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 |
食
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
- 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
- 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
- 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
- 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
Kun reading compounds
- 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
- 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
- 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
- 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
- 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
- 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐい
- Korean:
- sig, sa
Spanish
- alimento
- comida
- eclipse
- comer
Portuguese
- comer
- comida
- alimento
French
- manger
- nourriture
253 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
146 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
269 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5154 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
283 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
99 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1159 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
322 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
322 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
131 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1900 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2578 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1484 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
44014 | Morohashi |
2075 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6674 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1472 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1582 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
207 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
180 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2865 | 2001 Kanji |
8b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
8073.2 | Four corner code |
1-31-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
98df | Unicode hex code |
lineage, system
- On:
- ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
567 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 系 【ケイ】 system, lineage, group, corollary, system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period), (taxonomical) series
- 系統 【ケイトウ】 system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)
- 日系 【ニッケイ】 (of) Japanese descent, non-Japanese of Japanese descent, nikkeijin, company, etc. set up with Japanese capital, company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
- 水系 【スイケイ】 water system, river system, drainage system
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- sistema
- conexión
- relación
- linaje
Portuguese
- linhagem
- sistema
French
- lignée
- système
765 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
855 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
844 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
786 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
195 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
634 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1617 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
977 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
908 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
930 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
449 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1504 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2443 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1236 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1403 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27223 | Morohashi |
1944 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4433 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1391 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1492 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
849 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2241 | 2001 Kanji |
6a1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-6 | SKIP code |
4-7-4 | SKIP code |
2-4-3 | SKIP code |
2090.3 | Four corner code |
1-23-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7cfb | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 男 【ダン】 masculine noun, son, baron, man, male
- 男子 【ダンシ】 boy, man, male
- 既男 【キダン】 married man
- 公侯伯子男 【コウコウハクシダン】 duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
- 男 【ナン】 son
- 男女 【ダンジョ】 men and women, man and woman, both sexes, both genders
- 一男 【イチナン】 boy, eldest son
- 次男 【ジナン】 second son
Kun reading compounds
- 男 【おとこ】 man, male, fellow, guy, chap, bloke, male lover, boyfriend, man, manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
- 男の子 【おとこのこ】 boy, son, baby boy, young man
- 年男 【としおとこ】 man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
- 山男 【やまおとこ】 giant, woodsman, alpinist
- 雄 【お】 male, manly, brave, heroic, larger (of the two), greater, man, husband
- 男 【おとこ】 man, male, fellow, guy, chap, bloke, male lover, boyfriend, man, manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
- 愛上男 【あいうえお】 skilled male lover
- 毒男 【どくお】 lonely heart, male virgin, loser, geek
Readings
- Japanese names:
- み
- Korean:
- nam
Spanish
- masculino
- hombre
Portuguese
- masculino
French
- homme
- mâle
109 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
42 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
54 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
228 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2996 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
63 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
72 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
495 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
101 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
101 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
67 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1334 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3147 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1613 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
867 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21730 | Morohashi |
2542 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3731 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
859 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
923 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
203 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
66 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3645 | 2001 Kanji |
5f2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-2 | SKIP code |
6042.7 | Four corner code |
1-35-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7537 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |