696 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
594 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
565 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1083 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5158 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
768 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
279 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
325 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
325 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
604 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1904 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2126 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1110 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1509 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1485 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
44064P | Morohashi |
1691 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6679 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1473 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1583 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
597 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
1046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 飯店 【ハンテン】 Chinese restaurant
- 飯切 【ハンギリ】 flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
- 米飯 【ベイハン】 cooked rice
- 赤飯 【セキハン】 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
Kun reading compounds
- 飯 【めし】 cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood
- 飯売女 【めしうりおんな】 maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
- 握り飯 【にぎりめし】 onigiri, rice ball
- 冷や飯 【ひやめし】 cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 いい、 いり、 え
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- comida
- arroz cocido
Portuguese
- refeição
- arroz cozido
French
- repas
- riz bouilli
2867 | 2001 Kanji |
8b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-4 | SKIP code |
8174.7 | Four corner code |
1-40-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
98ef | Unicode hex code |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
- 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
- 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
- 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
- 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 さわ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
59 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
48 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1447 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
41 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
49 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
20 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
33 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
33 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
101 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
6 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
129 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8673 | Morohashi |
6 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
127 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
134 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
196 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
21 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1254 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-2 | SKIP code |
2200.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ddd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 光学 【コウガク】 optics
- 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
- 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
- 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence
Kun reading compounds
- 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
- 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
- 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
- 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
- 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
- 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- rayo
- luz
- paisaje
- honor
- brillar
- brillo
Portuguese
- raio
- luz
French
- rayon
- lumière
72 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
116 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
417 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1358 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
217 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
281 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
138 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
138 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
464 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3043 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1550 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2121 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
120 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1350 | Morohashi |
2391 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
349 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
119 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
125 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
345 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
121 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1057 | 2001 Kanji |
3n3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
9021.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5149 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1128 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 誠実 【セイジツ】 sincere, honest, faithful
- 誠意 【セイイ】 sincerity, good faith
- 至誠 【シセイ】 sincerity, devotion
- 赤誠 【セキセイ】 sincerity, true heart, devotion
Kun reading compounds
- 誠 【まこと】 truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
- 誠に 【まことに】 indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
- 嘘から出たまこと 【うそからでたまこと】 something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true, lie turned truth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きよ、 さと、 しげ、 とも、 のぶ、 ま、 まこ、 まさ
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- sinceridad
- confianza
- verdad
Portuguese
- sinceridade
- advertir
- avisar
- proíbir
- verdade
- fidelidade
French
- sincérité
- avertir
- prévenir
- interdire
- vérité
- fidélité
825 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
923 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
912 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1244 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4352 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
745 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1758 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1935 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
718 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
731 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
943 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1683 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1922 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1023 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1382 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
369 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35497P | Morohashi |
1523 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5606 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
363 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
388 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
963 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3059 | 2001 Kanji |
7a6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-6 | SKIP code |
0365.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8aa0 | Unicode hex code |