| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
163 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 百 【ヒャク】 hundred, 100
- １００億 【ヒャクオク】 10,000,000,000, ten billion
- ９００ 【キュウヒャク】 900, nine hundred, fool, idiot
- ５００ 【ゴヒャク】 500, five hundred, many
- 凡百 【ボンピャク】 various, many, all kinds of
Kun reading compounds
- 百 【もも】 hundred, 100, (a great) many
- 百重 【ももえ】 piling up highly, becoming a large pile
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 ど、 どう、 なり、 ひゃっ、 ひゅく、 も、 もんど、 ゆう
- Korean:
- baeg, maeg
Spanish
- cien
- muchos
Portuguese
- cem
French
- cent
| 130 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 11 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 67 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 73 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 33 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 82 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 74 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 265 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 14 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 14 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 11 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1363 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2519 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1279 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1746 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 38 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22679 | Morohashi |
| 2026 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3864 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 38 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 38 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 218 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 50 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3178 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 1060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 767e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1845 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 遍 【ヘン】 number of times
- 遍歴 【ヘンレキ】 travels, pilgrimage, itinerancy, (accumulated) experiences, (personal) history
- 普遍 【フヘン】 universal, general, ubiquitous, omnipresent
Kun reading compounds
- 遍く 【あまねく】 widely, extensively, far and wide, everywhere, all around, generally, universally
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon
Spanish
- amplio
- general
- universal
- contador de vueltas/veces
Portuguese
- em toda parte
- tempos
- amplamente
French
- partout
- -fois
- largement
- généralement
| 1783 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1861 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4718 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1279 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1815 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1805 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1160 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1215 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1177 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 711 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3890 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2002 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2703 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1841 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39001P | Morohashi |
| 3136 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6086 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1824 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1965 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1595 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3053 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q9.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3330.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 904d | Unicode hex code |
idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
- On:
- イ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
99 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 意 【イ】 feelings, thoughts, meaning
- 意外 【イガイ】 unexpected, surprising
- 賛意 【サンイ】 approval, assent
- 総意 【ソウイ】 consensus, collective will, collective opinion
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もと、 よし
- Korean:
- eui
Spanish
- idea
- sentimiento
- razón
- intención
Portuguese
- idéia
- mente
- coração
- gosto
- pensamento
- desejo
- atenção
French
- idée
- esprit
- coeur
- pensée
- attention
- goût
- désir
| 155 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 246 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 226 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 118 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5113 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 225 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 176 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2007 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 132 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 132 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 291 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 791 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2650 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1352 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1834 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 615 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10921 | Morohashi |
| 2136 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1926 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 608 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 654 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 86 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 416 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 458 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-8 | SKIP code |
| 0033.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 610f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
| 229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30095 | Morohashi |
| 3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 879 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81ea | Unicode hex code |
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
80 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 通 【ツウ】 authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc., understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight, supernatural powers, magical powers
- 通院 【ツウイン】 going to the hospital for regular treatment, going to the hospital regularly
- 富士通 【フジツウ】 Fujitsu
- 食通 【ショクツウ】 gourmandism, gourmet, gourmand, foodie
- 通 【ツウ】 authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc., understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight, supernatural powers, magical powers
- 通院 【ツウイン】 going to the hospital for regular treatment, going to the hospital regularly
Kun reading compounds
- 通る 【とおる】 to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of, to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect, to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in, to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through, to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout, to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far, to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed, to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted, to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for, to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense, to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood, to pass for, to come across as, to seem like, to be straight (e.g. wood grain), to be well-informed, to be wise, to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly
- 通り 【とおり】 street, road, avenue, thoroughfare, traffic, coming and going, flow (of water, air, etc.), passage, running, transmission (of sound), reach (of voice), reputation, favor, favour, popularity, understanding, comprehension, comprehensibility, clarity, the same way (as), as (follows, stated, expected, etc.), counter for sets of things, counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.
- 通り過ぎる 【とおりすぎる】 to go past, to pass, to pass by
- 通す 【とおす】 to stick through, to force through, to spread throughout, to thoroughly diffuse, to make a path between two points, to proceed in a logical manner, to let pass, to allow through, to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.), to show in, to go through (a middleman), to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.), to pass (a law, applicant, etc.), to force to accept, to force agreement, to continue (in a state), to persist in, to do to the entirety of, to cover all of, to span the whole ..., to do from beginning to end without a break, to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party, to do to the end, to carry through, to complete
- 通し 【とおし】 continuing from beginning to end, continuous run, consecutive run, appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre, performance of an entire play
- 通し切符 【とおしきっぷ】 through ticket (e.g. rail, air), ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. both matinee and evening shows), all-day ticket, season ticket
- 切通し 【きりどおし】 road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain, cutting
- 通う 【かよう】 to go to and from (a place), to go back and forth between, to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.), to ply between, to go to (school, work, etc.), to attend, to commute, to frequent, to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity), to be communicated (e.g. thought), to resemble
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とん、 どうし、 どおり、 みち
- Korean:
- tong
Spanish
- atravesar
- traspasar
- hacer saber
- pasar
- ir y venir
Portuguese
- tráfego
- passar através de
- avenida
- comutar
- sufixo para contagem de letras
French
- circulation
- passer par
- avenue
- trajet (travail)
- compteur de lettres, notes, ...
| 281 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 193 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 176 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 71 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4703 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 201 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 261 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1239 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 150 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 150 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 204 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 695 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3855 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1982 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2678 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1420 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38892P | Morohashi |
| 3109 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6063 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1408 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1511 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 97 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 198 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q7.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 3730.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 901a | Unicode hex code |