16 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
18 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
14 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
59 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4815 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
18 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
94 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
664 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
23 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
23 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
21 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1808 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2552 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1302 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1771 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
275 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40152 | Morohashi |
2057 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6211 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
269 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
287 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
79 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
72 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
53 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 金 【キン】 gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles
- 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
- 集金 【シュウキン】 money collection
- 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
- 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
- 金剛 【コンゴウ】 vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
- 鬱金 【ウコン】 turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
- 葛鬱金 【クズウコン】 arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
- 漉油 【コシアブラ】 Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
Kun reading compounds
- 金 【かね】 money, metal
- 金持ち 【かねもち】 rich person
- 細かい金 【こまかいかね】 small change
- 汚れた金 【よごれたかね】 dirty money
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん
- Korean:
- gim, geum
Spanish
- oro
- dinero
- metal
Portuguese
- ouro
French
- or
2872 | 2001 Kanji |
8a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
8010.9 | Four corner code |
1-22-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
91d1 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 壺 【コ】 hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
- 壺中 【コチュウ】 inside a jar, coward, timid person
- 投壺 【トウコ】 pitch-pot (stick-throwing game)
- 唾壺 【ダコ】 spittoon
Kun reading compounds
- 壺 【つぼ】 pot, jar, vase, dice cup, depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall), aim, what one wants, the mark, key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence, acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point, position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.), target (when aiming an arrow)
- 壷洗い 【つぼあらい】 individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)
- 肥壺 【こえつぼ】 chamber pot, jerry
- 前つぼ 【まえつぼ】 frontal sandal strap (between the toes)
Readings
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1099 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2183 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2890 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5662 | Morohashi |
1043 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
3p9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-9 | SKIP code |
4010.6 | Four corner code |
1-52-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
58fa | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 眼 【ガン】 eye, insight, vision, power of observation, gist, main point, hole
- 眼科 【ガンカ】 ophthalmology
- 主眼 【シュガン】 main purpose, chief aim, focus, main point, gist, essence
- 象嵌 【ゾウガン】 inlay, inlaying, damascening
- 慈眼 【ジゲン】 merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
- 開眼 【カイガン】 enlightenment, spiritual awakening, opening one's eyes to the truth, reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.), reaching the highest echelons, gaining eyesight, restoring eyesight, opening the eyes, filling out the eyes (of a Buddha) as the last step of consecrating a new statue or picture, ceremony where a newly made image or idol is consecrated
Kun reading compounds
- 眼 【まなこ】 eye, eyeball, pupil and (dark) iris of the eye, insight, perceptivity, power of observation, look, field of vision, core, center, centre, essence
- 血眼 【ちまなこ】 bloodshot eyes, (doing something in a) frenzy
- 百眼 【ひゃくまなこ】 using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period), simple paper mask
- 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
- 眼鏡 【めがね】 glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles, judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
- 血眼 【ちまなこ】 bloodshot eyes, (doing something in a) frenzy
- 遠目 【とおめ】 distant view, looking from a distance, being able to see a long distance, good long-distance vision, farsightedness
Readings
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- ojo
- vista
- perspicacia
- punto principal
Portuguese
- globo ocular
French
- globe oculaire
754 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
669 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
640 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1127 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3140 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
674 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1561 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1637 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
848 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
867 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
976 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1387 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1504 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
796 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1084 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1479 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23318 | Morohashi |
1172 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3935 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1467 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1577 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
725 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3965 | 2001 Kanji |
5c6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-6 | SKIP code |
6703.2 | Four corner code |
1-20-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
773c | Unicode hex code |