47 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
83 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
78 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1124 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5046 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
478 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
997 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2027 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
636 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
646 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
844 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1860 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3447 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1774 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
430 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
42235 | Morohashi |
2773 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6522 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
423 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
452 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
213 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1256 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雲散霧消 【ウンサンムショウ】 vanishing like mist
- 雲海 【ウンカイ】 sea of clouds
- 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
- 星雲 【セイウン】 nebula, galaxy
Kun reading compounds
- 雲 【くも】 cloud
- 雲行き 【くもゆき】 weather, look of the sky, situation, turn of affairs, signs, way the wind is blowing
- 白雲 【しらくも】 white clouds
- 八重雲 【やえぐも】 layers of clouds
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ずも、 のめ
- Korean:
- un
Spanish
- nube
Portuguese
- nuvem
French
- nuage
3171 | 2001 Kanji |
8d4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-8-4 | SKIP code |
1073.1 | Four corner code |
1-17-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
96f2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
341 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
- 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
- 東南 【トウナン】 south-east
- 西南 【セイナン】 south-west
- 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
- 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
Kun reading compounds
- 南 【みなみ】 south
- 南アフリカ 【みなみアフリカ】 South Africa
- 東南 【とうなん】 south-east
- 西南 【せいなん】 south-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なみ、 は、 みな、 みまみ
- Korean:
- nam
Spanish
- Sur
Portuguese
- sul
French
- sud
124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
208 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
190 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
205 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
778 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
157 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
29 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
912 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
74 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
74 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
41 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
247 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2584 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1320 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1791 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1627 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2750 | Morohashi |
2082 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
619 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1613 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1740 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
401 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
186 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1553 | 2001 Kanji |
2k7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
3-4-5 | SKIP code |
4022.7 | Four corner code |
1-38-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5357 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
28 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 民 【ミン】 citizen, resident, person, user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
- 民意 【ミンイ】 popular will, will of the people
- 自民 【ジミン】 Liberal Democratic Party, LDP
- 公民 【コウミン】 citizen, freemen
Kun reading compounds
- 民 【たみ】 people, citizens, subjects, folk
- 民草 【たみくさ】 people, populace
- 国民 【くにたみ】 people of a country
- 流浪の民 【るろうのたみ】 wandering people, nomadic tribe
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひと、 み
- Korean:
- min
Spanish
- gente
- pueblo
Portuguese
- pessoas
- nação
- assuntos
French
- peuple
- nation
- citoyen
518 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
619 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
590 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
70 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
25 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
246 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
206 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
333 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
177 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
177 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
536 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1149 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3770 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1922 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2614 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1851 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17028 | Morohashi |
3036 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3021 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1834 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1976 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
30 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
459 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3756 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.23 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-2 | SKIP code |
4-5-1 | SKIP code |
7774.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c11 | Unicode hex code |
tribe, family
- On:
- ゾク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
393 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 族 【ゾク】 tribe, clan, band, family, (taxonomical) tribe, group (of the periodic table)
- 族長 【ゾクチョウ】 patriarch, head of a family
- 皇族 【コウゾク】 imperial family, royalty
- 王族 【オウゾク】 royalty
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つぎ
- Korean:
- jog, ju
Spanish
- tribu
- familia
Portuguese
- tribo
- família
French
- tribu
- famille
455 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
353 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
333 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
599 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2090 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
448 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
184 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1343 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
221 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
221 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
322 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
961 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1195 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
651 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
863 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1230 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13661 | Morohashi |
958 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2399 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1222 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1307 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
301 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
379 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
463 | 2001 Kanji |
4h7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-7 | SKIP code |
0823.4 | Four corner code |
1-34-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
65cf | Unicode hex code |
大
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
- 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
- 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman
Kun reading compounds
- 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
- Korean:
- dae, da, tae
Spanish
- grande
- muy
- mucho
Portuguese
- grande
- enorme
French
- grand
22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
53 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
7 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
32 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
40 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
48 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
26 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
26 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
87 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
408 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
108 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5831 | Morohashi |
3416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
5 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
14 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
4003.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5927 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
63 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 学 【ガク】 learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education, study of ..., -ology, -ics
- 学位 【ガクイ】 (academic) degree
- 短期大学 【タンキダイガク】 junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
- 法医学 【ホウイガク】 forensic medicine, forensic pathology, medical jurisprudence, legal medicine
Kun reading compounds
- 学ぶ 【まなぶ】 to learn, to study, to take lessons in
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たか、 のり
- Korean:
- hag
Spanish
- estudio
- aprendizaje
- ciencia
- estudiar
Portuguese
- estudo
- aprendizagem
- ciência
French
- étudier
- apprendre
- science
57 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
45 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
10 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
33 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1271 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
66 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
44 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
719 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.9 | Japanese for Busy People |
109 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
109 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
50 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
460 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3162 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1625 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2211 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
330 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6974 | Morohashi |
2555 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1294 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
324 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
346 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
15 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
71 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
947 | 2001 Kanji |
3n4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
2-5-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
3240.7 | Four corner code |
9040.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b66 | Unicode hex code |