758 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
675 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
646 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
857 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4685 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
790 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
956 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1235 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
444 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
451 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
386 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
685 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3835 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1966 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2662 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1978 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38849P | Morohashi |
3091 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6041 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1959 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2109 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
695 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
683 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 逆 【ギャク】 reverse, opposite, converse (of a hypothesis, etc.), inverse (function)
- 逆効果 【ギャクコウカ】 opposite effect, adverse effect, backfiring
- 反逆 【ハンギャク】 treason, treachery, mutiny, rebellion, insurrection
- 可逆 【カギャク】 reversible, invertible
- 逆旅 【ゲキリョ】 inn
- 逆鱗 【ゲキリン】 one's superior's anger, imperial wrath
- 莫逆 【バクギャク】 cordial relations
- 乱逆 【ランギャク】 rebellion
Kun reading compounds
- 逆 【さか】 inverse, reverse
- 逆さ 【さかさ】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front
- 逆さ 【さかさ】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front
- 逆さま 【さかさま】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round
- 逆らう 【さからう】 to go against, to oppose, to disobey, to defy
Readings
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- reverso
- inverso
- opuesto
- ir en contra
- oponerse
- desobedecer
Portuguese
- invertido
- inverter
- travesso
- contrário
French
- inverse
- contraire
- opposé
- mauvais
960 | 2001 Kanji |
2q6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-6 | SKIP code |
3830.4 | Four corner code |
1-21-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9006 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
65 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 高 【コウ】 high, high school
- 高圧 【コウアツ】 high voltage, high pressure
- 中高 【チュウコウ】 middle and high school, medium and high (level)
- 激昂 【ゲッコウ】 excitement, exasperation, indignation, rage, fury
Kun reading compounds
- 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
- 高い高い 【たかいたかい】 lifting (a child) high up in the air
- 高 【たか】 quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money
- 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
- 威高 【いたか】 arrogant
- 背高 【せいたか】 tallness, tall person
- 高まる 【たかまる】 to rise, to swell, to be promoted
- 高める 【たかめる】 to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 じょい、 た、 はか
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- alto
- caro
- sobresaliente
- elevar
- levantar
Portuguese
- Caro
- alto
French
- haut
- élevé
- grand
- cher
76 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
132 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
119 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
49 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5248 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
160 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
102 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1163 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
190 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
190 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
83 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1924 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2601 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1330 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1803 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
313 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
45313 | Morohashi |
2097 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6796 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
307 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
329 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
135 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
193 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
449 | 2001 Kanji |
2j8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
0022.7 | Four corner code |
1-25-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ad8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
576 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 速 【ソク】 gear, speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
- 速度 【ソクド】 speed, velocity, pace, rate, velocity
- 失速 【シッソク】 stall, downturn, slowdown, slump, weakening, decline
- 快速 【カイソク】 high speed, rapidity, rapid-service train (not as fast as express), rapid train
Kun reading compounds
- 早い 【はやい】 fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt, early, soon, earlier than usual, premature, too soon, too early, easy, simple, quick, fast, as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...
- 早める 【はやめる】 to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite, to precipitate, to quicken (e.g. one's step), to speed up, to accelerate
- 速やか 【すみやか】 quick, speedy, prompt, rapid, swift
Readings
- Japanese names:
- わ
- Korean:
- sog
Spanish
- rápido
- veloz
- darse prisa
- velocidad
Portuguese
- rápido
- apressar
French
- vite
- rapide
453 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
352 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
534 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
659 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4700 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
848 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
958 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1237 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
502 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
511 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
383 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
693 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3851 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1978 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2674 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1685 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38897P | Morohashi |
3105 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1669 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1799 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
360 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1564 | 2001 Kanji |
2q7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-7 | SKIP code |
3530.9 | Four corner code |
1-34-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
901f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
- 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
- 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
- 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
- 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
- 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Readings
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- inusual
- extraño
- cambio
- cambiar
- alterar
- modificar
Portuguese
- raro
- mudança
- estranhar
French
- insolite
- étrange
- changer
509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
609 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
581 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
324 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
191 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
443 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
970 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
257 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
257 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2569 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5703 | Morohashi |
2069 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1745 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
254 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
532 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
467 | 2001 Kanji |
2j7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
0040.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5909 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 換金 【カンキン】 realization (of goods into money), conversion (into money), liquidation
- 換気 【カンキ】 ventilation
- 互換 【ゴカン】 interchange, transposition, compatible (e.g. PC)
- 代換 【ダイカン】 hypallage
Kun reading compounds
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
Readings
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- cambio
- intercambio
- intercambiar
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- ser intercambiado
- ser convertido
Portuguese
- trocar
- turno
- carga
- mudar
French
- échanger
- remplacer
- convertir
- change
1105 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
846 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1964 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
957 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
580 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1586 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1693 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
749 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
913 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
716 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
429 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
537 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1052 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
12358 | Morohashi |
587 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2233 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1043 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1122 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1540 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1363 | 2001 Kanji |
3c9.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
5703.4 | Four corner code |
1-20-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
63db | Unicode hex code |