| 201 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 116 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 105 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 186 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4312 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 357 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 249 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 895 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 340 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 340 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 288 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1658 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1828 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 965 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1309 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 342 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35220 | Morohashi |
| 1441 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5555 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 337 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 359 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 210 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 173 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
228 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 計 【ケイ】 plan, meter, measuring device, (in) total, total (of)
- 計画 【ケイカク】 plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme
- 生計 【セイケイ】 livelihood, living
- 推計 【スイケイ】 estimate, estimation
Kun reading compounds
- 計る 【はかる】 to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate), to conjecture, to infer, to surmise
- 計らう 【はからう】 to manage, to arrange, to see to (a matter), to dispose of, to consult (with), to talk (to)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- え、 かず、 け
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- medida
- cuenta
- contar
- pensar
- medir
- pesar
Portuguese
- desenho
- plano
- esquema
- medida
French
- planifier
- projeter
- calcul
- mesure
| 3055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-2 | SKIP code |
| 0460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a08 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
- 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
- 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
- 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
- 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
- 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
- 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles
Kun reading compounds
- 数 【かず】 number, amount
- 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
- 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
- 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
- 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
- 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じゅ
- Korean:
- su, chog
Spanish
- número
- cifra
- contar
Portuguese
- número
- vigor
- destino
- lei
- figuras
French
- nombre
- compter
- destin
- loi
- chiffres
| 262 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 168 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 151 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 188 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2057 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 429 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 592 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2169 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 225 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 225 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 529 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 945 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2245 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1170 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1591 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 938 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13319 | Morohashi |
| 1790 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2353 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 929 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 998 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 159 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 227 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1066 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 9844.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6570 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1437 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 抽象 【チュウショウ】 abstraction
- 抽出 【チュウシュツ】 extraction, abstraction, selection (from a group), sampling
Readings
- Korean:
- chu
Spanish
- tirar
- extraer
- sacar
- quitar
Portuguese
- puxão
- puxar
- extrato
- superar
French
- extraire
- tirer
- exceller
| 1584 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1238 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1877 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1443 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1345 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 987 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1022 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1254 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 878 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 359 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 267 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1115 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11930 | Morohashi |
| 302 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1106 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1187 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1182 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1376 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 5506.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 62bd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
394 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 象 【ショウ】 form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon
- 将棋 【ショウギ】 shogi, Japanese chess
- 具象 【グショウ】 concreteness, embodiment, expressing concretely
- 抽象 【チュウショウ】 abstraction
- 象 【ゾウ】 elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
- 象牙 【ゾウゲ】 ivory
- アジア象 【アジアゾウ】 Asian elephant, Indian elephant
- 海象 【セイウチ】 walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)
Kun reading compounds
- 象る 【かたどる】 to model (something) on, to be modelled on, to be made in the shape of, to take the shape of, to imitate, to symbolize, to represent
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きさ
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- imagen
- imitar
- forma
- figura
- elefante
Portuguese
- elefante
- modelar
- imitar
- imagem
- forma
- sinal (dos tempos)
French
- éléphant
- modèle
- imiter
- image
- forme
- signe (des temps)
- phénomène
| 663 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 540 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 533 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 575 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4472 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 809 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 916 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1761 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 739 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 752 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 939 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1718 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2647 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1350 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1831 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1995 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36372 | Morohashi |
| 2134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5744 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1976 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2130 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 591 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2551 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2n10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2723.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c61 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1016 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 操 【ミサオ】 fidelity, honour, honor, constancy, chastity (of a woman), faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
- 操業 【ソウギョウ】 operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.), work
- 柔軟体操 【ジュウナンタイソウ】 calisthenics
- 器械体操 【キカイタイソウ】 apparatus gymnastics, artistic gymnastics
Kun reading compounds
- 操 【みさお】 fidelity, honour, honor, constancy, chastity (of a woman), faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
- 操を守る 【みさおをまもる】 to adhere to one's principles, to preserve one's chastity
- 操る 【あやつる】 to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to manage, to control, to maneuver, to steer, to have a good command of (a language), to play proficiently (of a musical instrument), to work (a puppet), to pull the strings of a puppet, to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.), to pull the strings, to control from the shadows, to mastermind
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さお、 みさ
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- manipular
- manejar
- dirigir
- castidad
- fidelidad
- virtud
Portuguese
- manobra
- manipular
- opera
- pilotar
- castidade
- virgindade
- fidelidade
French
- manipuler
- manoeuvre
- faite marcher
- diriger
- chasteté
- virginité
- fidélité
| 935 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 922 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 985 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2015 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1367 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 582 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2448 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1655 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1769 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1485 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 928 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 948 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 531 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 693 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 678 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12806 | Morohashi |
| 769 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2296 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 671 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 724 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 995 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c13.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 5609.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 64cd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
- 作柄 【サクガラ】 crop conditions, quality (of art)
- 大作 【タイサク】 large-scale work, voluminous work, monumental work, great work, masterpiece
- 遺作 【イサク】 posthumous works
- 作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
- 作業 【サギョウ】 work, operation, task
- 所作 【ショサ】 conduct, behaviour, movements, gesture, one's carriage, performance (on stage, etc.), dance, acting, dance (in kabuki), dance play
- 安定操作 【アンテイソウサ】 stabilizing (stock) transaction
Kun reading compounds
- 作る 【つくる】 to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct, to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol), to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train, to till, to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write, to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose, to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found, to have (a child), to make up (one's face, etc.), to fabricate (an excuse, etc.), to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion, to form (a line, etc.), to set (a record), to commit (a sin, etc.)
- 作り 【つくり】 making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure, appearance (attire, make-up, etc.), build, physique, sashimi, forced (smile, etc.)
- 作り上げる 【つくりあげる】 to build up, to complete, to construct, to create, to put together, to make up, to fabricate, to invent, to cook up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くり、 さか、 さっ、 づくり、 とも、 なお、 はぎ、 まさか
- Korean:
- jag, ja, ju
Spanish
- hacer
- construir
- fabricar
- conducta
- comportamiento
- crear
Portuguese
- fazer
- produção
- preparar
- construção
French
- fabriquer
- produire
- construire
- préparer
| 82 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 141 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 127 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 99 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 147 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 116 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 362 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 360 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 361 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 137 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 75 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 77 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 49 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 52 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1151 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 518 | Morohashi |
| 68 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 167 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1142 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1224 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 120 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 144 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2154 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a5.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 2821.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f5c | Unicode hex code |