464 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
360 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
340 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
123 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2164 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
393 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
276 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
354 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
355 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
327 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1895 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4139 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2103 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2848 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
396 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
43584 | Morohashi |
3337 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6645 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
389 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
415 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
51 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
440 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
topic, subject
- On:
- ダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
96 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 題 【ダイ】 title, subject, theme, topic, problem (on a test), question, counter for questions (on a test)
- 題材 【ダイザイ】 subject, theme
- 表題 【ヒョウダイ】 title, index, heading, headline, caption
- 命題 【メイダイ】 proposition, thesis, notion, theory, problem, issue, challenge
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- objeto
- tema
- materia
Portuguese
- tópico
- assunto
French
- sujet
3870 | 2001 Kanji |
9a9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-9-9 | SKIP code |
6180.8 | Four corner code |
1-34-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
984c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 名 【メイ】 counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such), first name, famous, great, name, noun
- 名画 【メイガ】 famous picture, masterpiece (painting), excellent film, film classic
- 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym
- 芸名 【ゲイメイ】 stage name
- 名目 【メイモク】 name, title, appellation, (something) nominal, (under the) pretext (of), pretense
- 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
- 仮名 【カメイ】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
- 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym
Kun reading compounds
- 名 【な】 name, given name, title, fame, renown, reputation, pretext, pretense, justification, appearance
- 名残 【なごり】 remains, traces, vestiges, relics, (the sorrow of) parting, end
- 仮名 【かめい】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
- 片仮名 【かたかな】 katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
Readings
- Japanese names:
- と
- Korean:
- myeong
Spanish
- nombre
- célebre
- distinguido
- reputación
Portuguese
- nome
- fama
- distinção
- reputação
French
- nom
- célèbre
- fameux
- réputation
140 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
55 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
71 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
116 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1170 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
131 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
34 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
346 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
82 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
82 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
82 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
285 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2693 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1371 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
113 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3297 | Morohashi |
2169 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
716 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
112 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
117 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
140 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
53 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2577 | 2001 Kanji |
3d3.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
4-6-1 | SKIP code |
3-3-3 | SKIP code |
2760.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
540d | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
457 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 守備 【シュビ】 defense, defence
- 守勢 【シュセイ】 (being on the) defensive
- 好守 【コウシュ】 good fielding
- 攻守 【コウシュ】 offense and defense, offence and defence, batting and fielding
- 守護 【シュゴ】 protection, safeguard, shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
- 都寺 【ツウス】 one of the six administrators of a Zen temple
- 居留守 【イルス】 pretending to be out
Kun reading compounds
- 守る 【まもる】 to protect, to guard, to defend, to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow
- 守り 【まもり】 protection, defense, defence, providence, amulet, charm, talisman
- 守り神 【まもりがみ】 guardian deity
- 島主 【とうしゅ】 island chief
- 山守 【やまもり】 ranger (forest), mountain guardian
- 守り 【もり】 babysitting, babysitter, protecting, keeping, keeper
- 守り立てる 【もりたてる】 to support, to back up, to rally round, to revive (e.g. a company), to boost (e.g. morale), to bring up, to raise
- 井守 【いもり】 newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
- 足無井守 【あしなしいもり】 caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
- 守 【かみ】 director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)
- 肥後守 【ひごのかみ】 higonokami, type of folding knife with metal handle
- 出羽守 【でわのかみ】 director of Dewa province, person who frequently makes comparisons with other countries, industries, etc. when complaining about an issue or situation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 し、 も、 て
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- guardar proteger
- defender
- guardar
- proteger
Portuguese
- vigia
- protege
- defende
- obedece
French
- garder
- protéger
- défendre
- obéir
- respect (des règles)
421 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
316 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
300 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
564 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1282 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
352 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
460 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
284 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
490 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
499 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
537 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
466 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2697 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1375 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1861 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
189 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7071 | Morohashi |
2173 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1310 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
186 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
198 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
364 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
270 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
748 | 2001 Kanji |
3m3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
3034.2 | Four corner code |
1-28-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b88 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2051 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貝葉 【バイヨウ】 palm-leaf manuscript
- 梵唄 【ボンバイ】 song praising the virtues of the Buddha, chanting of Buddhist hymns
Kun reading compounds
- 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
- 長唄 【ながうた】 long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
- 紡ぎ歌 【つむぎうた】 spinning song
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
Readings
- Korean:
- pae
Spanish
- canción
- balada (acompañada de shamisen)
Portuguese
French
924 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1045 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2039 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
396 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
477 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
297 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
358 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
3694 | Morohashi |
400 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
802 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2178 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
57 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3d7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
6608.0 | Four corner code |
1-17-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5504 | Unicode hex code |