106 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
57 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
162 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
705 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3939 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
118 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
865 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
934 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
249 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
249 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
567 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
652 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2813 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1953 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
229 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30945P | Morohashi |
2263 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5032 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
224 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
238 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
77 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 草 【ソウ】 draft, rough copy, highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), grass style
- 草案 【ソウアン】 draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
- 除草 【ジョソウ】 weeding
- 起草 【キソウ】 drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up
Kun reading compounds
- 草 【くさ】 grass, weed, herb, thatch, ninja, marijuana, cannabis, not genuine, substandard, LOL, haha
- 草刈り 【くさかり】 mowing, mower
- 水草 【みずくさ】 water plant, aquatic plant, waterweed, hydrophyte
- 若草 【わかくさ】 green grass, young (fresh) grass
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ、 や
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- hierba
- planta
Portuguese
- grama
- erva daninha
- ervas
- pasto
- escrever
- esboçar
French
- herbe
- mauvaise herbe
- plantes
- pâturage
- écrire
- ébauche
1955 | 2001 Kanji |
3k6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-6 | SKIP code |
4440.6 | Four corner code |
1-33-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8349 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 薙ぐ 【なぐ】 to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.), to mow
- なぎ倒す 【なぎたおす】 to mow down, to cut down, to knock down, to defeat, to beat
- 薙刀 【なぎなた】 naginata, polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive), naginata, martial art of wielding the naginata
Readings
- Korean:
- chi
Spanish
Portuguese
French
4072 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
3010 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2099 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
32121X | Morohashi |
5221 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2353 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2441 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3k13.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-13 | SKIP code |
2-4-13 | SKIP code |
4441.4 | Four corner code |
1-38-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8599 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣士 【ケンシ】 swordsman, swordswoman, fencer
- 銃剣 【ジュウケン】 bayonet, guns and swords
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
Kun reading compounds
- 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣の舞 【つるぎのまい】 Sabre Dance
- 月の剣 【つきのつるぎ】 new moon, crescent moon
- 草薙の剣 【くさなぎのつるぎ】 Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword
Readings
- Korean:
- geom
Spanish
- sable
- espada
- hoja de espada
Portuguese
- sabre
- espada
- lâmina
- ponteiro de relógio
French
- sabre
- épée
- lame
- aiguille de montre
1214 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1248 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
696 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1436 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1095 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1151 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
879 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
900 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
791 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
198 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2104 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1096 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1493 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1687 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2076 | Morohashi |
1672 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
498 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1671 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1801 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1310 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2843 | 2001 Kanji |
2f8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-2 | SKIP code |
8250.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5263 | Unicode hex code |