245 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
326 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
311 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
155 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
224 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
161 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
266 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1017 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
227 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
227 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
115 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1802 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4390 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2991 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1691 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40132 | Morohashi |
3573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6207 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1675 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1805 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
136 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
330 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
193 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 重 【ジュウ】 jūbako, multi-tiered food box, heavy, serious, extreme, -fold, -ply
- 重圧 【ジュウアツ】 strong pressure, heavy pressure
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
- 重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
Kun reading compounds
- 重 【え】 -fold, -ply
- 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
- 九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 重い 【おもい】 heavy, weighty, heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy, slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy, important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave, serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical, solid, established, dignified, sensible
- 重い腰を上げる 【おもいこしをあげる】 to get off one's backside, to bestir oneself
- 重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker
- 重ねる 【かさねる】 to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another, to repeat many times over, to go through repeatedly, to accumulate
- 重なる 【かさなる】 to be piled up, to lie on top of one another, to come one after another, to happen over and over, to pile up (e.g. stress), to accumulate, to overlap (each other), to occur at the same time, to happen simultaneously
- 主 【おも】 chief, main, principal, important, main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
- 重き 【おもき】 importance, emphasis, stress
- 身重 【みおも】 pregnant
- 気重 【きおも】 heavy-hearted
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さね、 しげ、 しげる
- Korean:
- jung
Spanish
- pesado
- importante
- apilar
- amontonar
Portuguese
- pesado
- empilhar
- pilha de caixas
- -dobrar
French
- lourd
- empiler
- entasser
- s'emboîter
- - couches
2272 | 2001 Kanji |
0a9.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-9-2 | SKIP code |
2-1-8 | SKIP code |
2010.4 | Four corner code |
1-29-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
91cd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
106 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 要 【ヨウ】 main point, essential point, important thing, necessity, need, requirement
- 要因 【ヨウイン】 main cause, primary factor
- 所要 【ショヨウ】 required, needed, necessary
- 法要 【ホウヨウ】 Buddhist memorial service
Kun reading compounds
- 要る 【いる】 to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
- 要 【かなめ】 pivot, vital point, cornerstone, keystone, Japanese photinia
- 要石 【かなめいし】 keystone
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし
- Korean:
- yo
Spanish
- necesidad
- punto central
- esencia
- necesitar
Portuguese
- necessidade
- ponto principal
- essência
- pivô
- chave para
French
- besoin
- point principal
- pivot
- essentiel
- point clef
729 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
623 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
593 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
117 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4274 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
262 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
887 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1218 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
419 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
425 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
424 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1639 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3263 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1683 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1618 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34768P | Morohashi |
2635 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5515 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1604 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1730 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
78 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
536 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3269 | 2001 Kanji |
3e6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
1040.4 | Four corner code |
1-45-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8981 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 度 【ド】 degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.), counter for occurrences, strength (of glasses), glasses prescription, alcohol content (percentage), alcohol by volume, extent, degree, limit, presence of mind, composure
- 度 【ド】 precisely, exactly, plumb, totally, very much, damn, stupid, cursed
- 重度 【ジュウド】 severe (illness, disability, etc.), serious
- 濃度 【ノウド】 concentration, density, cardinality
- 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
- ご法度 【ゴハット】 forbidden, prohibited, banned, taboo
- 忖度 【ソンタク】 surmise (about someone's feelings), guess, conjecture, (showing) deference (to), consideration (of someone's wishes), servility
- 臆度 【オクタク】 guessing, speculation, supposition, hypothesis
Kun reading compounds
- 度 【たび】 time (three times, each time, etc.), times
- 度数 【どすう】 frequency, number of times, incidence, degree (e.g. temperature), strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
- 中度 【なかたび】 midway (through), halfway
- 千度 【せんど】 thousand times
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり
- Korean:
- do, tag
Spanish
- grado
- vez
- veces
Portuguese
- graus
- ocorrência
- tempo
- sufixo para contagem de para ocorrências
French
- degré
- occurrence
- fois
- compteur d'occurrences
288 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
377 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
356 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
83 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1511 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
252 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
165 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1009 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
377 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
378 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
333 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
588 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3844 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1974 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2670 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1202 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9313 | Morohashi |
3100 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1616 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1194 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1278 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
72 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
340 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
567 | 2001 Kanji |
3q6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-6 | SKIP code |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
1-37-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ea6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
77 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 表 【ヒョウ】 table, chart, list, memorial to an emperor
- 表記 【ヒョウキ】 expression in writing, written representation, notation, transcription, orthography, writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope), inscribing on the face
- 一覧表 【イチランヒョウ】 list, table, schedule, catalogue, catalog
- 意表 【イヒョウ】 surprise, something unexpected
Kun reading compounds
- 表 【おもて】 surface, face (i.e. the visible side of an object), front (of a building, etc.), obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin, outside, exterior, appearance, public, first half (of an inning), top (of an inning), cover (for tatami mats, etc.), foreground, Omotesenke school of tea ceremony
- 表裏 【ひょうり】 front and back, inside and outside, two sides, both sides, duplicity, double-dealing, being two-faced
- 京表 【きょうおもて】 vicinity of Kyoto
- 中表 【なかおもて】 cloth folded inside out
- 表す 【あらわす】 to represent, to signify, to stand for, to reveal, to show, to display, to express, to make widely known
- 現れる 【あらわれる】 to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise, to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
- 表す 【あらわす】 to represent, to signify, to stand for, to reveal, to show, to display, to express, to make widely known
Readings
- Korean:
- pyo
Spanish
- superficie
- tabla
- diagrama
- expresar
- mostrar
Portuguese
- superfície
- tabela
- gráfico
- diagrama
French
- surface (apparente)
- face
- tableau
- graphique
- diagramme
309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
402 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
379 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
124 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
108 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
308 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
879 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
914 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
272 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
272 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
437 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1620 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3083 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1572 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2151 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1560 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34105 | Morohashi |
2429 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5422 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1546 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1666 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
178 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
311 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1465 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
5073.2 | Four corner code |
1-41-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8868 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
237 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 示談 【ジダン】 settlement out of court, private settlement
- 示威 【ジイ】 demonstration, show of force
- 内示 【ナイジ】 unofficial announcement
- 開示 【カイジ】 release (e.g. information), disclosure (legal), show, indication, display
- 示し 【シメシ】 lesson, discipline, example (e.g. set a bad example), revelation
- 示唆 【シサ】 suggestion, hint, implication
- 公示 【コウジ】 public announcement, official notice, edict
- 内示 【ナイジ】 unofficial announcement
Kun reading compounds
- 示す 【しめす】 to (take out and) show, to demonstrate, to tell, to exemplify, to make apparent, to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.), to indicate, to show, to represent, to signify, to display
- 示偏 【しめすへん】 kanji "show" radical at left (radical 113)
Readings
- Korean:
- si, gi
Spanish
- mostrar
- enseñar
- indicar
- revelar
Portuguese
- espetáculo
- indicar
- apontar
- expressar
- mostrar
French
- montrer
- indiquer
- signaler
- exprimer
- exposer
622 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
723 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
695 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
415 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3228 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
575 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
769 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
148 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
615 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
625 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
814 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1413 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2435 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1229 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1694 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1095 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24623 | Morohashi |
1936 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1086 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1167 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
465 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
651 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3041 | 2001 Kanji |
4e0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-4 | SKIP code |
1090.1 | Four corner code |
1-28-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
793a | Unicode hex code |