| 533 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 631 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 601 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 959 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4630 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 846 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 942 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2316 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1164 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1221 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 498 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1781 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1999 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1067 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1436 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1839 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38400 | Morohashi |
| 1589 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5973 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1822 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1963 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 630 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
693 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 輪 【リン】 counter for wheels and flowers
- 輪郭 【リンカク】 contour, outline, silhouette, summary, outline, sketch, looks, features
- 三輪 【サンリン】 three wheels
- 競輪 【ケイリン】 keirin, cycle racing event, usu. 2 km with a paced start and sprint finish
Kun reading compounds
- 輪 【わ】 ring, circle, loop, hoop, wheel, circle (e.g. of friends), planetary ring
- 輪切り 【わぎり】 cutting in round slices, round slice, dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
- 埴輪 【はにわ】 haniwa, hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
- 後輪 【こうりん】 rear wheel, cantle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なわ、 も
- Korean:
- ryun
Spanish
- rueda
- anillo
- círculo
- eslabón
- contador de flores
- aro
Portuguese
- roda
- argola
- círculo
- elo
- laço
- comtador para rodas e flores
French
- roue
- anneau
- cercle
- maillon
- boucle
- compteur de roues ou fleurs
| 1553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7c8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-8 | SKIP code |
| 5802.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8f2a | Unicode hex code |
hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1027 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 掛留 【ケイリュウ】 music suspension
Kun reading compounds
- 掛ける 【かける】 to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall), to let hang, to suspend (from), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag), to put on (e.g. a blanket), to put on top of, to cover, to lay, to spread, to put on (glasses, etc.), to wear (a necklace, etc.), to make (a call), to spend (time, money), to expend, to use, to pour (liquid) onto, to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto, to splash, to throw (e.g. water) onto, to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.), to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.), to put on (a DVD, song, etc.), to use (a device, implement, etc.), to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.), to burden (someone), to impose, to multiply (arithmetic operation), to secure (e.g. lock), to take a seat, to sit, to rest (something on something else), to support (something on something else), to bind, to wager, to bet, to risk, to stake, to gamble, to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on, to hold (a play, festival, etc.), to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.), to argue (in court), to deliberate (in a meeting), to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.), to increase further, to catch (in a trap, etc.), to set atop, to erect (a makeshift building), to apply (insurance), to pun (on a word), to use (a word) as a pivot word, to play on words, to be partway doing ..., to begin (but not complete) ..., to be about to ..., to address (someone), to direct (something, to someone), to do (something, to someone)
- 掛け 【かけ】 credit, money owed on an account, bill, hanger, holder, rest, rack, peg, hook, stand, in the process of (doing), midway through, half-(done), on the verge of, just about to, hot noodles in broth, wholesale price as a proportion of the list price (in tenths)
- 掛け金 【かけきん】 installment, instalment, premium, bill
- 切っ掛け 【きっかけ】 chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion
- 打ち掛け 【うちかけ】 women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono, ending play for the day, leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)
- 掛かる 【かかる】 to take (a resource, e.g. time or money), to hang, to come into view, to arrive, to come under (a contract, a tax), to start (engines, motors), to attend, to deal with, to handle, to have started to, to be on the verge of, to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover, to (come) at, to be fastened, to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.), to be caught in, to get a call, to depend on
- 掛かり 【かかり】 starting (e.g. of an engine), engaging (e.g. of a lock), expenses, costs, attack (esp. a corner approach), barb (of a fish hook), charge, duty, person in charge, official, clerk
- 係長 【かかりちょう】 subsection head, assistant manager, chief clerk
- 掛かり 【かかり】 starting (e.g. of an engine), engaging (e.g. of a lock), expenses, costs, attack (esp. a corner approach), barb (of a fish hook), charge, duty, person in charge, official, clerk
- 係長 【かかりちょう】 subsection head, assistant manager, chief clerk
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かけ
- Korean:
- gwae
Spanish
- colgar
- suspender
- enganchar
- depender
Portuguese
- pendurar
- suspender
- depender
- chegar
- imposto
French
- accrocher
- suspendre
- dépendre
- arriver à
- taxe
- verser
| 1083 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1183 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1952 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1143 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1362 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1321 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1464 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1559 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1477 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 896 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 596 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 361 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 449 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 681 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12267 | Morohashi |
| 493 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2214 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 674 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 727 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1436 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1354 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 5300.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 639b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 本 【ホン】 book, volume, script, this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue, main, head, principal, real, genuine, regular, proper, counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
- 本位 【ホンイ】 standard, basis, principle
- 社会資本 【シャカイシホン】 social capital, SOC
- 配本 【ハイホン】 distribution of books
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 本木 【もとき】 original stock
- 大本 【おおもと】 root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
- 旗本 【はたもと】 shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まと、 ごう
- Korean:
- bon
Spanish
- libro
- origen
- base
- contador de cosas alargadas
Portuguese
- livro
- presente
- real
- verdadeiro
- principal
- sufixo p/ contagem De coisas longas
French
- livre
- présent
- essentiel
- origine
- principal
- réalité
- vérité
- compteur d'objets allongés
| 45 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 76 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 70 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 15 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 96 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 20 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 61 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 212 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 25 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 25 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 37 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1046 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4314 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2937 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 215 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14421 | Morohashi |
| 3502 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2536 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 211 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 224 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 47 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 5023.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 672c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 青果 【セイカ】 fruits and vegetables, produce
- 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
- 回青 【カイセイ】 Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)
- 黛青 【タイセイ】 blackish blue
- 青面金剛 【ショウメンコンゴウ】 Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
- 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
- 花緑青 【ハナロクショウ】 Paris green, emerald green
Kun reading compounds
- 青 【あお】 blue, azure, green, green light (traffic), black (horse coat color), blue 5-point card, immature, unripe, young
- 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
- プロシア青 【プロシアあお】 Prussian blue
- 深青 【ふかあお】 dark blue, deep blue, navy blue
- 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced
- 青色 【あおいろ】 blue
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お
- Korean:
- cheong
Spanish
- azul
- verde
- pálido
Portuguese
- verde
- azul
- imaturo
- verde-claro
French
- bleu
- vert
| 36 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 52 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 43 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 390 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5076 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 331 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 273 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 700 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 208 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 208 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 47 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1871 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3084 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1573 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1548 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42564P | Morohashi |
| 2430 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6557 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1534 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1654 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 393 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 74 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1446 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 5022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9752 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鸚哥 【インコ】 true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
- 鸚鵡 【オウム】 (large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
- 鸚鵡貝 【オウムガイ】 chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)
Readings
- Korean:
- aeng
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 5371 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3021 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 47489 | Morohashi |
| 7009 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2830 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2845 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 11b17.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-17-11 | SKIP code |
| 6742.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-83-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9e1a | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歌留多 【カルタ】 karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
- 哥老会 【カロウカイ】 Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
- インド八哥 【インドハッカ】 common myna (Acridotheres tristis), Indian myna, common mynah, Indian mynah
- 哥倫比亜 【コロンビア】 Colombia
- 摩納哥 【モナコ】 Monaco
- 五色青海鸚哥 【ゴシキゼイガイインコ】 rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), rainbow lory
Kun reading compounds
- うた沢 【うたざわ】 slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
- うた沢節 【うたざわぶし】 slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 56 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1193 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3641 | Morohashi |
| 801 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3d7.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 1062.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-51-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 54e5 | Unicode hex code |