Kanji
767 kanji from N5 and N4 vocabulary. Select a kanji for readings, meanings and related words.
Kanji first seen in N5 words (450)
- 一one, one radical (no.1)
- 九nine
- 七seven
- 十ten
- 人person
- 丁street, ward
- 二two, two radical (no. 7)
- 入enter, insert
- 八eight, eight radical (no. 12)
- 下below, down
- 丸round, full (month)
- 口mouth
- 三three
- 山mountain
- 子child, sign of the rat
- 女woman, female
- 小little, small
- 上above, up
- 丈length, ten shaku
- 千thousand
- 川stream, river
- 大large, big
- 土soil, earth
- 万ten thousand, 10,000
- 夕evening
- 引pull, tug
- 円circle, yen
- 火fire
- 牛cow
- 月month, moon
- 犬dog
- 元beginning, former time
- 戸door, counter for houses
- 五five
- 午noon, sign of the horse
- 公public, prince
- 今now
- 止stop, halt
- 手hand
- 少few, little
- 水water
- 切cut, cutoff
- 太plump, thick
- 中in, inside
- 天heavens, sky
- 日day, sun
- 匹equal, head
- 夫husband, man
- 父father
- 分part, minute of time
- 文sentence, literature
- 片one-sided, leaf
- 方direction, person
- 木tree, wood
- 友friend
- 六six
- 右right
- 可can, passable
- 外outside
- 甘sweet, coax
- 去gone, past
- 兄elder brother, big brother
- 玄mysterious, occultness
- 古old
- 広wide, broad
- 号nickname, number
- 左left
- 冊tome, counter for books
- 皿dish, a helping
- 仕attend, doing
- 四four
- 写copy, be photographed
- 出exit, leave
- 生life, genuine
- 石stone
- 台pedestal, a stand
- 冬winter
- 白white
- 半half, middle
- 布linen, cloth
- 平even, flat
- 辺environs, boundary
- 弁valve, petal
- 母mother
- 北north
- 本book, present
- 目eye, class
- 立stand up, rise
- 安relax, cheap
- 汚dirty, pollute
- 仮sham, temporary
- 会meeting, meet
- 回-times, round
- 灰ashes, puckery juice
- 危dangerous, fear
- 机desk, table
- 気spirit, mind
- 休rest, day off
- 吸suck, imbibe
- 曲bend, music
- 交mingle, mixing
- 向yonder, facing
- 好fond, pleasing
- 行going, journey
- 在exist, outskirts
- 死death, die
- 字character, letter
- 次next, order
- 耳ear
- 自oneself
- 色color
- 西west, Spain
- 先before, ahead
- 全whole, entire
- 早early, fast
- 多many, frequent
- 地ground, earth
- 池pond, cistern
- 当hit, right
- 同same, agree
- 肉meat
- 年year, counter for years
- 百hundred
- 忙busy, occupied
- 毎every
- 名name, noted
- 有possess, have
- 両both, old Japanese coin
- 医doctor, medicine
- 何what
- 花flower
- 角angle, corner
- 局bureau, board
- 近near, early
- 見see, hopes
- 言say, word
- 困quandary, become distressed
- 作make, production
- 私private, I
- 社company, firm
- 車car
- 住dwell, reside
- 初first time, beginning
- 辛spicy, bitter
- 図map, drawing
- 吹blow, breathe
- 声voice
- 赤red
- 走run
- 足leg, foot
- 村village, town
- 体body, substance
- 沢swamp, marsh
- 男male
- 町town, village
- 低lower, short
- 弟younger brother, faithful service to elders
- 売sell
- 伯chief, count
- 返return, answer
- 忘forget
- 余too much, myself
- 来come, due
- 卵egg, ovum
- 利profit, advantage
- 冷cool, cold (beer, person)
- 呂spine, backbone
- 易easy, ready to
- 雨rain
- 泳swim
- 英England, English
- 押push, stop
- 果fruit, reward
- 河river
- 画brush-stroke, picture
- 学study, learning
- 官bureaucrat, the government
- 居reside, to be
- 供submit, offer
- 金gold
- 空empty, sky
- 呼call, call out to
- 国country
- 使use, send on a mission
- 始commence, begin
- 姉elder sister
- 事matter, thing
- 者someone, person
- 邪wicked, injustice
- 若young, if
- 取take, fetch
- 叔uncle, youth
- 所place, extent
- 青blue, green
- 知know, wisdom
- 長long, leader
- 店store, shop
- 東east
- 乳milk, breasts
- 杯counter for cupfuls, wine glass
- 服clothing, admit
- 物thing, object
- 並row, and
- 歩walk, counter for steps
- 妹younger sister
- 枚sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets
- 味flavor, taste
- 明bright, light
- 門gate, counter for cannons
- 夜night, evening
- 油oil, fat
- 映reflect, reflection
- 屋roof, house
- 音sound, noise
- 海sea, ocean
- 皆all, everything
- 狭cramped, narrow
- 計plot, plan
- 建build
- 後behind, back
- 厚thick, heavy
- 紅crimson, deep red
- 砂sand
- 咲blossom, bloom
- 昨yesterday, previous
- 持hold, have
- 室room, apartment
- 秋autumn
- 重heavy, important
- 春springtime, spring (season)
- 乗ride, power
- 食eat, food
- 洗wash, inquire into
- 前in front, before
- 待wait, depend on
- 段grade, steps
- 茶tea
- 昼daytime, noon
- 点spot, point
- 度degrees, occurrence
- 南south
- 背stature, height
- 飛fly, skip (pages)
- 美beauty, beautiful
- 封seal, closing
- 風wind, air
- 変unusual, change
- 便convenience, facility
- 面mask, face
- 洋ocean, sea
- 要need, main point
- 院Inst., institution
- 夏summer
- 家house, home
- 荷baggage, shoulder-pole load
- 帰homecoming, arrive at
- 起rouse, wake up
- 個individual, counter for articles
- 庫warehouse, storehouse
- 校exam, school
- 降descend, precipitate
- 高tall, high
- 差distinction, difference
- 座squat, seat
- 財property, money
- 紙paper
- 時time, hour
- 借borrow, rent
- 弱weak, frail
- 酒sake, alcohol
- 書write
- 除exclude, division (x/3)
- 消extinguish, blow out
- 真true, reality
- 速quick, fast
- 庭courtyard, garden
- 徒on foot, junior
- 疲exhausted, tire
- 病ill, sick
- 勉exertion, endeavour
- 浴bathe, be favored with
- 留detain, fasten
- 旅trip, travel
- 料fee, materials
- 悪bad, vice
- 黄yellow
- 菓candy, cakes
- 掛hang, suspend
- 眼eyeball
- 脚skids, leg
- 魚fish
- 強strong
- 教teach, faith
- 黒black
- 婚marriage
- 細dainty, get thin
- 菜vegetable, side dish
- 授impart, instruct
- 終end, finish
- 習learn
- 週week
- 宿inn, lodging
- 章badge, chapter
- 雪snow
- 掃sweep, brush
- 窓window, pane
- 側side, lean
- 族tribe, family
- 脱undress, removing
- 鳥bird, chicken
- 転revolve, turn around
- 動move, motion
- 堂public chamber, hall
- 豚pork, pig
- 猫cat
- 瓶bottle, vial
- 符token, sign
- 部section, bureau
- 閉closed, shut
- 問question, ask
- 野plains, field
- 郵mail, stagecoach stop
- 欲longing, covetousness
- 理logic, arrangement
- 涼refreshing, nice and cool
- 椅chair
- 飲drink, smoke
- 奥heart, interior
- 温warm
- 絵picture, drawing
- 開open, unfold
- 階storey, stair
- 覚memorize, learn
- 寒cold
- 間interval, space
- 喫consume, eat
- 勤diligence, become employed
- 軽lightly, trifling
- 結tie, bind
- 御honorable, manipulate
- 傘umbrella
- 散scatter, disperse
- 歯tooth, cog
- 暑sultry, hot
- 晴clear up
- 貸lend
- 達accomplished, reach
- 棚shelf, ledge
- 短short, brevity
- 弾bullet, twang
- 遅slow, late
- 着don, arrive
- 朝morning, dynasty
- 痛pain, hurt
- 貼stick, paste
- 渡transit, ford
- 登ascend, climb up
- 答solution, answer
- 筒cylinder, pipe
- 道road-way, street
- 買buy
- 飯meal, boiled rice
- 晩nightfall, night
- 番turn, number in a series
- 筆writing brush, writing
- 帽cap, headgear
- 無nothingness, none
- 遊play
- 葉leaf, plane
- 廊corridor, hall
- 愛love, affection
- 飴rice jelly, candy
- 暗darkness, disappear
- 意idea, mind
- 違difference, differ
- 園park, garden
- 遠distant, far
- 鉛lead
- 塩salt
- 暇spare time, rest
- 楽music, comfort
- 漢Sino-, China
- 業business, vocation
- 靴shoes
- 嫌dislike, detest
- 歳year-end, age
- 辞resign, word
- 寝lie down, sleep
- 新new
- 勢forces, energy
- 暖warmth
- 置placement, put
- 鉄iron
- 電electricity
- 働work, (kokuji)
- 腹abdomen, belly
- 零zero, spill
- 話tale, talk
- 碗porcelain bowl, tea cup
- 駅station
- 歌song, sing
- 関connection, barrier
- 銀silver
- 語word, speech
- 構posture, stance
- 雑miscellaneous
- 誌document, records
- 緒thong, beginning
- 静quiet
- 読read
- 鼻nose, snout
- 聞hear, ask
- 鳴chirp, cry
- 緑green
- 練practice, gloss
- 綺figured cloth, beautiful
- 横sideways, side
- 撮snapshot, take pictures
- 質substance, quality
- 蔵storehouse, hide
- 誰who, someone
- 誕nativity, be born
- 締tighten, tie
- 熱heat, temperature
- 箱box, chest
- 箸chopsticks
- 館building, mansion
- 機loom, mechanism
- 橋bridge
- 親parent, intimacy
- 糖sugar
- 頭head, counter for large animals
- 曇cloudy weather, cloud up
- 薄dilute, thin
- 磨grind, polish
- 薬medicine, chemical
- 頼trust, request
- 隣neighboring
- 鍵key
- 醤a kind of miso
- 濯laundry, wash
- 顔face, expression
- 題topic, subject
- 難difficult, impossible
- 曜weekday
- 鏡mirror, speculum
- 警admonish, commandment
- 鶏chicken
- 鹸saltiness
- 麗lovely, beautiful
Kanji first seen in N4 words (317)
- 力power, strength
- 久long time, old story
- 工craft, construction
- 亡deceased, the late
- 化change, take the form of
- 介jammed in, shellfish
- 区ward, district
- 心heart, mind
- 内inside, within
- 匂fragrant, stink
- 反anti-
- 比compare, race
- 不negative, non-
- 毛fur, hair
- 予beforehand, previous
- 以by means of, because
- 込crowded, mixture
- 史history, chronicle
- 市market, city
- 叱scold, reprove
- 失lose, error
- 主lord, chief
- 召seduce, call
- 申have the honor to, sign of the monkey
- 世generation, world
- 正correct, justice
- 打strike, hit
- 代substitute, change
- 田rice field, rice paddy
- 必invariably, certain
- 付adhere, attach
- 払pay, clear out
- 包wrap, pack up
- 民people, nation
- 由wherefore, a reason
- 用utilize, business
- 礼salute, bow
- 因cause, factor
- 血blood
- 光ray, light
- 考consider, think over
- 合fit, suit
- 再again, twice
- 糸thread
- 寺Buddhist temple
- 式style, ceremony
- 守guard, protect
- 舟boat, ship
- 争contend, dispute
- 存exist, suppose
- 宅home, house
- 団group, association
- 虫insect, bug
- 伝transmit, go along
- 灯lamp, a light
- 米rice, USA
- 汽vapor, steam
- 技skill, art
- 究research, study
- 君mister, you
- 形shape, form
- 迎welcome, meet
- 決decide, fix
- 坂slope, incline
- 伺pay respects, visit
- 似becoming, resemble
- 床bed, counter for beds
- 折fold, break
- 束bundle, sheaf
- 対vis-a-vis, opposite
- 投throw, discard
- 別separate, branch off
- 坊boy, priest's residence
- 戻re-, return
- 役duty, war
- 育bring up, grow up
- 岸beach
- 祈pray, wish
- 季seasons
- 泣cry, weep
- 苦suffering, trial
- 具tool, utensil
- 固harden, set
- 妻wife, spouse
- 参nonplussed, three (in documents)
- 枝bough, branch
- 治reign, be at peace
- 舎cottage, inn
- 受accept, undergo
- 周circumference, circuit
- 性sex, gender
- 昔once upon a time, antiquity
- 卒graduate, soldier
- 注pour, irrigate
- 直straightaway, honesty
- 定determine, fix
- 抵resist, reach
- 泥mud, mire
- 典code, ceremony
- 届deliver, reach
- 念wish, sense
- 泊overnight stay, put up at
- 彼he, that
- 非un-, mistake
- 表surface, table
- 怖dreadful, be frightened
- 沸seethe, boil
- 法method, law
- 房tassel, tuft
- 命fate, command
- 林grove, forest
- 例example, custom
- 為do, change
- 科department, course
- 界world, boundary
- 看watch over, see
- 客guest, visitor
- 急hurry, emergency
- 係person in charge, connection
- 研polish, study of
- 故happenstance, especially
- 郊outskirts, suburbs
- 思think
- 指finger, point to
- 首neck, counter for songs and poems
- 拾pick up, gather
- 柔tender, weakness
- 祝celebrate, congratulate
- 神gods, mind
- 是just so, this
- 政politics, government
- 星star, spot
- 専specialty, exclusive
- 浅shallow, superficial
- 祖ancestor, pioneer
- 草grass, weeds
- 送escort, send
- 則rule, law
- 単simple, one
- 珍rare, curious
- 怒angry, be offended
- 逃escape, flee
- 発departure, discharge
- 品goods, refinement
- 負defeat, negative
- 約promise, approximately
- 律rhythm, law
- 員employee, member
- 格status, rank
- 記scribe, account
- 軒flats, counter for houses
- 原meadow, original
- 残remainder, leftover
- 射shoot, shine into
- 将leader, commander
- 笑laugh
- 凄uncanny, weird
- 席seat, mat
- 素elementary, principle
- 息breath, respiration
- 値price, cost
- 恥shame, dishonor
- 致doth, do
- 通traffic, pass through
- 展unfold, expand
- 途route, way
- 倒overthrow, fall
- 島island
- 特special
- 倍double, twice
- 捕catch, capture
- 眠sleep, die
- 娘daughter, girl
- 連take along, lead
- 移shift, move
- 陰shade, yin
- 乾drought, dry
- 寄draw near, stop in
- 規standard, measure
- 経sutra, longitude
- 険precipitous, inaccessible place
- 頃time, about
- 済settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden)
- 祭ritual, offer prayers
- 産products, bear
- 捨discard, throw away
- 寂loneliness, quietly
- 術art, technique
- 紹introduce, inherit
- 常usual, ordinary
- 深deep, heighten
- 進advance, proceed
- 盛boom, prosper
- 組association, braid
- 袋sack, bag
- 探grope, search
- 張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch
- 釣angling, fish
- 都metropolis, capital
- 盗steal, rob
- 敗failure, defeat
- 婦lady, woman
- 訪call on, visit
- 務task, duties
- 訳translate, reason
- 運carry, luck
- 雲cloud
- 越surpass, cross over
- 過overdo, exceed
- 割proportion, comparatively
- 換interchange, period
- 喜rejoice, take pleasure in
- 隅corner, nook
- 景scenery, view
- 堅strict, hard
- 湖lake
- 喉throat, voice
- 港harbor
- 硬stiff, hard
- 最utmost, most
- 集gather, meet
- 勝victory, win
- 焼bake, burning
- 場location, place
- 畳tatami mat, counter for tatami mats
- 植plant
- 森forest, woods
- 尋inquire, fathom
- 随follow, though
- 然sort of thing, so
- 痩get thin
- 替exchange, spare
- 程extent, degree
- 湯hot water, bath
- 等etc., and so forth
- 悲grieve, sad
- 普universal, wide(ly)
- 復restore, return to
- 報report, news
- 棒rod, stick
- 貿trade, exchange
- 揺swing, shake
- 絡entwine, coil around
- 落fall, drop
- 腕arm, ability
- 滑slippery, slide
- 頑stubborn, foolish
- 義righteousness, justice
- 絹silk
- 試test, try
- 飾decorate, ornament
- 触contact, touch
- 数number, strength
- 節node, season
- 戦war, battle
- 続continue, series
- 塗paint, plaster
- 夢dream, vision
- 裏back, amidst
- 嘘lie, falsehood
- 慣accustomed, get used to
- 際occasion, side
- 察guess, presume
- 製made in..., manufacture
- 説opinion, theory
- 噌boisterous
- 増increase, add
- 漬pickling, soak
- 適suitable, occasional
- 寧rather, preferably
- 髪hair of the head
- 複duplicate, double
- 暮evening, twilight
- 僕me, I (male)
- 漫cartoon, involuntarily
- 綿cotton
- 様Esq., way
- 踊jump, dance
- 歴curriculum, continuation
- 億hundred million, 10**8
- 課chapter, lesson
- 確assurance, firm
- 噛chew, bite
- 嬉glad, pleased
- 趣purport, gist
- 震quake, shake
- 線line, track
- 選elect, select
- 駐stop-over, reside in
- 調tune, tone
- 踏step, trample
- 輩comrade, fellow
- 舞dance, flit
- 褒praise, extol
- 輪wheel, ring
- 壊demolition, break
- 興entertain, revive
- 嬢lass, girl
- 壁wall, lining (stomach)
- 輸transport, send
- 厳stern, strictness
- 講lecture, club
- 謝apologize, thank
- 濡get wet, damp
- 優tenderness, excel
- 覧perusal, see
- 簡simplicity, brevity
- 験verification, effect
- 騒boisterous, make noise
- 贈presents, send
- 翻flip, turn over
- 議deliberation, consultation
- 競emulate, compete with
- 懸state of suspension, hang
- 護safeguard, protect
- 魔witch, demon
- 驚wonder, be surprised