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Kanji Kana (kunyomi) English
いと(しい)、かな(しい)、め(でる)、お(しむ)、まな、う(い) love; affection; favourite
つくえ、かんが(える) plan; suggestion; draft; ponder; fear; proposition; idea; expectation; bill; worry; proposal
もっ(て)、もち(いる) by means of; because; in view of; compared with; to the...of
くらい、ぐらい rank; grade; throne; crown; about; some
ころも、きぬ、ぎ、き(る) garment; clothes; dressing
い、いげた、まち well; well crib; town; community
いばら、かや、くさぶき briar; thorn
しるし、しる(す) stamp; seal; mark; imprint; symbol; emblem; trademark; evidence; souvenir; India
さか(える)、は(え)、は(える)、え、は(やす) flourish; prosperity; honor; glory; splendor
はなぶさ、はな、ひい(でる) England; English; distinguished
しお salt
おか mount; hill; knoll
おき、おきつ、ちゅう(する)、わく、むな(しい)、と(ぶ) open sea; offing; rise high into sky
おしはか(る) hundred million; 10^8
くわ(える)、くわ(わる) add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada
は(たす)、はた(す)、は(てる)、は(て)、くだもの、おお(せる)、はか fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed
わりあ(てる)、はか(る)、こころ(みる) chapter; lesson; section; department; division; counter for chapters (of a book)
たから freight; goods; property; money
め、めぐ(む) bud; sprout; spear; germ
よろこ(ぶ) congratulations; joy; congratulate
あらた(める)、あらた(まる) reformation; change; modify; mend; renew; examine; inspect; search; reform
かせ、からくり contraption; fetter; machine; instrument; mechanical contrivance
そこ(なう)、わざわ(い) harm; injury
まち、ちまた boulevard; street; town; city quarter
おのおの each; every; either
おぼ(える)、さ(ます)、さ(める)、さと(る)、さと(り) memorize; learn; remember; awake; sober up; perceive; commit to memory
かた lagoon
まっと(うする) perfect; completion; end; complete
つかさ、おおやけ bureaucrat; the government; government; government official
くだ、ふえ、つかさど(る) pipe; tube; wind instrument; drunken talk; control; jurisdiction
せき、かか(わる)、からくり、かんぬき connection; barrier; gateway; involve; concerning; concern; related
ねが(う)、ねが(わしい) petition; request; vow; wish; hope; ask a favor
うつわ utensil; vessel; receptacle; implement; instrument; ability; container; tool; set
わか(れる)、ちまた branch off; fork in road; scene; arena; theater; diverge
まれ、こいねが(う) hope; beg; request; pray; beseech; Greece; dilute (acid); rare; few; phenomenal; aspire
はた national flag; banner; standard; flag
はた、からくり、おり、きざ(し)、はずみ loom; mechanism; opportunity; occasion; machine; airplane; aircraft; potency; efficacy
すえ seasons
はか(る) deliberation; consultation; debate; consideration; discuss; legislative body
もと(める) request; want; wish for; require; demand; seek
な(く) cry; weep; moan
たま(う)、たも(う)、たまわ(る) salary; wage; gift; allow; grant; bestow on; supply; pay
あ(げる)、あ(がる)、こぞ(る)、こぞ(って) raise; plan; project; behavior; actions; nominate; noteworthy act
あさ(る)、すなど(る)、いさ(り) fishing; fishery; fish
きそ(う)、せ(る)、くら(べる)、きお(う) emulate; compete with; bid; sell at auction; bout; contest; race; vie; compete
とも、とも(に) together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with; joint
かな(う) co-; cooperation; cooperate
かがみ mirror; speculum; barrel-head; round rice-cake offering; optical instrument
きわ(める)、きわ(まる)、きわ(まり)、きわ(み)、き(める)、き(まる) poles; settlement; conclusion; end; highest rank; electric poles; very; extremely; most; highly; 10^48; extreme
くま bear
おし(える)、よ(む)、くん(ずる) instruction; Japanese character reading; explanation; read; instruct
む(れる)、む(れ)、むら、むら(がる) flock; group; crowd; herd; swarm; cluster
いくさ、つわもの army; force; troops; war; battle
こおり county; district
みち、こみち、さしわたし、ただちに、ただ(ちに) diameter; path; method
scenery; view; scene
う(える)、のり、わざ technique; art; craft; performance; acting; trick; stunt
か(ける)、か(く)、あくび lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
むす(ぶ)、ゆ(う)、ゆ(わえる)、す(く) tie; bind; contract; join; organize; do up hair; fasten; conclude
すこ(やか)、したた(か)、たけ(し) healthy; health; strength; persistence; robust
た(てる)、た(て)、た(つ)、くつがえ(す) build
あかし、しるし、ため(す)、ためし verification; effect; testing; test
かた(める)、かた(まる)、かた(まり)、かた(い)、もと(より) harden; set; clot; curdle; solid; firm; hard
そうろう、うかが(う)、さぶら(う)、ま(つ) climate; season; weather; seasonal weather
いさお achievement; merits; success; honor; credit; merit
この(む)、す(く)、この(ましい)、よ(い)、い(い)、よしみ fond; pleasing; like something; like; favorable
やす(い) ease; peace; sane; healthy; health
か、かお(り)、かお(る)、かんば(しい) incense; smell; perfume; sweet smell
すけ、たす(ける) assistant; help; assist; field officer
さ(す)、さ(し)、たが(う)、つか(わす) distinction; difference; variation; discrepancy; margin; balance
もっと(も)、つま、も utmost; most; extreme
vegetable; side dish; greens
まるた lumber; log; timber; wood; talent; material
さか heights; slope; Osaka
さき、さい、みさき promontory; cape; spit
さき、さい、みさき cape; spit; promontory
きのう yesterday; previous; last
す(る)、は(く) printing; print; brush
し(る)、み(る)、あき(らか) guess; presume; surmise; judge; understand; inspect
ふだ、さね、わかじに tag; paper money; counter for bonds; placard; bid
まい(る)、まい、まじわる、みつ、まじ(わる) nonplussed; three (in documents); going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love; participate; visit a holy place; take part in
ち(る)、ち(らす)、ち(らかす)、ち(らかる)、ち(らばる)、ばら、ばら(ける) scatter; disperse; spend; squander
う(む)、う(まれる)、うぶ、む(す) products; bear; give birth; yield; childbirth; native; property; produce
のこ(る)、のこ(す)、そこな(う)、のこ(り)、そこ(なう) remainder; leftover; balance; remain; ruthless
つかさど(る)、つかさ director; official; govt office; rule; administer; officiate
うじ family name; surname; clan; courtesy title
こころ(みる)、ため(す) test; try; attempt; experiment; ordeal
newborn babe; child; young of animals
しげ(る)、ま(す) nourishing; more and more; be luxuriant; planting; turbidity; nourish
おさ(める)、おさ(まる)、なお(る)、なお(す) reign; be at peace; calm down; subdue; quell; govt; cure; heal; rule; conserve; govern
や(める)、いな(む)、ことば、ことわ(る) resign; word; term; expression
鹿 しか、か deer
うしな(う)、う(せる) lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss; slip
か(りる) borrow; rent
たね、ぐさ、くさ、う(える) species; kind; class; variety; seed
まわ(り)、めぐ(る)、あまね(く) circumference; circuit; lap; periphery
いわ(う)、の(る)、のろ(う)、た(つ) celebrate; congratulate
すなお、したが(う) obey; order; turn; right; docility; occasion
はじ(め)、はじ(めて)、そ(める)、はつ、うい、うぶ first time; beginning; first
とな(える)、うた、うた(う) chant; recite; call upon; yell; sing
まつ pine tree; pine
や(く)、や(き)、や(ける)、く(べる) bake; burning; burn
て(る)、て(らす)、て(れる) illuminate; shine; compare; bashful
かえり(みる)、はぶ(く) focus; government ministry; conserve; ministry; save; introspect
わら(う)、え(む) laugh
しろ、き castle
まこと、たよ(り)、まか(せる) faith; truth; fidelity; trust; believe; message
おみ retainer; subject
な(る)、な(す) turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach; form; achieve
きよ(い)、きよ(まる)、きよ(める)、さや(か)、す(む) pure; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu dynasty; clear
しず、しず(か)、しず(まる)、しず(める) quiet
むしろ seat; mat; occasion; place
つ(む)、つ(もる)、つ(もり)、たくわ(える) volume; product (x*y); acreage; contents; pile up; stack; load; amass; accumulate
お(る)、おり、お(り)、お(れる)、くじ(ける)、さだ(める) fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit; break off
ふし、ノット、みさお node; season; period; occasion; verse; clause; stanza; honor; joint; knuckle; knob; knot (speed); tune; melody; season of the year
と(く)、よろこ(ぶ) rumor; opinion; theory; explanation; explain
いくさ、たたか(う)、おのの(く)、そよぐ、わなな(く)、そよ(ぐ) war; battle; match
あさ(い) shallow; superficial; frivolous; wretched; shameful
えら(ぶ)、すぐ(る)、よ(る)、え(る) elect; select; choose; prefer
しか、しか(り)、しか(し)、さ、しか(も)、も(える) sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well
す、す(くう) nest; rookery; hive; cobweb; den
あらそ(う)、いか(でか)、いさ(める) contend; dispute; argue; conflict
かわ、がわ、そば、はた、かたわ(ら) side; lean; oppose; regret
たば、たば(ねる)、つか、つか(ねる) bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control; tie up
つづ(く)、つづ(ける)、つぐ(ない)、つ(ぐ) continue; series; sequel
そっ(する)、お(える)、お(わる)、ついに、にわか、にわ(かに)、しもべ、つい(に) graduate; soldier; private; die
まご grandchild; descendants
お(びる)、おび sash; belt; obi; zone; region; wear
くみ、お(ちる) regiment; party; company; squad; group
たし、たち、とお(る)、とど(く) accomplished; reach; arrive; attain
ひとえ、ひと(つ) simple; one; single; merely
お(く) placement; put; set; deposit; leave behind; keep; employ; pawn; place
なか go-between; relationship; intermediary; personal relations
きざ(す)、きざ(し)、うらな(い) portent; 10^12; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms
ひく(い)、ひく(める)、ひく(まる)、た(れる) lower; short; humble; low
そこ bottom; sole; depth; bottom price; base; kind; sort
まと、あき(らか) bull's eye; mark; target; object; adjective ending; adjectival suffix
ふみ、のり code; ceremony; law; rule; standard work; canon
つた(わる)、つた(える)、つた(う)、つだ(う)、つて transmit; go along; walk along; follow; report; communicate; legend; tradition; (kokuji)
いたずら、あだ、むだ、かち、ともがら、いたずら(に)、ただ junior; emptiness; vanity; futility; uselessness; ephemeral thing; gang; set; party; people; follower
つと(める)、ゆめ toil; diligent; as much as possible; exert
ひ、ほ、ともしび、とも(す)、あかり、とぼし、ともし、とぼ(す)、あかし lamp; a light; light; counter for lights
はたら(く) work; (kokuji)
benevolence; virtue; goodness; commanding respect
とりわけ、おうし、ひと(り)、ひと(つ) special
とち horse chestnut; (kokuji)
いかん、からなし、なん(ぞ)、いかん(ぞ) Nara; what?; nara
なわ、ただ(す) straw rope; cord; rope
あつ(い)、ほて(る)、ほとぼり、いき(る) heat; temperature; fever; mania; passion; hot
おも(う) wish; sense; idea; thought; feeling; desire; attention
やぶ(れる)、やぶ(る) failure; defeat; reversal; be defeated
うめ plum; ume (Japanese apricot)
ひろ(い) Dr.; command; esteem; win acclaim; Ph.D.; exposition; fair; extensive; doctor
めし、いい、まま meal; boiled rice; cooked rice
と(ぶ)、と(ばす)、たか(い) fly; skip (pages); scatter
かなら(ず) invariably; certain; inevitable; without fail
ひめ beautiful woman; princess
しるべ、しるし、しめ、こずえ、しる(す) signpost; seal; mark; stamp; imprint; symbol; emblem; trademark; evidence; souvenir; target
ふだ ballot; label; ticket; sign; vote; slip
negative; non-; bad; ugly; clumsy; not
つ(ける)、つ(け)、つ(く)、つ(き)、あた(える) adhere; attach; refer to; append
おっと、それ、おとこ husband; man; man laborer
と(む)、とみ wealth; enrich; abundant; rich
くら、みやこ borough; urban prefecture; govt office; representative body; storehouse; municipality
おか、ゆた(か) hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170); large hill
そ(う) vice-; duplicate; copy; secondary; vice
つわもの、いくさ soldier; private; troops; army; warfare; strategy; tactics
わか(れる)、わ(ける)、わか(つ) separate; branch off; diverge; fork; another; extra; specially
か(わる)、か(わり)、か(える) unusual; change; strange; abnormal
あた(り)、ほと(り)、べ environs; boundary; border; vicinity; borderland
便 たよ(り)、いばり、くつろ(ぐ)、つい(で)、へつら(う)、よすが、すなわ(ち) convenience; convenient; post; facility; excrement; feces; letter; chance
つつ(む)、くる(む) wrap; pack up; cover; conceal; encompass
のり、フラン、のっと(る) method; law; rule; principle; model; system; frank
のぞ(む)、のぞ(ましい)、もち、うら(む) ambition; full moon; hope; desire; aspire to; expect; look afar
まき、つかさ、か(う)、やしな(う) breed; care for; shepherd; feed; pasture
すえ、うら end; close; tip; powder; posterity; extremity; last part
み(ちる)、み(つ)、み(たす) full; fullness; enough; satisfy
いま(だ)、ま(だ)、ひつじ un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
たみ people; nation; subjects
な(い) nothingness; none; ain't; nothing; nil; not; without
つづ(まる)、つづ(める)、つづま(やか)、ちか(う)、つま(しい) promise; approximately; shrink; contract
いさ(む)、いさ(ましい)、つよ(い)、いさぎよ(い) courage; cheer up; be in high spirits; bravery; heroism; brave
い(る)、かなめ、もと(める) need; main point; essence; pivot; key to; important; summarize; require
やしな(う) foster; bring up; rear; develop; nurture
あ(びる)、あ(びせる)、ゆあみ bathe; be favored with; bask in
き(く)、と(し)、よ(い)、するど(い) profit; advantage; benefit
なし pear tree; pear
おか、くが land; six
はか(る) fee; materials
よ(い)、い(い)、やや good; pleasing; skilled
はか(る)、かさ、ちから quantity; measure; weight; amount; consider; estimate; surmise
wheel; ring; circle; link; loop; counter for wheels and flowers
たぐ(い)、たぐ(える)、に(る) sort; kind; variety; class; genus
たと(える)、たぐい、ためし example; custom; usage; precedent
つめ(たい)、ひ(える)、ひ(や)、ひ(ややか)、ひ(やす)、ひ(やかす)、さ(める)、さ(ます) cool; cold (beer, person); chill; cold
つら(なる)、つら(ねる)、つ(れる)、しき(りに) take along; lead; join; connect; party; gang; clique; link; in succession
ろう(する)、いたわ(る)、いた(ずき)、ねぎら、つか(れる)、ねぎら(う)、はたら(く) labor; thank for; reward for; toil; trouble; labour
お(いる)、ふ(ける) old man; old age; grow old; old
しる(す)、と(る) record

The jōyō kanji (常用漢字?, literally "regular-use Chinese characters") the guide to kanji characters and their readings, announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 2,136 characters issued in 2010. It is a slightly modified version of the tōyō kanji, which was the initial list of secondary school-level kanji standardized after World War II. The list is not a comprehensive list of all characters and readings in regular use; rather, it is intended as a literacy baseline for those who have completed compulsory education, as well as a list of permitted characters and readings for use in official government documents. Due to the requirement that official government documents make use of only jōyō kanji and their readings, several rare characters are also included by dint of being a part of the Constitution of Japan, which was being written at the same time the original 1850-character tōyō kanji list was compiled.

The 2,136 kanji in the jōyō kanji consist of:

  • 1,006 kanji taught in primary school (the kyōiku kanji)
  • 1,130 additional kanji taught in secondary school