994 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
983 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
835 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4768 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
964 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
970 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
524 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
533 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
226 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
763 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2121 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1107 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1506 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1864 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39485 | Morohashi |
1687 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6147 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1847 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1990 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
935 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
mail, stagecoach stop
- On:
- ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
917 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 郵政省 【ユウセイショウ】 (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
- 郵政 【ユウセイ】 postal system
- 電郵 【デンユウ】 (an item of) electronic mail (e-mail), e-mail message, electronic mail (e-mail) service, electronic mail (e-mail) system
- 携帯電郵 【ケイタイデンユウ】 email from a cell phone or mobile phone
Readings
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- correo
- servicio postal
Portuguese
- correio
- parada de diligência
French
- courrier
- relais de poste
2244 | 2001 Kanji |
2d8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-3 | SKIP code |
1-8-2 | SKIP code |
2712.7 | Four corner code |
1-45-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
90f5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 便 【ベン】 convenience, service, facility, accommodation, excreta (esp. faeces), excrement, stool
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 利便 【リベン】 convenience
- 大便 【ダイベン】 feces, faeces, excrement, stool
- 便 【ビン】 flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service, mail, post, letter, opportunity, chance
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 穏便 【オンビン】 gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet, without fuss, simply
- 増便 【ゾウビン】 increase in the number of flights
Kun reading compounds
- 便り 【たより】 news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
- 便りがないのはよい便り 【たよりがないのはよいたより】 no news is good news
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon, byeon
Spanish
- conveniencia
- excremento
- noticias
- correspondencia
- carta
Portuguese
- conveniência
French
- commodité
- courrier
- vol (avion)
- nouvelles
510 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
610 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
582 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
578 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
450 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
265 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
118 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
330 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
330 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
101 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
105 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
71 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
75 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1000 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
659 | Morohashi |
95 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
219 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
991 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1066 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
533 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2166 | 2001 Kanji |
2a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-7 | SKIP code |
2124.6 | Four corner code |
1-42-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4fbf | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N4
242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 私 【シ】 private affairs, personal matter
- 私案 【シアン】 private plan, one's own plan
- 無私 【ムシ】 unselfish, selfless, disinterested
- 滅私 【メッシ】 selflessness, being unselfish
Kun reading compounds
- 私 【わたくし】 I, me, personal (affairs, etc.), private, selfishness, partiality, secrecy, confidentiality
- 私立 【しりつ】 private (establishment)
- 不肖私 【ふしょうわたくし】 I, me
- 私 【わたし】 I, me
- 私たち 【わたしたち】 we, us
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- yo
- privado
- secreto
Portuguese
- particular
- Eu
- me
French
- privé
- je
- moi
797 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
887 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
876 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
221 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3265 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
367 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
232 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
637 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
125 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
125 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
72 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1428 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1432 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
758 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
911 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24913 | Morohashi |
1115 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4124 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
902 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
968 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
17 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
852 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2271 | 2001 Kanji |
5d2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-2 | SKIP code |
2293.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
79c1 | 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 3
JLPT level N3
1357 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 百葉箱 【ヒャクヨウバコ】 Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges), instrument shelter
- 書箱 【ショソウ】 bookcase
Kun reading compounds
- 箱 【はこ】 box, case, chest, package, pack, crate, car (of a train, etc.), shamisen case, shamisen, public building, community building, man who carries a geisha's shamisen, receptacle for human waste, feces (faeces), counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
- 箱入り 【はこいり】 cased, boxed, precious, cherished, girl who has been sheltered from the world, one's special talent
- リサイクル用の箱 【リサイクルようのはこ】 recycling bin, recycling box
- 契約の箱 【けいやくのはこ】 Ark of the Covenant
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- caja
- cofre
Portuguese
- caixa
- tórax
- caixa de papelão
- depósito
- carro de estrada de ferro
French
- boîte
- coffre
- caisse
- wagon
390 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1703 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
944 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3425 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
935 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
799 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2383 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1091 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1142 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1060 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1486 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3362 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1741 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2366 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
951 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
26209 | Morohashi |
2711 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4331 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
942 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1013 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
435 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2379 | 2001 Kanji |
6f9.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-9 | SKIP code |
8896.3 | Four corner code |
1-40-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7bb1 | Unicode hex code |