ノウ】 brain, brains, mind
- 脳死 【ノウシ】 brain death
- 大脳 【ダイノウ】 cerebrum
- 洗脳 【センノウ】 brainwashing
Readings
- Korean:
- noe
Spanish
- cerebro
- sesos
- intelecto
Portuguese
- cérebro
- memória
French
- cerveau
- mémoire
| 3975 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b7.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 7927.2 | Four corner code |
| 7227.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8133 | Unicode hex code |
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
97 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 下 【カ】 under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of), during (war, occupation, etc.)
- 下位 【カイ】 low rank, lower position, subordinate position, lower order (e.g. byte)
- 陛下 【ヘイカ】 Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty
- 最下 【サイカ】 the lowest, the worst
- 下 【ゲ】 lowness (of degree, value, etc.), inferiority, second volume (of two), third volume (of three)
- 下山 【ゲザン】 descending a mountain, descent
- 高下 【コウゲ】 rise and fall (e.g. prices), fluctuation, difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.), variation
- 帯下 【タイゲ】 leukorrhoea, leucorrhoea, leukorrhea, leucorrhea, mucous discharge from female genitals
Kun reading compounds
- 下 【した】 below, down, under, younger (e.g. daughter), bottom, beneath, underneath, just after, right after, inferiority, one's inferior (i.e. one's junior), trade-in, preliminary, preparatory
- 下請け 【したうけ】 subcontract, subcontractor (person or company)
- 幕下 【まくした】 third highest division, wrestlers of the third highest division
- 上下 【うえした】 top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, upside-down
- 下 【しも】 lower reaches (of a river), bottom, lower part, lower half (of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses, end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan), dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)
- 下期 【しもき】 second half of the (fiscal) year
- 風下 【かざしも】 leeward, lee, downwind
- 裃 【かみしも】 samurai costume, old ceremonial costume, top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends
- 下 【もと】 under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.), under (a flag, the sun, etc.), beneath, with (e.g. one blow), on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...), in (e.g. the name of ...), (someone's) side, (someone's) location
- 山元 【やまもと】 foot of a mountain, base of a mountain, mine, colliery, owner of a mountain, operator of a mine
- お膝元 【おひざもと】 beside a nobleman, close aid (of a nobleman, etc.), place where a high ranking person resides, one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.), Imperial capital, Imperial court, (shogun's) headquarters, place under one's direct control, one's own turf, one's own backyard
- 下げる 【さげる】 to hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration), to lower, to reduce, to bring down, to demote, to move back, to pull back, to clear (plates), to remove (food, etc. from table or altar), to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
- 下がる 【さがる】 to come down, to go down, to fall, to drop, to sink, to get lower, to hang, to dangle, to move back, to step back, to withdraw, to retire, to deteriorate, to fall off, to be downgraded, to get closer to the present day, below, south of
- 下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
- 下り 【くだり】 down-train, train heading toward the ending point of its route, down-slope, downward going, downbound (esp. away from Tokyo), downstream, downhill
- 下り坂 【くだりざか】 downhill, downward slope, descent, decline, waning, ebb, (going) downhill
- 下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping
- 下さる 【くださる】 to give, to confer, to bestow, to kindly do for one, to oblige, to favour, to favor
- 下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
- 降りる 【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さか、 しと
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- debajo
- inferior
- debajo de
- parte inferior
Portuguese
- baixo
- abaixo
- descende
- inferior
- sub
- sob
French
- au-dessous
- descendre
- bas
- donner (vous me donnez)
- inférieur
| 21 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 7 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 72 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 9 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 30 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 6 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 46 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 31 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 31 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 32 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 4 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4186 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2115 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2862 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 50 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14 | Morohashi |
| 3378 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 9 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 50 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 51 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 75 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 13 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3154 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m1.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1023.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e0b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1720 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 垂直 【スイチョク】 vertical, perpendicular
- 垂纓 【スイエイ】 hanging tail (of a traditional Japanese hat), drooping tail
- 口蓋垂 【コウガイスイ】 uvula
- 虫垂 【チュウスイ】 (vermiform) appendix
Kun reading compounds
- 垂れる 【たれる】 to hang, to droop, to dangle, to sag, to lower, to pull down, to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status), to confer, to grant, to bestow, to drip, to ooze, to trickle, to drop, to leave behind (at death), to say, to utter, to excrete (urine, feces, etc.), to let out (a fart)
- 垂らす 【たらす】 to dribble, to spill, to suspend, to hang down, to slouch, to dangle
- 垂れ 【たれ】 sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce), hanging, something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.), (kendo) loin guard, kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character, woman, -ass, -head
- 垂れ幕 【たれまく】 hanging banner, hanging screen, curtain
- 直垂 【ひたたれ】 ancient ceremonial court robe
- 垂んとす 【なりなんとす】 to close in on (a certain age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
- 垂んとする 【なんなんとする】 to close in on (30 years of age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たる、 だれ
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- estar colgado
- colgar
- suspender
Portuguese
- declínio
- suspender
- pendurar
- negligente
French
- pendre
- suspendre
- tomber
- être avachi
- goutter
| 918 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 907 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1716 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 211 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1214 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 761 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1070 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1117 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1322 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 350 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4382 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2219 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2985 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1596 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5012 | Morohashi |
| 3565 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 999 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1582 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1705 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 866 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2272 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 2010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5782 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
88 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 体 【タイ】 body, physique, posture, shape, form, style, substance, identity, reality, field, counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.), typeface, type
- 体育 【タイイク】 physical education, PE, gym (class)
- 生体 【セイタイ】 organism, living body
- 解体 【カイタイ】 demolition, taking down, dismantling, disassembly, taking apart, dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.), breaking up, dissection (of a body), dismemberment
- 体 【テイ】 appearance, air, condition, state, form
- 体裁 【テイサイ】 (outward) appearance, (proper) format (e.g. of an essay), form, style, appearances, decency, show, display, lip-service, insincere words, glib talk
- 身体 【シンタイ】 body, physical system, (the) person
- 風体 【フウテイ】 appearance, look, dress
Kun reading compounds
- 体 【からだ】 body, torso, trunk, build, physique, frame, figure, health, constitution, corpse, dead body
- 体つき 【からだつき】 body build, figure
- お体 【おからだ】 body
- 御体 【おんからだ】 body of Christ (Eucharist)
- 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なり
- Korean:
- che
Spanish
- cuerpo
- forma
Portuguese
- corpo
- substância
- objeto
- realidade
- sufixo para contagem de para imagens
French
- corps
- substance
- objet
- réalité
- compteur d'images
| 270 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 182 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 165 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 110 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 405 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 176 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 115 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 358 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 61 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 61 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 165 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 80 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 80 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 52 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 55 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 966 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 509 | Morohashi |
| 71 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 165 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 957 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1030 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 96 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 149 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2155 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 2523.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f53 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
- 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
- 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
- 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows
Kun reading compounds
- 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
- 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
- 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
- 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さき、 さと、 まい
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- antes
- delante de
Portuguese
- em frente
- antes
French
- devant
- avant
| 102 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 177 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 159 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 38 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 595 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 139 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 23 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 921 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 47 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 47 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 29 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 196 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2819 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1453 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1957 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 296 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2011X | Morohashi |
| 2266 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 490 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 290 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 309 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 53 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 182 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 943 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 8022.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 524d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 葉 【ヨウ】 counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc., counter for boats
- 葉胃 【ヨウイ】 omasum, psalterium, third compartment of the stomach in ruminants
- 紅葉 【コウヨウ】 leaves turning red (in autumn), red leaves, autumn colours, fall colors
- 前頭葉 【ゼントウヨウ】 frontal lobe
Kun reading compounds
- 葉 【は】 leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle
- 葉書 【はがき】 postcard, memo, note, card
- 一葉 【いちよう】 one leaf, one page, one sheet, one card, one photo, one boat
- 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よ、 わ
- Korean:
- yeob, seob
Spanish
- hoja
- contador de cosas planas
- follaje
Portuguese
- folha
- avião
- ponta
- agulha
- lâmina
- lança
- sufixo p/ contagem de coisas chatas
French
- feuille
- lobe
- aiguille
- brin (herbe)
- fragment
- compteur d'objets plats
| 327 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 405 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 405 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4001 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 179 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 870 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1991 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 253 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 253 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 569 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 663 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2912 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1497 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2024 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 233 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31387P | Morohashi |
| 2321 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 228 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 243 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 275 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 412 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k9.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 4490.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8449 | Unicode hex code |