392 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
118 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
274 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
279 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4309 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
43 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
85 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
439 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
66 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
66 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
203 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1698 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
341 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35205 | Morohashi |
1941 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5552 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
335 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
357 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
44 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
言
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
83 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 言 【ゲン】 word, remark, statement
- 言及 【ゲンキュウ】 reference, allusion
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 狂言 【キョウゲン】 kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play, kabuki play, kabuki performance, make-believe, ruse, trick
- 言語 【ゲンゴ】 language
- 言下 【ゲンカ】 promptly
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 二言 【ニゴン】 double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said, repeating oneself
Kun reading compounds
- 言う 【いう】 to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
- 言うまでもない 【いうまでもない】 goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 言 【げん】 word, remark, statement
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 禍言 【まがごと】 ominous word, ill-omened word, misfortune
- 二言 【ふたこと】 two words, repetition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とき
- Korean:
- eon
Spanish
- palabras
- decir
Portuguese
- Dizer
- palavras
French
- dire
3077 | 2001 Kanji |
7a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-6 | SKIP code |
0060.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8a00 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
630 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 左 【サ】 left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), the following
- 左右 【サユウ】 left and right, right and left, (asserting) control, influence, domination, one's attendants, people accompanying one, (serving at someone's) side, equivocation
- 極左 【キョクサ】 extreme left, ultraleft
- 最左 【サイサ】 left-most
- 左官 【サカン】 plasterer
Kun reading compounds
- 左 【ひだり】 left, left-hand side, left hand, the left (wing), leftist, fondness for alcohol, drinker
- 左腕 【さわん】 left arm, left-handed (baseball pitcher)
- 向かって左 【むかってひだり】 on the left as one faces (it)
- 同左 【どうひだり】 same as on the left, (in vertical writing) same as below
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ
- Korean:
- jwa
Spanish
- izquierda
Portuguese
- Esquerda
French
- gauche
18 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
21 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
22 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
477 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1455 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
87 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
50 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
169 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
75 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
75 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
36 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
552 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3692 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1887 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2567 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
77 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8720 | Morohashi |
2974 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1535 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
77 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
81 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
374 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
39 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1472 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-3 | SKIP code |
4001.1 | Four corner code |
1-26-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5de6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
602 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 右中間 【ウチュウカン】 between right and center fielders (centre)
- 右側 【ミギガワ】 right side, right-hand side
- 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
- 最右 【サイウ】 right-most, rightmost
- 右筆 【ユウヒツ】 private secretary, amanuensis
- 右文 【ユウブン】 respect for literary culture
- 上下左右 【ジョウゲサユウ】 up and down, left and right, top and bottom, left and right
Kun reading compounds
- 右 【みぎ】 right, right-hand side, right hand, the above (in a piece of vertical writing), above-mentioned, the right (wing), rightist
- 右腕 【みぎうで】 right arm, right-hand man, right hand, right-hand person, right-handed pitcher
- 上右 【うえみぎ】 upper right (corner)
- 下右 【したみぎ】 lower right (corner)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 すけ
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- derecha
Portuguese
- Direita
French
- droite
19 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
2 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
503 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
878 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
88 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
33 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
171 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
76 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
76 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
35 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
277 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3693 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1888 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2568 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
78 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3250 | Morohashi |
2975 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
700 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
78 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
82 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
384 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
38 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1477 | 2001 Kanji |
3d2.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-3 | SKIP code |
4060.0 | Four corner code |
1-17-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53f3 | Unicode hex code |