1200 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1925 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1717 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1878 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2043 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1676 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1607 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3204 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1658 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2248 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
524 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
32983 | Morohashi |
2591 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5302 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
518 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
557 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1482 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2031 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蛍光灯 【ケイコウトウ】 fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light, person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake
- 蛍光 【ケイコウ】 fluorescence
- 流蛍 【リュウケイ】 flying firefly
Kun reading compounds
- 蛍 【ほたる】 firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm
- 蛍藺 【ほたるい】 Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)
- 海蛍 【うみほたる】 sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii), seed shrimp
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
- luciérnaga
Portuguese
- pirilampo
- vaga-lume
French
- ver luisant
- luciole
3n8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-6 | SKIP code |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
9013.6 | Four corner code |
3213.6 | Four corner code |
1-23-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
86cd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 光学 【コウガク】 optics
- 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
- 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
- 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence
Kun reading compounds
- 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
- 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
- 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
- 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
- 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
- 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- rayo
- luz
- paisaje
- honor
- brillar
- brillo
Portuguese
- raio
- luz
French
- rayon
- lumière
72 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
116 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
417 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1358 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
217 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
281 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
138 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
138 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
464 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3043 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1550 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2121 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
120 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1350 | Morohashi |
2391 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
349 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
119 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
125 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
345 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
121 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1057 | 2001 Kanji |
3n3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
9021.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5149 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 増 【ゾウ】 increase
- 増員 【ゾウイン】 increasing the number of staff, hiring more people
- 激増 【ゲキゾウ】 sharp increase, sudden rise
- 累増 【ルイゾウ】 successive or progressive increases, cumulative increase
Kun reading compounds
- 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow
- 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
- 増し 【まし】 better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst, more, increase, extra, increase, growth
- 況して 【まして】 still more, to say nothing of, not to mention, still less
- 増える 【ふえる】 to increase, to multiply
- 増やす 【ふやす】 to increase, to add to, to augment
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まし、 ます
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- incremento
- aumento
- aumentar
- incrementar
- agregar
- añadir
Portuguese
- aumentar
- somar
- ganhar
- promover
French
- augmenter
- ajouter
- accroissement
- gain
- promouvoir
665 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
763 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
741 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
298 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1137 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
693 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
441 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2077 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
712 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
725 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
429 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
388 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
836 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
483 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
514 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5448P | Morohashi |
677 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1088 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
502 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
541 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
365 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
797 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1478 | 2001 Kanji |
3b11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-11 | SKIP code |
4816.6 | Four corner code |
1-33-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5897 | Unicode hex code |
白
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 白 【ハク】 white, striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus), (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.), one's lines, white dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles, Belgium, white person, Caucasian
- 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
- 美白 【ビハク】 beautifully white (esp. of skin), whitening (of skin, teeth, etc.)
- 漂白 【ヒョウハク】 blanching, bleaching
- 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
- 白夜 【ビャクヤ】 night under the midnight sun, white night (at extreme latitudes), night during which the sun doesn't set
- 敬白 【ケイハク】 yours sincerely, sincerely yours, yours truly
- 恐惶敬白 【キョウコウケイハク】 very truly yours, very respectfully yours
Kun reading compounds
- 白 【しろ】 white, innocence, innocent person, blank space, white stone, white dragon tile, skewered grilled pig intestine
- 白い 【しろい】 white
- 面白 【おもしろ】 amusing, funny, interesting
- 蘿蔔 【すずしろ】 daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- 白い 【しろい】 white
- 白色 【しろいろ】 white
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 か、 はっ
- Korean:
- baeg, bae
Spanish
- blanco
Portuguese
- branco
French
- blanc
37 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
53 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
65 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
266 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3095 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
79 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
73 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
205 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
205 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
44 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1362 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4305 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2175 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2929 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
37 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
22678 | Morohashi |
3493 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3863 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
37 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
37 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
242 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
46 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
878 | 2001 Kanji |
4c1.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
2600.0 | Four corner code |
1-39-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
767d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 剤 【ザイ】 medicine, agent, (chemical) substance, drug, dose
- 剤形 【ザイケイ】 dosage form
- 薬剤 【ヤクザイ】 medicine, drug, chemical
- 覚醒剤 【カクセイザイ】 stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- je, ja
Spanish
- medicina
- droga
Portuguese
- dose
- remédio
- droga
French
- dose
- médicament
- drogue
- produit pour...
1296 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
949 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5424 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1497 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1096 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
550 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
559 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1780 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
200 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2102 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1094 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1491 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1746 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2076P | Morohashi |
1669 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
493 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1730 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1867 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1312 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
443 | 2001 Kanji |
2f8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-2 | SKIP code |
0220.0 | Four corner code |
1-26-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5264 | Unicode hex code |