169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
49 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
90 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1590 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4486 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
44 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
917 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
498 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
240 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
240 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
719 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1720 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3150 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1614 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2200 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
54 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36656 | Morohashi |
2543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5766 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
54 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
56 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
70 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
- 貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
- 越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
- 蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Kun reading compounds
- 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
- 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
- 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
Readings
- Korean:
- pae
Spanish
- concha
Portuguese
- Marisco
- conchas
French
- coquillage
3961 | 2001 Kanji |
7b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-2 | SKIP code |
6080.0 | Four corner code |
1-19-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8c9d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1892 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 殻 【カク】 shell (e.g. electron shell)
- 殻果 【カクカ】 hard-shelled nut (e.g. walnut, pecan, almond)
- 地殻 【チカク】 (Earth's) crust
- 介殻 【カイカク】 sea shell
- 枸橘 【カラタチ】 trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata), hardy orange
- 船殻 【センコク】 hull
Kun reading compounds
- 殻 【から】 shell, husk, hull, pod, chaff
- 殻竿 【からざお】 flail (for threshing grain)
- 雪花菜 【おから】 okara, soy pulp, tofu dregs, edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
- もぬけの殻 【もぬけのから】 completely empty (of a residence, etc.), vacant, deserted, body from which the soul has left, corpse, shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
- 殻 【がら】 chicken bones (e.g. for soup), chicken carcass, poor-quality coke (coal), left-overs, remnants
- 灰殻 【はいがら】 ashes
- 燃え殻 【もえがら】 embers, cinders, burnt residue, combustion residue
Readings
- Korean:
- gag
Spanish
- concha
- cáscara
- casco (buque)
Portuguese
- casca
- concha de noz
French
- coquille
- enveloppe (grain)
1075 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1869 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2456 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1832 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1455 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1728 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1846 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1626 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1141 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1883 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1354 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
717 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1490 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2996 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
710 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
767 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1451 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1468 | 2001 Kanji |
3p8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-4 | SKIP code |
4724.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6bbb | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1509 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 亜 【ア】 sub-, second-rate, inferior, -ous (indicating a low oxidation state), -ite, Asia, Argentina, Arabia, America, American person
- 亜鉛 【アエン】 zinc (Zn)
- 東亜 【トウア】 East Asia, the Orient
- 叙利亜 【シリア】 Syria
Kun reading compounds
- 次ぐ 【つぐ】 to follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- や、 つぎ、 つぐ
- Korean:
- a
Spanish
- pref. para indicar
- venir después de
- Asia
Portuguese
- Ásia
- próxima
- o que vem depois
- -ous
French
- Asie
- suivant
- sub-
- sous-
997 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1331 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
43 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1788 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1032 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
525 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1616 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1724 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1818 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
35 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4354 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2204 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2966 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1827 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
272 | Morohashi |
3540 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
81 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1809 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1950 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1092 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3273 | 2001 Kanji |
0a7.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-7-1 | SKIP code |
1010.6 | Four corner code |
1-16-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e9c | Unicode hex code |
門
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
452 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 門 【モン】 gate, branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master, division, phylum, counter for cannons
- 門下 【モンカ】 one's pupil, one's student, one's follower
- 入門 【ニュウモン】 becoming a pupil (of), becoming a disciple, entering an institution, beginning training, introduction (to), primer, guide, entering through a gate
- 宗門 【シュウモン】 (religious) denomination, sect
Kun reading compounds
- 門 【もん】 gate, branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master, division, phylum, counter for cannons
- 門出 【かどで】 setting off (on a long journey), setting out, departure (e.g. for the front), leaving home, starting a new life, starting life anew
- 帝 【みかど】 emperor (of Japan), mikado, (the gates of an) imperial residence
- 口は災いの門 【くちはわざわいのかど】 words can lead to disaster, the tongue is the root of calamities, the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
- 戸 【と】 door (esp. Japanese-style), shutter, window shutter, entrance (to a home), narrows
- 門浪 【となみ】 waves in narrow straits
- 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
- 長門 【ながと】 Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じょう、 も、 と、 ゆき
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- puerta
Portuguese
- portões
French
- portail
- compteur de canons
143 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
231 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
211 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
385 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4940 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
105 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
269 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
601 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
161 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
161 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
445 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1838 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1100 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
597 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
789 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1630 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41208 | Morohashi |
888 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6381 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1616 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1743 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
376 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
168 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3853 | 2001 Kanji |
8e0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
3-8-0 | SKIP code |
7777.7 | Four corner code |
7777.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9580 | Unicode hex code |