388 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
495 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
470 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
588 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3908 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
421 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
862 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
689 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
435 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
441 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
566 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
642 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2738 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1403 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
428 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30741P | Morohashi |
2209 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4978 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
421 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
450 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
479 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
719 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 芸 【ゲイ】 art, craft, accomplishment, artistic skill, technique, performance
- 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
- 民芸 【ミンゲイ】 folk craft, folk art
- 文芸 【ブンゲイ】 literature, the arts, art and literature, liberal arts
- 芸香 【ウンコウ】 common rue (Ruta graveolens)
- 芸艸堂 【ウンソウドウ】 Unsodo
- 耕耘 【コウウン】 plowing and weeding, farming, cultivation, tillage
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 げ、 なり
- Korean:
- un, ye
Spanish
- arte
- técnica
Portuguese
- técnica
- arte
- ofício
- performance
- representação
- truque
- façanha
French
- art
- technique
- métier
- interprétation
- tour
- cascade
1971 | 2001 Kanji |
3k4.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
4473.1 | Four corner code |
1-23-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
82b8 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 娼婦 【ショウフ】 prostitute, harlot
- 娼家 【ショウカ】 brothel
- 街娼 【ガイショウ】 prostitute, whore, streetwalker
- 廃娼 【ハイショウ】 abolition of licensed prostitution
Readings
- Korean:
- chang
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1235 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
6376 | Morohashi |
1241 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2198 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2311 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3e8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
4646.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5a3c | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 妓 【ギ】 geisha
- 妓院 【ギイン】 brothel
- 舞妓 【マイコ】 maiko, apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
- 芸妓 【ゲイギ】 geisha
- 妓生 【キーセン】 kisaeng (Korean female entertainer)
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1194 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
6083 | Morohashi |
1185 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2199 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2312 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3e4.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
4444.7 | Four corner code |
1-21-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5993 | Unicode hex code |
unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
176 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 解 【カイ】 solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation, interpretation
- 解禁 【カイキン】 lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.), publishing contents, revealing information
- 瓦解 【ガカイ】 collapse, downfall
- 明解 【メイカイ】 clear explanation
- 解熱 【ゲネツ】 lowering a fever, alleviation of fever
- 解脱 【ゲダツ】 liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man, deliverance of one's soul, moksha, mukti, vimukti
- 雪消 【ユキゲ】 snow melting, water from melting snow
- 義解 【ギゲ】 explanation (of the meaning), interpretation
Kun reading compounds
- 解く 【とく】 to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack, to unsew, to unstitch, to solve, to work out, to answer, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease, to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege), to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss, to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
- 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
- 梳かす 【とかす】 to comb out, to brush, to untangle, to unravel
- 解ける 【とける】 to be solved, to be resolved, to loosen, to come untied, to come undone, to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. a ban), to be broken (spells, curses, etc.), to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up
- 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
- 解く 【ほどく】 to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
- 解す 【ほぐす】 to unravel, to untie, to untangle, to loosen, to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.), to relax, to ease
- 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!
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さとる、 とけ
- Korean:
- hae, gae
Spanish
- desenredar
- desatar
- liberar
- aclarar
- resolver
- peinarse
- aflojar
Portuguese
- solucionar
- notas
- chave
- explicação
- compreensão
- desamarrar
- desfazer
- resolveer
- resposta
- cancelar
- absolver
- explicar
- deta
French
- délier
- notes
- clé
- explication
- compréhension
- défaire
- résoudre
- répondre
- annuler
- absoudre
- expliquer
- minute
567 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
662 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
632 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
192 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
577 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
892 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1923 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
474 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
482 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
293 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1651 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1913 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1017 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1375 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1831 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35067 | Morohashi |
1517 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5548 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1814 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1955 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
142 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
769 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2555 | 2001 Kanji |
4g9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-6 | SKIP code |
2725.2 | Four corner code |
1-18-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
89e3 | Unicode hex code |
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 放火 【ホウカ】 arson, setting fire
- 放映 【ホウエイ】 televising, broadcasting, airing
- 豪放 【ゴウホウ】 largehearted, frank, unaffected
- 性解放 【セイカイホウ】 sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions
Kun reading compounds
- 放す 【はなす】 to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose, to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
- 放つ 【はなつ】 to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind, to set free, to release, to let loose, to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent), to send out (a person to carry out a duty), to set fire to
- 放れる 【はなれる】 to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
- 放く 【こく】 to expel (from the body), to let off (a fart), to let out, to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.), to say, to do
- 放る 【ほうる】 to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss, to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はなれ
- Korean:
- bang
Spanish
- dejar libre
- soltar
- liberar
- emitir
- separarse
- abandonar
Portuguese
- libertar
- liberação
- fogo
- disparar
- emitir
- banir
- liberar
French
- libérer
- relâcher
- renvoyer
- enflammer
- bannir
- émettre
512 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
414 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
391 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
282 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2084 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
287 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
585 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
606 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
512 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
521 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
723 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
935 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1058 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
570 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
754 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
507 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13133 | Morohashi |
853 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2333 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
496 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
535 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
325 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
314 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
466 | 2001 Kanji |
4h4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
0824.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
653e | Unicode hex code |
orders, laws, command, decree, good
- On:
- レイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
804 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 令 【レイ】 command, order, dictation, nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
- 令状 【レイジョウ】 warrant, summons, written order
- 号令 【ゴウレイ】 order (esp. to a number of people), command, ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
- 政令 【セイレイ】 government ordinance, cabinet order
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり、 りょう、 れ
- Korean:
- ryeong
Spanish
- órdenes
- leyes
Portuguese
- pedidos
- leis antigas
- comando
- decreto
French
- ordre
- anciennes lois
- décret
736 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
633 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
603 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
668 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
360 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
496 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
303 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
155 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
831 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
850 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
998 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
46 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2489 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1259 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1725 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1413 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
387 | Morohashi |
1995 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
121 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1401 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1503 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
460 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2844 | 2001 Kanji |
2a3.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-3 | SKIP code |
2-3-2 | SKIP code |
8030.7 | Four corner code |
8022.7 | Four corner code |
1-46-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4ee4 | Unicode hex code |