| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 然 【ゼン】 -like
- 然諾 【ゼンダク】 consent, saying yes
- 必然 【ヒツゼン】 inevitable, necessary, certain, sure, inevitability, necessity
- 漠然 【バクゼン】 vague, obscure, indistinct, hazy, ambiguous
- 寂然 【セキゼン】 lonely, desolate, forlornness, desolation
- 自然 【ジネン】 occurring naturally (without human influence)
Kun reading compounds
- 然 【しか】 like that, as such, yeah, uh-huh
- 然し 【しかし】 however, but
- 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so
- 然し 【しかし】 however, but
- 而して 【そして】 and, and then, thus, and now, and finally
- 然 【さ】 so, like that, in that way
- 然らば 【さらば】 farewell, goodbye, adieu, if so, in that case, then, and (then)
- 然然 【ささ】 such and such
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon
Spanish
- de esa forma
- en ese caso
Portuguese
- Tipos de objetos
- assim
- se assim
- naquele caso
- bem
French
- un certain
- si c'est comme ça
- dans ce cas
- suffixe adverbial
| 450 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 557 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 528 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 375 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2770 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 437 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 716 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1788 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 651 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 662 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 401 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1279 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3456 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1779 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2423 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 246 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19149 | Morohashi |
| 2782 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3435 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 241 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 256 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 144 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 592 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2540 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d8.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 2333.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7136 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
- 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
- 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
- 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
- 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
- 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
- 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles
Kun reading compounds
- 数 【かず】 number, amount
- 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
- 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
- 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
- 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
- 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じゅ
- Korean:
- su, chog
Spanish
- número
- cifra
- contar
Portuguese
- número
- vigor
- destino
- lei
- figuras
French
- nombre
- compter
- destin
- loi
- chiffres
| 262 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 168 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 151 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 188 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2057 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 429 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 592 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2169 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 225 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 225 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 529 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 945 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2245 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1170 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1591 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 938 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13319 | Morohashi |
| 1790 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2353 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 929 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 998 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 159 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 227 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1066 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 9844.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6570 | Unicode hex code |
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
24 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 分化 【ブンカ】 specialization, specialisation, differentiation
- 応分 【オウブン】 according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable
- 細分 【サイブン】 subdivision (into small parts)
- 分 【フン】 minute (unit of time), fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
- 分別 【フンベツ】 discretion, prudence, good sense, judgement, judgment, wisdom, discernment
- 毎分 【マイフン】 every minute, per minute
- 壊変毎分 【カイヘンマイフン】 disintegration per minute, dpm
- 分 【ブ】 one-tenth, one percent (one-tenth of a wari), 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun), 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes), 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale), one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency), thickness, advantageous circumstances, one-tenth of a monme of silver
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 一分 【イチブ】 one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryō (an old coin)
- 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Kun reading compounds
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 分け 【わけ】 division, splitting, classification, sharing, distribution, draw, tie
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 追分 【おいわけ】 forked road
- 分かれる 【わかれる】 to branch, to fork, to diverge, to separate, to split, to divide, to disperse, to scatter
- 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!
- 分かつ 【わかつ】 to divide, to separate, to share, to distribute, to distinguish
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いた、 わけ
- Korean:
- bun
Spanish
- parte
- segmento
- minuto
- dividir
- separar
Portuguese
- parte
- minuto
- segmento
- grau
- dever
- compreender
- saber
- valor
- 1%
- oportunidades
- shaku/100
French
- portion
- minute
- section
- part
- degré
- son lot dans la vie
- comprendre
- savoir
- devoir
- taux
- 1%
- chances
- bu = 1/100 de shaku = 3.03 mm
| 133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 218 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 199 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 35 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 578 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 35 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 22 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 64 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 38 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 38 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 26 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 180 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1713 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 788 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1853 | Morohashi |
| 1972 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 454 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 781 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 844 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 28 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 101 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2045 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5206 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
318 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 割愛 【カツアイ】 omitting (reluctantly), leaving out, dropping, giving up (reluctantly), parting with, sharing, sparing
- 割譲 【カツジョウ】 cession (of territory)
- 正割 【セイカツ】 secant (trigonometric function)
- 等割 【トウカツ】 equal cleavage (embryology)
Kun reading compounds
- 割る 【わる】 to divide, to cut, to halve, to separate, to split, to rip, to break, to crack, to smash, to dilute, to fall below, to discount, to step over (a line, etc.)
- 割り 【わり】 rate, ratio, proportion, one tenth, ten percent, (comparative) profit, gain, assignment, allotment, allocation, match, schedule of matches, diluted with (of drinks), mixed with, discount, rebate
- 割合 【わりあい】 rate, ratio, percentage, proportion, comparatively, contrary to expectations
- 学割 【がくわり】 student discount
- 手合割 【てあいわり】 handicap (go, shogi)
- 割り 【わり】 rate, ratio, proportion, one tenth, ten percent, (comparative) profit, gain, assignment, allotment, allocation, match, schedule of matches, diluted with (of drinks), mixed with, discount, rebate
- 割合 【わりあい】 rate, ratio, percentage, proportion, comparatively, contrary to expectations
- 学割 【がくわり】 student discount
- 手合割 【てあいわり】 handicap (go, shogi)
- 割れる 【われる】 to break, to be smashed, to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn, to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.), to split (e.g. of a party), to come to light, to become clear, to be identified, to be revealed, to become distorted (of sound), to clip, to be divisible (without a remainder), to drop below a minimum
- 裂く 【さく】 to tear, to rip up, to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen), to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers), to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something, to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
Readings
- Korean:
- hal
Spanish
- dividir
- distribuir
- proporción
- separar
- fracturar
Portuguese
- proporção
- comparativamente
- divide
- corte
- separa
- parte
French
- briser
- diviser
- couper
- séparer
- proportion
- pourcentage (10%)
| 838 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 823 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 357 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 703 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1274 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 364 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1696A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 519 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 528 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 786 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 204 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2284 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1180 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1611 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1567 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2112P | Morohashi |
| 1816 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 507 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1553 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1673 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 414 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 938 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 743 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-2 | SKIP code |
| 3260.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5272 | Unicode hex code |