1265 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1602 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4787 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1589 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1836 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1866 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2026 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1595 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1795 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1966 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1047 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1413 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1442 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39868 | Morohashi |
1561 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6175 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1430 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1538 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1734 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
fermentation
- On:
- コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1862 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
- 酵母 【コウボ】 yeast, leaven
- 並行複発酵 【ヘイコウフクハッコウ】 multiple parallel fermentation (esp. in sake brewing)
- 精密発酵 【セイミツハッコウ】 precision fermentation (use of microbial hosts, such as bacteria and yeast, to produce specific biomolecules)
Readings
- Korean:
- hyo
Spanish
- fermento
- fermentación
Portuguese
- fermentação
French
- fermentation
3247 | 2001 Kanji |
7e6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-7 | SKIP code |
1-7-6 | SKIP code |
1464.7 | Four corner code |
1-25-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9175 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 素 【ソ】 plain, white silk, prime
- 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
- 栄養素 【エイヨウソ】 nutrient
- 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
- 素 【ス】 one's nature, one's feelings, oneself, plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel, mere, poor, exceedingly
- 素顔 【スガオ】 face with no make-up, unpainted face, true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.), real face, true picture, real nature, sober face, sobriety
- 空素 【カラス】 dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)
- 鉤素 【ハリス】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast
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)
- 元より 【もとより】 from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally, of course, not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
- 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto, brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- materia prima
- elemental
- normal
- usual
Portuguese
- elementar
- princípio
- descoberto
- nu
French
- élément
- principe
- nu
- découvert
658 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
759 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
737 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
717 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3511 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
797 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1623 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1707 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
271 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
271 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
636 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1506 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1590 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2171 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1546 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27300 | Morohashi |
2458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4456 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1532 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1652 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
500 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
716 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1441 | 2001 Kanji |
6a4.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-6 | SKIP code |
5090.3 | Four corner code |
1-33-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d20 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
105 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 的 【テキ】 -ical, -ive, -al, -ic, -y, -like, -ish, -sort of, -kind of, (something) like, along the lines of, -wise, in terms of, for, from the viewpoint of, from a ... standpoint, as far as ... is concerned, Mr., Ms., Mrs.
- 的確 【テキカク】 accurate, precise, exact, appropriate, apt, right
- 公的 【コウテキ】 public, official
- 人為的 【ジンイテキ】 artificial, unnatural, human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster), man-made
Kun reading compounds
- 的 【まと】 mark, target, object, subject, focus, point (e.g. of argument)
- 的外れ 【まとはずれ】 off the mark, off base, misdirected, irrelevant
- 憧れの的 【あこがれのまと】 object of adoration, longing
- 小的 【こまと】 small mark, small target
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いくは、 ゆくは
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- objetivo
- propósito
- sufijo para formar adjetivos
Portuguese
- Centro do alvo
- marca
- alvo
- objeto
French
- cible
- but
- objectif
- terminaison d'adjectif
478 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
578 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
551 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
39 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3097 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
372 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
753 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
635 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
210 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
210 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
380 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1364 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1444 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
767 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1040 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
69 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
22692 | Morohashi |
1125 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3867 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
69 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
73 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
7 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
511 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
852 | 2001 Kanji |
4c4.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-3 | SKIP code |
2762.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7684 | Unicode hex code |
brown, woollen kimono
- On:
- カツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2186 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 褐 【カチ】 dark indigo (almost black), coarse cloth
- 褐色 【カチイロ】 dark indigo (almost black)
Readings
- Korean:
- gal
Spanish
- marrón
Portuguese
- marrom
- kimono felpudo
French
- brun
- kimono de laine
1089 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1996 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4243 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1731 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1623 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1732 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1556 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1634 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1548 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
818 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1118 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
462 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34435 | Morohashi |
1210 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5473 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
453 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
490 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1661 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
652 | 2001 Kanji |
5e8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-8 | SKIP code |
3622.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8910 | 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 |