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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1488 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 糸 【シ】 thread, 0.0001, one ten-thousandth
- 糸雨 【シウ】 drizzle, light rain, fine rain
- 蚕糸 【サンシ】 silk thread, silk yarn
- 金糸 【キンシ】 gold thread
Kun reading compounds
- 糸 【いと】 thread, yarn, string
- 糸口 【いとぐち】 beginning, start, first step, clue, lead, hint, thread end
- 横糸 【よこいと】 weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
- 生糸 【きいと】 raw silk thread
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- hilo
- hebra
- cuerda
Portuguese
- contexto
French
- fil
83 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
75 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
27 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
699 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3492 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
113 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
807 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
720 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
242 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
242 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
409 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1503 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2703 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1379 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1866 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1345 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27221 | Morohashi |
2179 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4431 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1333 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1431 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
58 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2741 | 2001 Kanji |
6a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
4-6-4 | SKIP code |
2290.3 | Four corner code |
2090.3 | Four corner code |
1-27-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7cf8 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1856 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雀躍 【ジャクヤク】 leaping for joy, exultation
- 雀羅 【ジャクラ】 sparrow net
- 黄雀 【コウジャク】 tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
- インド孔雀 【インドクジャク】 Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), common peafowl, blue peafowl
- 雀鬼 【ジャンキ】 skilled mahjong player
- 雀球 【ジャンキュウ】 jankyū, combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong
- 脱衣麻雀 【ダツイマージャン】 strip mahjong
- 賭け麻雀 【カケマージャン】 mahjong gambling, playing mahjong for money
Kun reading compounds
- 雀 【すずめ】 tree sparrow (Passer montanus), talkative person, knowledgeable person
- 雀色 【すずめいろ】 light reddish brown
- 入内雀 【にゅうないすずめ】 russet sparrow (Passer rutilans), cinnamon sparrow
- 京雀 【きょうすずめ】 gossipy Kyotoite
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ざく
- Korean:
- jag
Spanish
- gorrión
Portuguese
French
233 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1530 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3117 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2178 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
41954 | Morohashi |
2469 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6496 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2878 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2890 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1175 | 2001 Kanji |
8c3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-7 | SKIP code |
4-11-2 | SKIP code |
3-4-7 | SKIP code |
9021.4 | Four corner code |
1-31-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
96c0 | Unicode hex code |
eggplant
- On:
- カ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蕃茄 【バンカ】 tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な、 か、 なす
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- berenjena
Portuguese
French
3914 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2213 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2787 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1431 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1930 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
30835X | Morohashi |
4995 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2372 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2456 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3k5.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
4446.0 | Four corner code |
1-18-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8304 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |