4025 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1988 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2225 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2943 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1512 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2050 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
31627X | Morohashi |
2507 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5162 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2399 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2479 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2276 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蒼鉛 【ソウエン】 bismuth
- 滄海 【ソウカイ】 the blue sea, blue waters
- 蒼々 【ソウソウ】 blue (sky, ocean, etc.), fresh and green (of vegetation), verdant, lush, greying (hair), aged
- 穹蒼 【キュウソウ】 dome of the sky, vault of heaven
Kun reading compounds
- 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced
Readings
- Korean:
- chang
Spanish
- azúl
- pálido
Portuguese
French
3k10.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-10 | SKIP code |
2-4-10 | SKIP code |
4460.7 | Four corner code |
1-33-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
84bc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
573 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke
- 黒衣 【コクイ】 black clothes
- 大黒 【ダイコク】 god of wealth, monk's wife
- 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
Kun reading compounds
- 黒 【くろ】 black, black stone, guilt, guilty person
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒ずむ 【くろずむ】 to blacken, to darken
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒色 【くろいろ】 black (colour, color)
Readings
- Korean:
- heug
Spanish
- negro
- maldad
Portuguese
- preto
French
- noir
80 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
124 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
317 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5403 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
286 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
284 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1486 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
206 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
45 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1940 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3406 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1754 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2388 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
176 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
48040 | Morohashi |
2740 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7052 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
174 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
186 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
204 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3640 | 2001 Kanji |
4d7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-7-4 | SKIP code |
6033.1 | Four corner code |
1-25-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ed2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1754 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 餓死 【ガシ】 (death from) starvation, starving to death
- 餓鬼 【ガキ】 brat, kid, urchin, little devil, preta, hungry ghost
Kun reading compounds
- 飢える 【うえる】 to starve, to be famished, to be hungry, to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for
Readings
- Korean:
- a
Spanish
- hambre
- estar hambriento
Portuguese
- Morrer de fome
- com fome
- sede
French
- famine
- faim
- soif
1058 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1948 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1580 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1908 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1303 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1382 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1347 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1908 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2176 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1141 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1546 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1488 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
44168P | Morohashi |
1734 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6697 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1476 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1586 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1816 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2859 | 2001 Kanji |
8b7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-7 | SKIP code |
8375.0 | Four corner code |
1-18-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9913 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 狼煙 【ノロシ】 beacon, skyrocket, signal fire, smoke signals, starting shot, starting signal
- 狼火 【ロウカ】 signal fire, beacon
- 豺狼 【サイロウ】 wolf, rapacious person, merciless and greedy person
- 前虎後狼 【ゼンココウロウ】 one calamity followed close on the heels of another, out of the frying pan into the fire, tiger in front, wolf in the back
Kun reading compounds
- 狼 【おおかみ】 wolf (Canis lupus), wolf in sheep's clothing, womanizer
- 狼魚 【おおかみうお】 Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
- タスマニア狼 【タスマニアおおかみ】 Tasmanian wolf
- シメニア狼 【シメニアおおかみ】 simenian wolf (Canis simensis), Abyssinia jackal, simian jackal, simenian jackal, Ethiopian wolf
Readings
- Korean:
- rang
Spanish
- lobo
- confundirse
- estar desordenado
- estar desorganizado
Portuguese
French
2888 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1303 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
541 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
407 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
20432 | Morohashi |
3579 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2339 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2428 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3g7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
4323.2 | Four corner code |
1-47-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
72fc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
153 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 北欧 【ホクオウ】 Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia
- 北緯 【ホクイ】 north latitude
- 極北 【キョクホク】 extreme north, North Pole
- 西北 【セイホク】 north-west
Kun reading compounds
- 北 【きた】 north, the North, northern territories, North Korea, north wind
- 北アイルランド 【きたアイルランド】 Northern Ireland
- 西北 【せいほく】 north-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きら、 ほう、 ほっ、 ほつ
- Korean:
- bug, bae
Spanish
- Norte
- huir
- perder
Portuguese
- norte
French
- nord
139 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
224 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
205 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
103 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
751 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
156 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
24 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
138 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
73 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
73 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
42 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
231 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
230 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
147 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
454 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2574 | Morohashi |
197 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
581 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
445 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
480 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
282 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
115 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1256 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-2 | SKIP code |
1111.0 | Four corner code |
1-43-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5317 | Unicode hex code |
斗
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1885 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 斗 【ト】 to, traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres, square bearing block (at the top of a pillar), Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 斗 【トマス】 kanji radical 68 at right
- 星斗 【セイト】 star
- 泰斗 【タイト】 great authority, eminent person, luminary
- 闘争 【トウソウ】 fight, battle, combat, conflict, struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.), strife, (labor) dispute, strike
- 闘魂 【トウコン】 fighting spirit
- 擬闘 【ギトウ】 stage combat, staged fighting, fight choreography
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ます
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- medida de capacidad
- cazo de sake
Portuguese
- concha grande
- concha p/ sake
- medida de volume
French
- Grande Ourse
- tonnelet de saké
- to (18,039 litres)
- radical points et croix (no. 68)
1633 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1782 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2073 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1815 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1395 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
71 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1899 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2075 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1920 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
950 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3671 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1874 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2554 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1185 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13489 | Morohashi |
2953 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2373 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1177 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1261 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1033 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1255 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-2 | SKIP code |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
3400.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6597 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1935 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 拳 【ケン】 hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
- 拳銃 【ケンジュウ】 pistol, handgun
- 形意拳 【ケイイケン】 shape-of-the-mind fist, Hsing I Chuan
- 五形拳 【ゴケイケン】 Wu Xing Fist, Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
- 拳骨 【ゲンコツ】 (clenched) fist, knuckles
- 拳固 【ゲンコ】 fist
Kun reading compounds
- 拳 【こぶし】 fist
- こぶし大 【こぶしだい】 fist-sized
- 【ツノナガコブシ】 pebble crab (Leucosia anatum)
- 力拳 【ちからこぶし】 clenched fist
Readings
- Korean:
- gweon
Spanish
- puño (cerrado)
Portuguese
French
1852 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1900 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1206 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2078 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
817 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3295 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1705 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
11996X | Morohashi |
2148 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2917 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1290 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3c6.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-4 | SKIP code |
9050.2 | Four corner code |
1-23-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
62f3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
81 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 外 【ガイ】 outside ..., beyond ..., not included in ...
- 外圧 【ガイアツ】 external pressure, outside pressure, foreign pressure
- 渉外 【ショウガイ】 public relations, client liaison, client relations
- 在外 【ザイガイ】 overseas, abroad
- 外科 【ゲカ】 surgery (branch of medicine), department of surgery
- 外科医 【ゲカイ】 surgeon
Kun reading compounds
- 外 【そと】 outside, exterior, the open (air), other place, somewhere else, outside one's group (family, company, etc.)
- 外壁 【がいへき】 outer wall
- 大外 【おおそと】 far out wide, far outside
- 家の外 【いえのそと】 outside the house
- 他 【ほか】 another place, some other place, somewhere else, outside, another (person or thing), other, different, something else, someone else, the rest, et al., beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.), outside, except, but, other than, apart from, besides, in addition to, as well as, on top of
- 他に 【ほかに】 else, in addition, besides
- この外 【このほか】 besides, moreover, in addition
- 思いのほか 【おもいのほか】 unexpectedly, surprisingly
- 外す 【はずす】 to remove, to take off, to detach, to unfasten, to undo, to drop (e.g. from a team), to remove (from a position), to exclude, to expel, to leave (e.g. one's seat), to go away from, to step out, to slip away, to dodge (a question, blow, etc.), to evade, to sidestep, to avoid (e.g. peak season), to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.)
- 外れる 【はずれる】 to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear), to miss the mark, to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation), to draw a blank (e.g. lottery), to be removed, to be excluded, to be contrary to, to go against
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うい、 け、 ふか
- Korean:
- oe
Spanish
- fuera
- exterior
- otro
- desatar
- estar desatado
- estar desconectado
Portuguese
- Exterior
French
- extérieur
56 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
96 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
91 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
120 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1168 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
42 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
38 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
139 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
83 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
83 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
150 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
404 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
215 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
135 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
112 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5750 | Morohashi |
186 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1125 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
111 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
116 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
69 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
105 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2554 | 2001 Kanji |
2m3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-2 | SKIP code |
2320.0 | Four corner code |
1-19-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5916 | Unicode hex code |
transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 伝 【デン】 legend, tradition, biography, life, method, way, horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
- 伝記 【デンキ】 biography, life story
- 駅伝 【エキデン】 long-distance relay race, stagecoach, post horse
- 評伝 【ヒョウデン】 critical biography
- 転手 【テンジュ】 tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
- 伝奏 【テンソウ】 delivering a message to the emperor
Kun reading compounds
- 伝わる 【つたわる】 to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.), to travel, to circulate, to go around, to be passed around, to become known, to be handed down (from generation to generation), to be passed down, to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.), to be brought, to come, to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to be felt, to come across, to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.), to propagate, to be conducted, to be transmitted, to go along, to move along
- 伝える 【つたえる】 to convey, to report, to transmit, to communicate, to tell, to impart, to propagate, to teach, to bequeath
- 伝う 【つたう】 to go along, to walk along, to follow
- 伝 【つて】 means of making contact, intermediary, go-between, connections, influence, pull, good offices
- 伝言 【つてこと】 (verbal) message, word (from someone), rumour, rumor
- 風のつて 【かぜのつて】 hearsay, rumor, grapevine
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つたえ
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- transmitir
- tradición
- ser transmitido
- comunicar
- seguir
Portuguese
- transmitir
- progredir
- andar ao longo
- seguir
- relatório
- comunicar
- lenda
- tradição
French
- transmettre
- côtoyer
- suivre
- rapporter
- communiquer
- légende
- tradition
681 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
580 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
553 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
494 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
379 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
554 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
308 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
359 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
434 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
440 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
278 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
68 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
48 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
28 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
29 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
972 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
462P | Morohashi |
44 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
141 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
963 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1036 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
331 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
470 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2171 | 2001 Kanji |
2a4.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-4 | SKIP code |
2123.1 | Four corner code |
1-37-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f1d | Unicode hex code |