4082 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2772 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2232 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2133 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3024 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1543 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2108 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
32258X | Morohashi |
2381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5233 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2371 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1565 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2043 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 藍綬褒章 【ランジュホウショウ】 Medal with Blue Ribbon
- 藍衣社員 【ランイシャイン】 blue-collar, blue-collar worker (employee)
- 伽藍 【ガラン】 temple (esp. large one), monastery, temple building
- 芥藍 【カイラン】 kai-lan, gai-lan, Chinese broccoli
Kun reading compounds
- 藍 【あい】 dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye), indigo (dye), indigo (colour)
- 藍色 【あいいろ】 indigo blue
- 人造藍 【じんぞうあい】 synthetic indigo
- 琉球藍 【りゅうきゅうあい】 Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
Readings
- Korean:
- ram
Spanish
- índigo
Portuguese
French
3k15.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-15 | SKIP code |
2-3-14 | SKIP code |
4410.7 | Four corner code |
1-45-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
85cd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
837 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 染色体 【センショクタイ】 chromosome
- 染色 【センショク】 dyeing, staining (a sample), dyed colour (color)
- 媒染 【バイセン】 color fixing, colour fixing, mordantizing
- 防染 【ボウセン】 resist dyeing
Kun reading compounds
- 染める 【そめる】 to dye, to colour, to color
- 染まる 【そまる】 to be dyed, to be tainted, to be infected, to be stained, to be steeped
- 染みる 【しみる】 to pierce, to penetrate, to soak in, to permeate, to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.), to smart, to twinge, to be infected (with vice), to be steeped (with prejudice), to be influenced, to feel keenly, to make a deep impression
- 染み 【しみ】 stain, spot, smudge, blot, smear, blotch, spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot), blemish, discoloration, freckle
- 染みる 【しみる】 to pierce, to penetrate, to soak in, to permeate, to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.), to smart, to twinge, to be infected (with vice), to be steeped (with prejudice), to be influenced, to feel keenly, to make a deep impression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そめ
- Korean:
- yeom
Spanish
- tinte
- teñir
- contagiar
- colorear
- manchar
- mancha
Portuguese
- tinta
- cor
- pintura
- tingir
- impressão
French
- teindre
- tache
- pollution
- colorer
- peindre
- imprimer
928 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
917 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1161 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2240 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
974 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1426 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
968 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
779 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
793 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
908 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1058 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3181 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1640 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2229 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
220 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14621 | Morohashi |
2572 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2636 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
509 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
548 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
889 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
364 | 2001 Kanji |
4a5.35 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
3490.4 | Four corner code |
1-32-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
67d3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1052 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 芝 【シバ】 lawn, sod, turf
- 芝居 【シバイ】 play, drama
- 霊芝 【レイシ】 bracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum), reishi mushroom
Kun reading compounds
- 芝 【しば】 lawn, sod, turf
- 芝居 【しばい】 play, drama
- 高麗芝 【こうらいしば】 Korean lawn grass
- 東芝 【とうしば】 Toshiba Corporation, Tōshiba
Readings
- Japanese names:
- こげ、 しは
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- césped
- hierba
Portuguese
- gramado
- relva
French
- pelouse
- gazon
1335 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
722 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3893 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
954 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1695 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
289 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
250 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
250 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
568 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
640 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2705 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1380 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1224 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30699P | Morohashi |
2180 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4961 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1216 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1301 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1089 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1970 | 2001 Kanji |
3k2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
2-3-2 | SKIP code |
4430.7 | Four corner code |
1-28-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
829d | Unicode hex code |
生
life, genuine, birth
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding
- 回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
- 公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 public health, public hygiene, sanitation
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生家 【セイカ】 house where one was born, one's parents' house
- 殺生 【セッショウ】 killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
- 死生 【シセイ】 life and death
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生きる糧 【いきるかて】 source of vitality, life sustenance
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
- 生ける屍 【いけるしかばね】 living corpse
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
- 生う 【おう】 to grow (of plants), to spring up
- 生える 【はえる】 to grow, to spring up, to sprout, to cut (teeth)
- 生やす 【はやす】 to grow, to cultivate, to let grow (e.g. weeds)
- 生 【き】 pure, undiluted, raw, crude
- 生地 【きじ】 cloth, fabric, material, texture, dough, batter, inherent quality, one's true character, one's true colours, unglazed pottery, skin with no make-up, uncoated metal
- 死に生き 【しにいき】 death and life, death or life, death
- 生 【なま】 raw, uncooked, fresh, natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed, unprotected (sex), raw, bareback, live (i.e. not recorded), inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude, impudence, sauciness, unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer, blank (e.g. disk), unused, just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-, insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory, cash, tipsiness
- 生り 【なまり】 boiled and half-dried bonito
- お生 【おなま】 impudence, sauciness
- 現ナマ 【げんナマ】 cold cash, hard cash
- 生る 【なる】 to bear fruit
- 生す 【なす】 to have a child
- 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あさ、 いき、 いく、 いけ、 うぶ、 うまい、 え、 おい、 ぎゅう、 くるみ、 ごせ、 さ、 じょう、 すぎ、 そ、 そう、 ちる、 なば、 にう、 にゅう、 ふ、 み、 もう、 よい、 りゅう
- Korean:
- saeng
Spanish
- vida
- nacimiento
- vivir
- existir
- nacer
- dar a luz
- puro
- crudo
Portuguese
- vida
- genuína
- nascimento
French
- vie
- naissance
- authentique
- cru
34 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
44 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
42 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
29 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2991 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
67 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
71 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
214 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
44 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
44 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
49 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1327 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4309 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2933 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1569 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21670 | Morohashi |
3497 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3715 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1555 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1675 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
9 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
43 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2472 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
2510.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
751f | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 毛茸 【モウジョウ】 hair, trichome
- 耳茸 【ジジョウ】 ear polyp, aural polyp
Kun reading compounds
- 茸 【きのこ】 mushroom
- キノコ狩り 【きのこがり】 mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom gathering
- 幻覚キノコ 【げんかくきのこ】 hallucinogenic mushroom, magic mushroom
- 毒キノコ 【どくキノコ】 toadstool, poisonous mushroom
- 茸 【きのこ】 mushroom
- キノコ狩り 【きのこがり】 mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom gathering
- 藍茸 【あいたけ】 green-cracking russula (Russula virescens), quilted green russula, green brittlegill
- 舞茸 【まいたけ】 hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
Readings
- Korean:
- yong
Spanish
- seta
- hongo
- champiñón
Portuguese
French
3935 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
925 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2809 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1949 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
30918X | Morohashi |
5026 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2394 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2475 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3k6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-6 | SKIP code |
2-4-6 | SKIP code |
4440.1 | Four corner code |
1-34-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8338 | Unicode hex code |