| 845 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 832 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1610 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2174 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1785 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 618 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1305 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1384 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 38 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1068 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1014 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 549 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 726 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 214 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14435 | Morohashi |
| 820 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2543 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 210 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 223 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 842 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1671 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 机上 【キジョウ】 on the desk, theoretical, academic, armchair (e.g. plan), desktop, paper, not yet implemented
- 几案 【キアン】 desk
- 明窓浄机 【メイソウジョウキ】 dustless desk by a well-lit window, well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
Kun reading compounds
- 机 【つくえ】 desk
- 机に向かう 【つくえにむかう】 to sit at a desk (to study), to be at one's desk, to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
- 片袖机 【かたそでづくえ】 desk with a tier of drawers on one side
- 八足の机 【やつあしのつくえ】 eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwe
Spanish
- mesa
- escritorio
Portuguese
- mesa
- escrivaninha
French
- bureau
- table
| 1857 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4791.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 673a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
218 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 引退 【インタイ】 retirement
- 引責 【インセキ】 taking responsibility
- 誘引 【ユウイン】 enticement, inducement, attraction
- 吸引 【キュウイン】 absorption, suction, aspiration, attraction, draw
Kun reading compounds
- 引く 【ひく】 to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse), to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to attract (e.g. interest), to draw back (e.g. one's hand), to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.), to pull in, to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.), to draw (a line, plan, etc.), to catch (a cold), to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument), to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.), to consult, to check, to haul, to pull (vehicles), to subtract, to deduct, to recede, to ebb, to fade, to be descend from, to inherit (a characteristic), to quote, to cite, to raise (as evidence), to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.), to install (e.g. a telephone), to supply (e.g. water), to hold (e.g. a note), to apply (e.g. lipstick), to oil (e.g. a pan), to wax (e.g. a floor), to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat, to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling), to resign, to retire, to quit
- 引く手 【ひくて】 admirer, inducer
- 引ける 【ひける】 to close, to be over, to break up (e.g. school), to lose one's nerve, to feel daunted
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いな、 ひき、 ひけ、 びき
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- tirar
- remolcar
- retroceder
- ser guiado
- arrastrar
- tocar (instrumento de cuerda)
Portuguese
- puxar
- rebocar
- sacudir
- permitir
- instalar
- citação
- referir-se
French
- tirer
- admettre
- installer
- citation
- référence
- jouer (musique)
- attraper (froid)
| 156 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 81 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 77 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 238 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1562 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 271 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 167 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 144 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 216 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 216 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 257 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 605 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 207 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 160 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1240 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9699 | Morohashi |
| 181 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1681 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1232 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1318 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 263 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 87 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3554 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3h1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f15 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
280 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 流 【リュウ】 way, manner, style, fashion, mode, school (e.g. of flower arrangement), class, rate, rank, flow, current, stream
- 旒 【リュウ】 counter for flags, banners, etc.
- 清流 【セイリュウ】 clear stream
- 火砕流 【カサイリュウ】 pyroclastic flow
- 流 【ル】 exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
- 流刑 【リュウケイ】 exile, banishment, deportation
- 配流 【ハイル】 exile, banishment
- 中流 【チュウル】 banishment (to a somewhat distant province), middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
Kun reading compounds
- 流れる 【ながれる】 to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink), to be washed away, to be carried, to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray, to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire), to spread, to circulate, to be heard (e.g. music), to be played, to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair), to pass, to elapse, to be transmitted, to be called off, to be forfeited, to disappear, to be removed
- 流れ 【ながれ】 flow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current, flow (of people, things), passage (of time), tide, passing, (changing) trends, tendency, course (of events), (step-by-step) procedure, process, group of people who remain together after the end of an event, descent, ancestry, school, forfeiture, foreclosure, cancellation, drifting, wandering, roaming
- 流れ込む 【ながれこむ】 to flow into, to pour into, to stream into
- 流す 【ながす】 to drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill, to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift, to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away, to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire), to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.), to spread, to distribute, to cruise (of a taxi), to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.), to go from place to place, to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.), to call off, to reject (e.g. a bill), to forfeit (a pawn), to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming), to do with ease, to do effortlessly, to exile, to banish, to hit (the ball) to the opposite field, to do inattentively, to do without concentrating, to put little effort into doing
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な、 ながれ、 めぐる
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- corriente
- derramar
- verter
Portuguese
- corrente
- afundar
- fluxo
- derrocada
French
- courant
- style
- mode
- évier
- flux
- confisquer (un article en gage)
| 334 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 432 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 409 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 296 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2576 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 329 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 682 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1332 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 247 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 247 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 279 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1200 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 529 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 325 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 400 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 771 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17572P | Morohashi |
| 441 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3160 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 764 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 826 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 235 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 367 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 357 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a7.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3011.3 | Four corner code |
| 3411.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d41 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帖合 【チョウアイ】 type of commission system in the book industry in Japan
- 捕物帳 【トリモノチョウ】 detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers), detective's memoirs, thief taker's memoirs
- 写生帖 【シャセイチョウ】 sketchbook
- 帖 【ジョウ】 folding book, counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori), counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc., counter for pairs (of curtains), counter for tatami mats
- 法帖 【ホウジョウ】 copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy
- 画帖 【ガジョウ】 picture album
Readings
- Korean:
- cheob, che
Spanish
- manojo de algas
- taco de papel
- libreta
- contador para papeles y algas
Portuguese
French
| 1473 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 563 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 342 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 256 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 8849 | Morohashi |
| 286 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1558 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2231 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2338 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3f5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4126.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e16 | 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 5
JLPT level N3
731 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 留 【リュウ】 stationary point
- 留学 【リュウガク】 studying abroad, (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
- 駐留 【チュウリュウ】 stationing (e.g. of troops), garrison
- 在留 【ザイリュウ】 residing (esp. abroad), staying, living
- 留 【ルーブル】 ruble (Russian currency), rouble
- 留守番 【ルスバン】 care-taking, house-sitting, house-watching, staying at home, caretaker, house-sitter
- 柳樽 【ヤナギダル】 lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
- 柳多留 【ヤナギダル】 The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu) (abbr), Haifu Yanagidaru
Kun reading compounds
- 止める 【とめる】 to stop, to turn off, to park, to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain), to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit, to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind, to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple, to detain, to keep in custody
- 止まる 【とまる】 to stop (moving), to come to a stop, to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended, to alight, to perch on
- 留める 【とどめる】 to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to, to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit, to record (e.g. a fact), to retain
- 止まる 【とどまる】 to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place), to be limited to, to be confined to, to only account for
- とどまるところを知らない 【とどまるところをしらない】 knowing no bounds, showing no signs of stopping or slowing down
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とめ
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- quedarse
- permanecer
- parar
- detener
Portuguese
- deter
- segurar
- parar
- interromper
French
- retenir
- attacher
- rester
- s'arrêter
| 733 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 824 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 805 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 824 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3003 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 412 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 742 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1470 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 761 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 774 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 432 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1341 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3189 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1646 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2235 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1435 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21808 | Morohashi |
| 2580 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3750 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1423 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1527 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 722 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2676 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5f5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 7760.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7559 | Unicode hex code |
言
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
83 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 言 【ゲン】 word, remark, statement
- 言及 【ゲンキュウ】 reference, allusion
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 狂言 【キョウゲン】 kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play, kabuki play, kabuki performance, make-believe, ruse, trick
- 言語 【ゲンゴ】 language
- 言下 【ゲンカ】 promptly
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 二言 【ニゴン】 double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said, repeating oneself
Kun reading compounds
- 言う 【いう】 to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
- 言うまでもない 【いうまでもない】 goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 言 【げん】 word, remark, statement
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 禍言 【まがごと】 ominous word, ill-omened word, misfortune
- 二言 【ふたこと】 two words, repetition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とき
- Korean:
- eon
Spanish
- palabras
- decir
Portuguese
- Dizer
- palavras
French
- dire
| 392 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 118 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 274 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 279 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4309 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 43 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 85 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 439 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 66 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 66 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 203 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1698 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 341 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35205 | Morohashi |
| 1941 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5552 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 335 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 357 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 44 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3077 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 0060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a00 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帖合 【チョウアイ】 type of commission system in the book industry in Japan
- 捕物帳 【トリモノチョウ】 detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers), detective's memoirs, thief taker's memoirs
- 写生帖 【シャセイチョウ】 sketchbook
- 帖 【ジョウ】 folding book, counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori), counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc., counter for pairs (of curtains), counter for tatami mats
- 法帖 【ホウジョウ】 copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy
- 画帖 【ガジョウ】 picture album
Readings
- Korean:
- cheob, che
Spanish
- manojo de algas
- taco de papel
- libreta
- contador para papeles y algas
Portuguese
French
| 1473 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 563 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 342 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 256 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 8849 | Morohashi |
| 286 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1558 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2231 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2338 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3f5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4126.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e16 | 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°)
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| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
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