116 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
189 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
173 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
25 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
155 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
95 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
939 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
95 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
95 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
89 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1837 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2212 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1939 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41100 | Morohashi |
2556 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6379 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1920 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2070 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
90 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
161 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
12 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 長 【チョウ】 head, chief, leader, elder, merit, strong point, superiority, major
- 長官 【チョウカン】 secretary (government), director, chief
- 体長 【タイチョウ】 length (of an animal), body length
- 医長 【イチョウ】 medical director, chief physician
Kun reading compounds
- 長い 【ながい】 long (distance, length), long (time), protracted, prolonged
- 長居 【ながい】 long visit, overstaying
- 長 【おさ】 head, chief, leader, the greatest (of all the ...)
- 【オサガメ】 leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- 田長 【たおさ】 master of the rice field, chief farmer, lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 死出田長 【しでたおさ】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 おしゃ、 たかし、 たけ、 な、 は、 ひさ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- largo
- jefe
- sobresaliente
Portuguese
- Longo
- ambicionar
- líder
- chefe
French
- long
- chef
3465 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
4-8-1 | SKIP code |
7173.2 | Four corner code |
1-36-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9577 | Unicode hex code |
descendants, elder brother, insect
- On:
- コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1688 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昆虫 【コンチュウ】 insect, bug
- 昆布 【コンブ】 kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica), konbu, kelp, any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
- 後昆 【コウコン】 grandchildren, posterity
Readings
- Korean:
- gon, hon
Spanish
- descendientes
Portuguese
- descendentes
- irmão mais velho
French
- descendant
- frère ainé
- insecte
1276 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1837 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2106 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1405 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
945 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1874 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2037 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1859 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
968 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3067 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1563 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2138 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
457 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13792 | Morohashi |
2413 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2430 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
448 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
483 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1188 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3856 | 2001 Kanji |
4c4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
6011.1 | Four corner code |
6071.1 | Four corner code |
1-26-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6606 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
877 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 布 【ヌノ】 cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
- 布教 【フキョウ】 propagation (e.g. a religion), proselytizing, missionary work
- 麻布 【アサヌノ】 hemp cloth, linen
- 公布 【コウフ】 official proclamation, announcement, promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
- 布衣 【ホイ】 linen kariginu, plain kariginu (Edo period), commoner
- 布衣始 【ホウイハジメ】 ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (i.e. a kariginu and eboshi) for the first time
Kun reading compounds
- 布 【ぬの】 cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
- 布地 【ぬのじ】 fabric, cloth, material
- 麻布 【あさぬの】 hemp cloth, linen
- 磨き布 【みがきぬの】 polishing cloth
- 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
- 切れ地 【きれじ】 fabric, cloth, material, traditionally patterned textiles, fabric scraps
- ボロ布 【ぼろきれ】 old cloth, rag
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 の、 ほ
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- paño
- tela
- difusión
Portuguese
- Linho
- pano
French
- linge
706 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
799 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
778 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
749 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1468 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
737 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
494 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
675 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
688 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
887 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
557 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3691 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1886 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2566 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
412 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8778 | Morohashi |
2973 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1548 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
405 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
433 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
653 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1444 | 2001 Kanji |
3f2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-3 | SKIP code |
4022.7 | Four corner code |
1-41-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e03 | Unicode hex code |