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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1053 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 綱 【コウ】 class
- 綱領 【コウリョウ】 general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign), mission statement
- 要綱 【ヨウコウ】 main principle, gist, general plan, guidelines, outline
- 大綱 【タイコウ】 fundamental principles, main lines, outline, summary, general features
Kun reading compounds
- 綱 【つな】 rope, cord, line, grand champion's braided belt
- 綱引き 【つなひき】 tug of war, forward puller (of a rickshaw)
- 命の綱 【いのちのつな】 the thread of life
- 望みの綱 【のぞみのつな】 one's last hope, one's only hope, the last hope
Readings
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
- soga
- cuerda
- cordón
- categoría
Portuguese
- amarrio
- classe (gênero em biologia)
- corda
- cabo
French
- haussière
- classe (genre)
- corde
- câble
1264 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1250 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3561 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1052 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1635 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2661 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1609 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1716 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1566 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1541 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1735 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
928 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1253 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1982 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27576 | Morohashi |
1372 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4525 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1963 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2114 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1723 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2753 | 2001 Kanji |
6a8.23 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-8 | SKIP code |
2792.0 | Four corner code |
1-25-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7db1 | Unicode hex code |
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
219 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 使 【シ】 messenger, police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods), klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
- 使者 【シシャ】 messenger, envoy, emissary
- 特使 【トクシ】 special envoy
- 実力行使 【ジツリョクコウシ】 use of force
Kun reading compounds
- 使う 【つかう】 to use (a tool, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use, to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.), to employ, to handle, to manage, to manipulate, to use (time, money, etc.), to spend, to consume, to use (language), to speak
- 使い 【つかい】 errand, mission, going on an errand, messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl, familiar spirit, use, usage, user, trainer, tamer, handler, charmer
- 使い方 【つかいかた】 way of using (something), way to use, how to use, usage, use, way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.), way of treating, treatment, management
- オズの魔法使い 【オズのまほうつかい】 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900), The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)
- 春の使い 【はるのつかい】 Japanese bush warbler, messenger of spring
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- usar
- manejar
- emplear
Portuguese
- Uso
- usar
French
- utiliser
224 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
303 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
287 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
226 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
432 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
210 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
117 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
556 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
331 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
331 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
199 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
89 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
100 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
68 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
72 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
999 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
573 | Morohashi |
90 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
196 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
990 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1065 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
239 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
298 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2166 | 2001 Kanji |
2a6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-6 | SKIP code |
2520.6 | Four corner code |
1-27-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f7f | Unicode hex code |