361 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
262 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
242 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
253 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5011 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
436 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
991 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1840 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
588 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
597 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
607 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
743 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
761 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
451 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
569 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1318 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41755 | Morohashi |
624 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6469 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1309 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1406 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
328 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
392 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
513 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 階 【カイ】 storey, story, floor, stairs, stage (in chronostratigraphy), counter for storeys and floors of a building
- 階級 【カイキュウ】 (social) class, rank, grade
- 中二階 【チュウニカイ】 mezzanine floor
- 位階 【イカイ】 court rank
Kun reading compounds
- 階 【きざはし】 stairs, stairs at the front of a noh stage
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しな、 と、 はし
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- piso
- nivel
- grado
- posición
Portuguese
- Andar de edifícios
- grau
- sufixo para contagem de andares de um edifício
French
- étage
- niveau
- compteur d'étages
3678 | 2001 Kanji |
2d9.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
1-2-9 | SKIP code |
7226.2 | Four corner code |
7126.1 | Four corner code |
1-19-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
968e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 段 【ダン】 step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps, shelf, layer, tier, grade, level, class, dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank, paragraph, passage, column (of print), act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene, row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table), stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation, matter, occasion, degree, extent, counter for breaks in written language or speech
- 段階 【ダンカイ】 stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs
- 特段 【トクダン】 exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually
- 中段 【チュウダン】 half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
- 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
- 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
- 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- escalón
- escalera
- grado
Portuguese
- grau
- passos
- escada
French
- étape
- marche
- escalier
944 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
931 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
340 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2452 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
911 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
656 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
874 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
362 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
363 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
608 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1139 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1471 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
780 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1059 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1876 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16619 | Morohashi |
1144 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2991 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1859 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2003 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
425 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
891 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2668 | 2001 Kanji |
2s7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-4 | SKIP code |
7744.7 | Four corner code |
1-35-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6bb5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
826 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昇給 【ショウキュウ】 salary raise
- 昇格 【ショウカク】 promotion, raising of status
- 定昇 【テイショウ】 regular (annual) pay raise
- 温度上昇 【オンドジョウショウ】 temperature increase, rise in temperature
Kun reading compounds
- 上る 【のぼる】 to ascend, to go up, to climb, to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise, to go to (the capital), to be promoted, to add up to, to advance (in price), to swim up (a river), to sail up, to come up (on the agenda)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しゅう、 のり
- Korean:
- seung
Spanish
- elevar
- levantar
- alzar
Portuguese
- ascender
French
- s'élever
1393 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
841 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2109 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1441 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
596 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
713 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1777 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1909 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1280 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
969 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3068 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1565 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2139 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
42 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13794 | Morohashi |
2415 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2434 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
43 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
43 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1189 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3855 | 2001 Kanji |
4c4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
6044.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6607 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 降格 【コウカク】 demotion, relegation, downgrading
- 降雨 【コウウ】 rainfall, rain
- 乗降 【ジョウコウ】 getting on and off, embarking and disembarking
- 投降 【トウコウ】 surrender
- 降三世明王 【ゴウザンゼミョウオウ】 Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja, conqueror of the three worlds
- 降誕会 【ゴウタンエ】 service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8), Buddha's birthday festival
Kun reading compounds
- 降りる 【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
- 下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
- 降る 【ふる】 to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down, to form (of frost), to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in, to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive
- 降り 【ふり】 rainfall, snowfall, alighting, descending
- 降りしきる 【ふりしきる】 to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.), to fall hard, to fall heavily, to pour down
- 下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
- 下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふり、 ふる
- Korean:
- hang, gang
Spanish
- caer
- bajar
- descender
- llover
- rendirse
- desde entonces
- bajarse
Portuguese
- descer
- precipitar
- queda
- rendição
French
- descendre
- pleuvoir
- précipiter
- tomber
- se rendre
873 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
863 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
787 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4994 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
887 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
984 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1058 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
947 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
977 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
136 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
731 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
548 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
335 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
414 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1317 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41620 | Morohashi |
458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6450 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1308 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1405 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
898 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3655 | 2001 Kanji |
2d7.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
7725.4 | Four corner code |
1-25-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
964d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 機 【キ】 chance, opportunity, machine, aircraft, counter for aircraft, counter for (remaining) lives
- 機運 【キウン】 opportunity, chance, good time (to do), trend, tendency, momentum
- 端末機 【タンマツキ】 terminal (unit)
- 有機 【ユウキ】 organic
Kun reading compounds
- 機 【はた】 loom
- 機織り 【はたおり】 weaving, weaver
- 高機 【たかばた】 traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- mecanismo
- máquina
- avión
- ocasión
- telar
Portuguese
- mecanismo
- oportunidade
- ocasião
- máquina
- avião
French
- métier à tisser
- mécanique
- opportunité
- machine
- avion
- organique
373 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
476 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
453 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
101 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2379 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
415 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
646 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2869 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
528 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
537 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
334 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1115 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1365 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
736 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
989 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1394 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
15561 | Morohashi |
1076 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2880 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1382 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1482 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
158 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
631 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1859 | 2001 Kanji |
4a12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-12 | SKIP code |
4295.3 | Four corner code |
1-21-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6a5f | Unicode hex code |