123 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
206 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
189 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
484 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4375 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
55 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
88 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2142 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
244 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
244 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
180 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1689 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1943 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1038 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1401 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
354 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35580P | Morohashi |
1541 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5629 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
348 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
372 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
323 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
233 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
618 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 読書 【ドクショ】 reading (a book)
- 読者 【ドクシャ】 reader
- 積ん読 【ツンドク】 buying books and not reading them, stockpiling books, tsundoku, books bought but not read
- 必読 【ヒツドク】 must-read, required reading
- 読書 【ドクショ】 reading (a book)
- 読本 【トクホン】 reading-book, reader, guidebook, manual, textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
- 読点 【トウテン】 comma
- 句読 【クトウ】 breaks and pauses (in a sentence), punctuation, way of reading (esp. kanbun)
- 吏読 【リト】 Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
Kun reading compounds
- 読む 【よむ】 to read, to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant, to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine, to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji), to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time), to count, to estimate, to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よみ
- Korean:
- dog, du
Spanish
- leer
Portuguese
- leia
French
- lire
3057 | 2001 Kanji |
7a7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-7 | SKIP code |
0461.2 | Four corner code |
1-38-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8aad | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
- 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
- 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
- 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol
Kun reading compounds
- 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かき
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- escritura
- escrito
- escribir
Portuguese
- escrever
French
- écrire
92 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
159 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
142 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
130 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
70 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
58 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
131 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
181 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
998 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3292 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1703 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2314 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
333 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14294 | Morohashi |
2658 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2463 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
327 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
349 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
121 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
197 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1678 | 2001 Kanji |
4c6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-4 | SKIP code |
5060.1 | Four corner code |
1-29-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
66f8 | Unicode hex code |
world, boundary
- On:
- カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
158 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 界 【カイ】 community, circles, world, kingdom, erathem, field (electrical), border, boundary, division
- 界隈 【カイワイ】 neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity
- 球界 【キュウカイ】 the baseball world
- 経済界 【ケイザイカイ】 economic world, financial circles, business community
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- borde
- frontera
- extensión
- ámbito
Portuguese
- mundo
French
- monde
170 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
260 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
240 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
170 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2998 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
269 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
223 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
967 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
454 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
461 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
157 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1336 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3172 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1632 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
257 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21775 | Morohashi |
2563 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3739 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
251 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
266 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
164 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
320 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3654 | 2001 Kanji |
5f4.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
6022.8 | Four corner code |
1-19-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
754c | Unicode hex code |