4172 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2313 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1773 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1279 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
33299 | Morohashi |
5364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2689 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2728 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2501 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蛙 【カエル】 frog, kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
- 海老尾 【エビオ】 goldfish with a shrimp-like tail, head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
Kun reading compounds
- 海老 【えび】 prawn, shrimp, lobster
- 海老芋 【えびいも】 shrimp-shaped taro variety
- 鉄砲蝦 【てっぽうえび】 snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus), pistol prawn
- 猩猩蝦 【しょうじょうえび】 kangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えみ
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
Portuguese
French
6d9.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-9 | SKIP code |
5714.7 | Four corner code |
1-18-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8766 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2324 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夷 【イ】 barbarian
- 夷国 【イコク】 land of the barbarians
- 攘夷 【ジョウイ】 expulsion of foreigners
- 征夷 【セイイ】 defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi), conquering barbarians
Kun reading compounds
- 夷 【えびす】 peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu), provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city), brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan), foreigner, barbarian
- 恵比寿 【えびす】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 東夷 【あずまえびす】 warrior from the eastern parts of Japan, eastern barbarians, people east of China (from the perspective of China)
- 荒夷 【あらえびす】 crude warrior from the eastern parts of Japan, wild man
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し
- Korean:
- i
Spanish
- bárbaro
- salvaje
Portuguese
French
182 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
535 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
4349 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2962 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
5852 | Morohashi |
1143 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2881 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2893 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
0a6.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-4 | SKIP code |
5003.2 | Four corner code |
1-16-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5937 | Unicode hex code |
vine, tendril, influence, connections, good offices, spread, sprawl, thrive, rampant, powerful
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蔓延 【マンエン】 spread (e.g. of a disease), rampancy, infestation, proliferation, being widespread
- まん延防止 【マンエンボウシ】 semi-state of emergency COVID-19 measures
Kun reading compounds
- 蔓延る 【はびこる】 to become overgrown, to grow thick, to spread, to run rampant, to thrive, to prevail, to become powerful
- 蔓 【つる】 vine, bine, tendril, runner, bow, temple arm, sidepiece, lug arm, earpiece, part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear, connections, contacts, influence, financial supporter
- 蔓脚類 【まんきゃくるい】 Cirripedia, barnacles
Readings
- Korean:
- man
Spanish
Portuguese
French
4039 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2192 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2975 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2074 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
31784X | Morohashi |
5180 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2359 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2445 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3k11.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-11 | SKIP code |
2-4-11 | SKIP code |
4440.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8513 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
53 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 金 【キン】 gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles
- 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
- 集金 【シュウキン】 money collection
- 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
- 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
- 金剛 【コンゴウ】 vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
- 鬱金 【ウコン】 turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
- 葛鬱金 【クズウコン】 arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
- 漉油 【コシアブラ】 Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
Kun reading compounds
- 金 【かね】 money, metal
- 金持ち 【かねもち】 rich person
- 細かい金 【こまかいかね】 small change
- 汚れた金 【よごれたかね】 dirty money
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん
- Korean:
- gim, geum
Spanish
- oro
- dinero
- metal
Portuguese
- ouro
French
- or
16 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
18 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
14 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
59 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4815 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
18 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
94 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
664 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
23 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
23 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
21 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1808 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2552 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1302 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1771 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
275 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40152 | Morohashi |
2057 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6211 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
269 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
287 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
79 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
72 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2872 | 2001 Kanji |
8a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
8010.9 | Four corner code |
1-22-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
91d1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1232 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 梅雨 【ツユ】 (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July), rain during the rainy season
- 梅雨前線 【バイウゼンセン】 seasonal rain front
- 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
- 紅梅 【コウバイ】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot
Kun reading compounds
- 梅 【うめ】 Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), Japanese plum, ume, Chinese plum, lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
- 梅干し 【うめぼし】 umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
- 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
- 紅梅 【こうばい】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot
Readings
- Korean:
- mae
Spanish
- ciruela
- ciruelo
Portuguese
- ameixa
French
- prune
592 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1689 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1009 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2258 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1162 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1436 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1374 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1734 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1856 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
969 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1096 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1159 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
833 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
470 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14795P | Morohashi |
925 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2666 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
460 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
499 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
555 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1847 | 2001 Kanji |
4a6.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
4895.7 | Four corner code |
1-39-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6885 | Unicode hex code |