| 229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30095 | Morohashi |
| 3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
| 879 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81ea | Unicode hex code |
己
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1098 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 非自己 【ヒジコ】 nonself, not self
- 一己 【イッコ】 personal, private, oneself
- 己 【キ】 6th in rank, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar
- 己亥 【ツチノトイ】 Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)
- 親戚知己 【シンセキチキ】 relatives and acquaintances
- 克己 【コッキ】 self-control, self-mastery, self-restraint, self-denial
Kun reading compounds
- 己 【おのれ】 oneself (itself, etc.), I, me, you, by oneself (itself, etc.), interjection expressing anger or chagrin
- 己達せんと欲して人を達せしむ 【おのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむ】 if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed
- 己 【き】 6th in rank, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar
- 己亥 【つちのとい】 Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)
- 己 【な】 I, you
- 汝等 【うぬら】 ye, you, me, I, us, we
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し、 み
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- yo
- uno mismo
Portuguese
- Próprio
- cobra
- serpente
French
- soi
- serpent
- signe du 6è tronc céleste
| 777 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 866 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 855 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1320 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1462 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 676 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1248 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 32 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 370 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 371 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 632 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 554 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4188 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2117 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2864 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 531 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8742 | Morohashi |
| 3380 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1540 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 525 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 564 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 827 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3556 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1771.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5df1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
15 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 同 【ドウ】 the same, the said, likewise
- 同意 【ドウイ】 agreement, consent, approval, assent, same opinion, same view, same meaning
- 合同 【ゴウドウ】 combination, union, joining, incorporation, amalgamation, merger, fusion, combined, joint, united, shared, congruence
- 大同 【ダイドウ】 general resemblance, being largely the same, uniting with a common goal, Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
Kun reading compounds
- 同じ 【おなじ】 same, identical, equal, alike, equivalent, anyway, in any case, if one must ..., if one has to ..., as long as ...
- 同じく 【おなじく】 in the same way, like, likewise, similarly
Readings
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- mismo
- igual
- compañero
- idéntico
- similar
Portuguese
- mesmo
- concorda
- igual
French
- identique
- similaire
- égal
| 295 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 204 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 187 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 23 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 619 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 185 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 136 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 298 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 198 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 198 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 350 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 320 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3707 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1897 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2578 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 182 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3294 | Morohashi |
| 2987 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 717 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 180 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 192 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 54 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 133 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3649 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2r4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 540c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
- 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
- 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
- １対１ 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
- 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
- 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
- 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
- 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation
Kun reading compounds
- 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
- 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
- Korean:
- il
Spanish
- uno
- 1
Portuguese
- um
French
- un
- radical un (no. 1)
| 1 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 1 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 4 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 2 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4148 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2105 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2850 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1 | Morohashi |
| 3341 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3072 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-1-4 | SKIP code |
| 1000.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e00 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
- 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
- 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
- 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
- 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
- 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
- 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
- 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
Kun reading compounds
- 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- sexo
- género
- naturaleza
- temperamento
Portuguese
- sexo
- gênero
- natureza
French
- sexe
- genre
- nature
- propriétés
| 645 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 745 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 723 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1666 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 280 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 535 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 564 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 421 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 811 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 357 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1572 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10478 | Morohashi |
| 299 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1558 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1679 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 119 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 690 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 9501.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6027 | Unicode hex code |