| 2243 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 37171 | Morohashi |
| 5853 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4b10.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 4980.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-76-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8d99 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1139 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宝飾 【ホウショク】 jewels and ornaments, jewelry, jewellery
- 宝庫 【ホウコ】 treasury, treasure house, storehouse, repository, treasure trove, rich source (of)
- 人間国宝 【ニンゲンコクホウ】 living national treasure
- 至宝 【シホウ】 greatest treasure, most valuable asset, pride (of)
Kun reading compounds
- 宝 【たから】 treasure
- 宝くじ 【たからくじ】 lottery, lottery ticket
- お宝 【おたから】 treasure, precious article, valuable possession, thing one treasures, picture of a treasure ship, money, cash
- 正直は一生の宝 【しょうじきはいっしょうのたから】 honesty is the best policy
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ほ
- Korean:
- bo
Spanish
- tesoro
- bienes de valor
Portuguese
- tesouro
- riqueza
- valores
French
- trésor
- richesses
- objets de valeur
| 983 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 971 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 661 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1293 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 981 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 465 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 676 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 296 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 296 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 576 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 474 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2764 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1910 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 263 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7122 | Morohashi |
| 2224 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1320 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 257 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 273 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 874 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3010.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b9d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1736 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 溝 【コウ】 10^32, hundred nonillion
- 溝渠 【コウキョ】 ditch, sewer, canal
- 排水溝 【ハイスイコウ】 drainage, gutter, ditch
- 海溝 【カイコウ】 oceanic trench, deep-sea trench, deep
Kun reading compounds
- 溝 【みぞ】 ditch, drain, gutter, trench, groove, tread, indentation, gap (between people, countries, etc.), gulf, rift
- 溝隠 【みぞかくし】 Chinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)
- 押さえ溝 【おさえみぞ】 groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade
- 逃げ溝 【にげみぞ】 clearance groove, under cut
Readings
- Japanese names:
- どぶ
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- cuneta
- zanja
- alcantarilla
- desagüe
Portuguese
- ranhura
- canal
- encanamento
- dreno
- 10 elevado a 32
French
- rigole
- fossé
- égout
- 10**32
| 1263 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1706 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2657 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1487 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1859 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1012 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1050 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1499 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1232 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 810 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 473 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 604 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1836 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17944X | Morohashi |
| 659 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1819 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1960 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1639 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 347 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a10.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3514.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e9d | Unicode hex code |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
- 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
- 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
- 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
- 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
- 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
- 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kun reading compounds
- 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
- 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
- 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
- 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
- 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
- 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かざり、 ふ、 も
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- letras
- literatura
Portuguese
- sentença
- literatura
- estilo
- arte
- decoração
- figuras
- plano
French
- phrase
- littérature
- style
- art
- décoration
- figure (de style)
- plan
- radical littéraire (no. 67)
| 134 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 77 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 68 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 136 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 71 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 180 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 86 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 949 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1708 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1741 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13450 | Morohashi |
| 1962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 89 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 35 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 466 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 0040.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6587 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
- 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
- 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
- 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
- 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
- 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
- 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
- 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
- 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
- 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cambiar
- transformarse
- modificarse
- disfrazarse
Portuguese
- mudança
- tomar a forma de
- influência
- encantar
- iludir
- seduzir
- -isação
French
- transformation
- prendre la forme de
- maquillage
- influence
- fantôme
- enchanter
- tromper
- chimie
- -isation
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 258 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 238 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 100 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 350 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 76 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 378 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 56 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 55 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 22 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1017 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2572X | Morohashi |
| 21 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 580 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1008 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 104 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 242 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2121.0 | Four corner code |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5316 | Unicode hex code |