| 341 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 444 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 420 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1019 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4214 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 605 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 878 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 520 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 677 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 690 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 889 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1619 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2506 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1270 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1736 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 403 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34091 | Morohashi |
| 2013 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5420 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 396 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 423 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 461 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1214 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 衣 【キヌ】 clothing, garment, dress
- 衣装 【イショウ】 clothing, costume, outfit, garment, dress
- 着衣 【チャクイ】 clothes (that one is wearing), wearing clothes
- 脱衣 【ダツイ】 undressing, taking off one's clothes, stripping
- 衣鉢 【イハツ】 mysteries of one's master's art, robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral), transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)
- 衣紋 【エモン】 dress, clothes, drapery
- 着衣 【チャクイ】 clothes (that one is wearing), wearing clothes
- 脱衣 【ダツイ】 undressing, taking off one's clothes, stripping
Kun reading compounds
- 衣 【ころも】 clothes, garment, gown, robe, coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
- 衣替え 【ころもがえ】 seasonal change of clothing, changing one's dress for the season, renovation, facelift, redesign, redecoration, new appearance, fresh look
- 砂糖の衣 【さとうのころも】 frosting (e.g. on a cake), icing
- 紅葉の衣 【もみじのころも】 comparing beautiful autumn leaves to a garment
- 衣 【きぬ】 clothing, garment, dress
- 如月 【きさらぎ】 second month of the lunar calendar
Readings
- Korean:
- eui
Spanish
- prenda
- ropas
- vestidos
Portuguese
- vestuário
- roupas
- vestindo
French
- vêtement
- habillement
| 465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5e0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 0073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8863 | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
343 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 足 【ソク】 counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
- 足跡 【アシアト】 footprints, record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
- 俊足 【シュンソク】 swiftness of foot, fast runner, swift horse, fleet steed, person of great talent, gifted person
- 土足 【ドソク】 shod feet, wearing shoes, muddy feet, dirty feet
Kun reading compounds
- 足 【あし】 foot, paw, arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.), leg, gait, pace, lower radical of a kanji, means of transportation, (one's) ride, money, coin
- 足跡 【あしあと】 footprints, record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
- 出足 【であし】 turnout (of people), start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.), beginning, initial charge, dash
- 客足 【きゃくあし】 customer traffic, customers, custom
- 足りる 【たりる】 to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve, to do (the job), to serve, to answer
- 足る 【たる】 to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve, to do (the job), to serve, to answer
- 足るを知る 【たるをしる】 to know one has enough, to be satisfied with one's lot in life
- 足す 【たす】 to add (numbers), to add (something), to top up (with something), to take care of (e.g. one's business)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あす、 おす、 たらし
- Korean:
- jog, ju
Spanish
- pierna
- pie
- ser suficiente
- pata
- bastar
Portuguese
- perna
- pé
- ser suficiente
French
- jambe
- pied
- suffire
- ajouter
- compteur de paires de chaussures
| 29 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 36 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 51 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 305 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4546 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 135 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 90 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 461 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 58 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 58 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 171 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1759 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2714 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1386 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1873 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1287 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 37365 | Morohashi |
| 2188 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5856 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1279 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1372 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 338 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 67 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3770 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 6080.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8db3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 礼 【レイ】 thanks, gratitude, manners, etiquette, bow (i.e. bending of the body), bowing, reward, gift, ceremony, ritual, key money
- 礼儀 【レイギ】 manners, courtesy, etiquette
- 巡礼 【ジュンレイ】 pilgrimage, pilgrim
- 儀礼 【ギレイ】 courtesy, etiquette, formality, protocol, (religious) observance, ritual, rite
- 礼賛 【ライサン】 praise, worship, adoration, glorification
- 礼冠 【ライカン】 crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)
- 頂礼 【チョウライ】 prostration, placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
- 帰命頂礼 【キミョウチョウライ】 most formal form of a prayer
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あや、 なり、 のり、 ひろし、 れ
- Korean:
- rye
Spanish
- saludo
- reverencia
- cortesía
- gracias
Portuguese
- saudação
- reverência
- cerimônia
- agradecimento
- remuneração
French
- salut
- courbette
- cérémonie
- remerciements
- rémunération
| 337 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 436 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 413 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 983 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3229 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 350 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 770 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 146 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 620 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 630 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 822 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1417 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1012 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 547 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 724 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1096 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24626P | Morohashi |
| 818 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4061 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1087 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1168 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 262 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 656 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 3221.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 793c | Unicode hex code |
node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
934 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 節 【セツ】 occasion, time, section (of a literary work or piece of music), passage, paragraph, verse, stanza, clause, season, term, one's principles, integrity, node (of a plant stem), (taxonomical) section, knot (nautical mile per hour)
- 節減 【セツゲン】 retrenchment, curtailment, economy
- 結節 【ケッセツ】 knot, nodule, tubercule, node
- 国慶節 【コッケイセツ】 anniversary of founding (of PRC), national celebration time
- 節 【セチ】 season, time of the year, seasonal festival, seasonal banquet, seasonal feast
- 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Kun reading compounds
- 節 【ふし】 joint, knuckle, tune, melody, node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob, (notable) point, part, node
- 節目 【ふしめ】 turning point, critical juncture, knot (in a tree, etc.)
- 一節 【ひとふし】 one joint, one section, one tune, one piece, one measure, one piece (of dried bonito)
- 七節 【ななふし】 walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea), walkingstick, stick insect, leaf insect
- 節 【ノット】 knot (nautical mile per hour)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たかし
- Korean:
- jeol
Spanish
- estación
- periodo
- frase
- unión
- articulación
- melodía
- tono
- nudo
- entonación
Portuguese
- nó
- estação
- período
- ocasião
- verso
- cláusula
- stanza
- honra
- junta
- nó dos dedos
- maçaneta
- canção
- melodia
French
- noeud (vitesse)
- instant
- saison
- période
- occasion
- vers (poésie)
- stance
- honneur
- jointure
- articulation
- bosse
- air (musique)
- mélodie
| 446 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 552 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 523 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 731 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3402 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 683 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 800 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2215 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 464 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 472 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 699 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1482 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3336 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1729 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2349 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1476 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26102 | Morohashi |
| 2691 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4299 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1464 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1574 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 607 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2344 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-7 | SKIP code |
| 8872.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7bc0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
205 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 知 【チ】 wisdom, jnana (higher knowledge)
- 知恵 【チエ】 wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence, prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
- 認知 【ニンチ】 acknowledgement, acknowledgment, recognition, cognition
- 熟知 【ジュクチ】 being familiar with, having a thorough knowledge of, being well-informed about
Kun reading compounds
- 知る 【しる】 to know, to be aware (of), to be conscious (of), to learn (of), to find out, to discover, to sense, to feel, to notice, to realize, to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to appreciate, to remember, to be familiar with, to be acquainted with, to experience, to go through, to know (e.g. hardship), to get acquainted with (a person), to get to know, to have to do with, to be concerned with, to be one's concern, to be one's responsibility
- 知る限り 【しるかぎり】 as far as I know
- 吾唯足知 【われただたるをしる】 I am content with what I am (have), rich is the person who is content with what he is
- 知らせる 【しらせる】 to notify, to advise, to inform
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さと、 さとる、 しり、 しれ、 とも、 のり
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- conocer
- saber
- entender
Portuguese
- saber
- sabedoria
French
- savoir
- sagesse
| 112 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 186 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 169 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 207 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3169 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 196 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 229 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 636 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 214 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 214 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 143 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1394 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1446 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 768 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1041 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1231 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23935 | Morohashi |
| 1127 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3978 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1223 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1308 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 73 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 160 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d5.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 8640.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 77e5 | Unicode hex code |