Kyōiku kanji

Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The are kanji which Japanese elementary school students should learn from first through sixth grade. Also known as , these kanji are listed on the . The table is developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT). Although the list is designed for Japanese students, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji.

kanji are a subset (1,026) of the 2,136 characters of kanji.

Versions of the list

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A list of all kanji according to Halpern's KKLD indexing system, with the kanji coloured according to grade level

• 1946 created with 881 characters
• 1977 expanded to 996 characters
• 1989 expanded to 1,006 characters
• 2017 expanded to 1,026 characters
  • The following 20 characters, all used in prefecture names, were added in 2017.
  • (Ibaraki), (Ehime), (Shizuoka, Okayama and Fukuoka), (Niigata), (Gifu), (Kumamoto), (Kagawa), (Saga), (Saitama), (Nagasaki and Miyazaki), (Shiga), (Kagoshima), (Okinawa), (Fukui), (Okinawa), (Tochigi), (Kanagawa and Nara), (Yamanashi), (Ōsaka), (Gifu)

List by grade

• The does not contain readings or meanings of each kanji.
• Many kanji have complex meanings and nuances, or express concepts not directly translatable into English. In those cases, the English meanings mentioned here are approximate.
• In the readings, readings after - (hyphen) are okurigana.
• A - (hyphen) at the end of the -yomi corresponds to a small tsu in kana, which indicates that the following consonant is geminated.

First grade (80 kanji)

#	Kanji	Meaning			Strokes
1		one	ichi, itsu	hito-tsu	1
2		two	ni, ji	futa-tsu	2
3		three	san	mit-tsu	3
4		four	shi	yot-tsu, yon	5
5		five	go	itsu-tsu	4
6		six	roku	mut-tsu	4
7		seven	shichi	nana-tsu, nana	2
8		eight	hachi	yat-tsu	2
9		nine	ku, kyū	kokono-tsu	2
10		ten	jū	tō	2
11		hundred	hyaku	momo	6
12		thousand	sen	chi	3
13		top, above	jō	ue	3
14		bottom, below	ka, ge	shita, shimo, moto	3
15		left	sa	hidari	5
16		right	u, yū	migi	5
17		inside, middle	chū, jū	naka	4
18		large	dai, tai	ō-kii, ō	3
19		small	shō	chii-sai, ko, o	3
20		month, moon	gatsu, getsu	tsuki	4
21		day, sun	nichi, jitsu	hi, ka	4
22		year	nen	toshi	6
23		early	sō, sa	haya-i	6
24		tree	moku, boku	ki	4
25		woods	rin	hayashi	8
26		mountain	san	yama	3
27		river	sen	kawa	3
28		soil	to, do	tsuchi	3
29		sky, empty	kū	sora, a-ku, kara	8
30		rice field	den	da, ta	5
31		heaven, sky	ten	ame, ama	4
32		living, birth, raw	sei, shō	i-kiru, u-mu, nama	5
33		flower	ka	hana	7
34		grass	sō	kusa	9
35		insect	chū	mushi	6
36		dog	ken	inu	4
37		person	jin, nin	hito	2
38		name	mei, myō	na	6
39		female	jo, nyo	on'na	3
40		male	dan, nan	otoko	7
41		child	shi, su	ko	3
42		eye	moku	me	5
43		ear	ji, ni	mimi	6
44		mouth	kō	kuchi	3
45		hand	shu	te	4
46		foot, suffice	soku	ashi, ta-riru	7
47		see	ken, gen	mi-ru	7
48		sound	on	ne, oto	9
49		power	riki, ryoku	chikara	2
50		spirit, air	ki, ke	iki	6
51		yen, circle	en	maru	4
52		enter	nyū	hai-ru, i-ru	2
53		exit	shutsu	de-ru	5
54		stand up	ritsu	ta-tsu	5
55		rest	kyū	yasu-mu	6
56		previous	sen	saki	6
57		evening	seki	yū	3
58		book	hon	moto	5
59		text	bun, mon	fumi	4
60		character	ji	aza	6
61		study	gaku	mana-bu	8
62		school	kō	kase	10
63		village	son	mura	7
64		town	chō	machi	7
65		forest	shin	mori	12
66		correct	sei, shō	tada-shii, masa	5
67		water	sui	mizu	4
68		fire	ka	hi	4
69		jewel, ball	gyoku	tama	5
70		king	ō	kimi	4
71		stone	seki, koku	ishi	5
72		bamboo	chiku	take	6
73		thread	shi	ito	6
74		shellfish	bai	kai	7
75		vehicle	sha	kuruma	7
76		gold, money	kin	kane, kana	8
77		rain	u	ame, ama	8
78		red	seki	aka	7
79		blue	sei, shō	ao	8
80		white	haku	shiro, shira	5

Second grade (160 kanji)

#	Kanji	Meaning	On	Kun	Strokes
81		number, count	sū	kazu	13
82		many, much	ta	oo-i	6
83		a few, a little	shō	suku-nai, suko-shi	4
84		ten thousand	ban, man	yorozu	3
85		half	han	naka-ba	5
86		shape	kei, gyō	katachi	7
87		thick	ta	futo-i	4
88		thin	sai	hoso-i	11
89		wide	kō	hiro-i	5
90		long, leader	chō	naga-i	8
91		point	ten	bochi	9
92		circle	gan	maru	3
93		intersect	kō	maji-waru	6
94		light	kō	hikari	6
95		corner, horn	kaku	kado, tsuno, sumi	7
96		measure	kei	haka-ru	9
97		straight, fix	choku, jiki	tada-chini, nao-su	8
98		line	sen	suji	15
99		arrow	shi	ya	5
100		weak	jaku	yowa-i	10
101		strong	kyō	tsuyo-i	11
102		high	kō	taka-i	10
103		same	dō	ona-ji	6
104		parent	shin	oya	16
105		mother	bo	haha, kā	5
106		father	fu	chichi, tou	4
107		older sister	shi	ane	8
108		older brother	kei, kyō	ani	5
109		younger brother	tei, dai	otōto	7
110		younger sister	mai	imōto	8
111		oneself	ji, shi	mizuka-ra	6
112		friend	yū	tomo	4
113		body	tai	karada	7
114		hair	mō	ke	4
115		head	tō	atama	16
116		face	gan	kao	18
117		neck	shu	kubi	9
118		heart	shin	kokoro	4
119		time	ji	toki	10
120		day of the week	yō		18
121		morning	chō	asa	12
122		daytime	chū	hiru	9
123		night	ya	yoru	8
124		minute, understand	fun, bun	wa-karu	4
125		week	shū		11
126		spring	shun	haru	9
127		summer	ka	natsu	10
128		autumn	shū	aki	9
129		winter	tō	fuyu	5
130		now	kon	ima	4
131		new	shin	atara-shii, ara-ta	13
132		old	ko	furu-i	5
133		interval	kan, ken	ma, aida	12
134		direction	hō	kata	4
135		north	hoku	kita	5
136		south	nan	minami	9
137		east	tō	higashi, azuma	8
138		west	sei, sai	nishi	6
139		far	en	tō-i	13
140		near	kin	chika-i	7
141		before	zen	mae	9
142		after	go, kō	nochi, ushi-ro, ato	9
143		inside	nai	uchi	4
144		outside	gai, ge	soto, hoka, hazu-su	5
145		place	jō	ba	12
146		ground	chi, ji		6
147		country	koku	kuni	8
148		garden	en	sono	13
149		valley	koku	tani	7
150		field	ya	no	11
151		meadow, plain	gen	hara	10
152		hometown	ri	sato	7
153		city	shi	ichi	5
154		capital	kyō, kei	miyako	8
155		wind, -style	fū	kaze	9
156		snow	setsu	yuki	11
157		cloud	un	kumo	12
158		pond	chi	ike	6
159		sea	kai	umi	9
160		rock	gan	iwa	8
161		star	sei	hoshi	9
162		room	shitsu	muro	9
163		door	ko	to, be	4
164		house	ka, ke	ie	10
165		Buddhist temple	ji	tera	6
166		pass through, commute	tsū	tō-ru, kayo-u	10
167		gates	mon	kado	8
168		road	dō	michi	12
169		talk	wa	hanashi, hana-su	13
170		say	gen, gon	i-u, koto	7
171		answer	tō	kota-eru	12
172		voice	sei	koe	7
173		hear, listen, ask	bun, mon	ki-ku	14
174		language	go	kata-ru	14
175		read	doku	yo-mu	14
176		write	sho	ka-ku	10
177		record	ki	shiru-su	10
178		paper	shi	kami	10
179		brush stroke	ga, kaku		8
180		picture	kai, e		12
181		drawing	zu	haka-ru	7
182		craft	kō, ku		3
183		teach	kyō	oshi-eru	11
184		clear	sei	hare	12
185		think	shi	omo-u	9
186		consider	kō	kanga-eru	6
187		know	chi	shi-ru	8
188		age, ability	sai, zai	wazukani, zae	3
189		reason	ri	kotowari	11
190		calculate	san		14
191		make	saku	tsuku-ru	7
192		origin	gen, gan	moto	4
193		eat	shoku	ta-beru, ku-u	9
194		meat	niku		6
195		horse	ba	uma, ma	10
196		cow	gyū	ushi	4
197		fish	gyo	sakana	11
198		bird	chō	tori	11
199		feather	u	ha, hane	6
200		chirp	mei	na-ku	14
201		wheat	baku	mugi	7
202		rice	bei, mai	kome	6
203		tea	cha, sa		9
204		colour	shoku	iro	6
205		yellow	ō	ki	11
206		black	koku	kuro	11
207		come	rai	ku-ru	7
208		go	kō, gyō	i-ku, yu-ku, okona-u	6
209		return	ki	kae-ru	10
210		walk	ho, fu, bu	aru-ku, ayu-mu	8
211		run	sō	hashi-ru	7
212		stop	shi	to-maru	4
213		active	katsu	i-kiru	9
214		store	ten	mise	8
215		buy	bai	ka-u	12
216		sell	bai	u-ru	7
217		noon	go	uma	4
218		steam	ki		7
219		bow	kyū	yumi	3
220		number of times, revolve	kai	mawa-ru	6
221		meet	kai, e	a-u	6
222		team	so	kumi	11
223		ship	sen	fune	11
224		bright	mei	aka-rui	8
225		company	sha	yashiro	7
226		cut	setsu	ki-ru	4
227		electricity	den	inazuma	13
228		every	mai	goto	6
229		fit	gō	a-u	6
230		this, hit	tō	a-taru	6
231		pedestal	dai, tai		5
232		music, pleasure	gaku, raku	tano-shii	13
233		public	kō	ōyake	4
234		pull	in	hi-ku	4
235		section, grade	ka		9
236		song	ka	uta	14
237		sword	tō	katana	2
238		number	ban		12
239		use	yō	mochi-iru	5
240		what	ka	nani, nan	7

Third grade (200 kanji)

#	Kanji	Meaning	On	Kun	Strokes
241		street, district	chō	hinoto	2
242		generation	sei, se	yo	5
243		both	ryō	teru, futatsu	6
244		master, main	shu	nushi, omo	5
245		ride	jō	no-ru	9
246		beforehand	yo	arakaji-me	4
247		intangible thing	ji	koto	8
248		serve	shi	tsuka-eru	5
249		other	ta	hoka	5
250		era, substitute	dai, tai	ka-waru, yo	5
251		dwell	jū	su-mu	7
252		use	shi	tsuka-u	8
253		person in charge	kei	kakari, kaka-ru	9
254		double	bai		10
255		whole	zen	matta-ku	6
256		tool	gu	sona-eru, tsubusa-ni	8
257		copy	sha	utsu-su	5
258		row	retsu		6
259		help	jo	tasu-keru	7
260		diligence	ben	tsuto-meru	10
261		move	dō	ugo-ku	11
262		win	shō	ka-tsu	12
263		change	ka	ba-keru	4
264		district	ku		4
265		doctor	i	iya-su, i-suru	7
266		leave	kyo, ko	sa-ru	5
267		anti-	han	so-ru	4
268		take	shu	to-ru	8
269		receive	ju	u-keru	8
270		number	gō	yobina, sake-bu	5
271		face	kō	mu-kau	6
272		you, monarch	kun	kimi	7
273		flavor	mi	aji, aji-wau	8
274		fate, life	mei	inochi	8
275		harmony, Japanese	wa	yawa-ragu, nago-yaka	8
276		article	hin	shina	9
277		employee	in		10
278		commerce	shō		11
279		question	mon	to-u, ton	11
280		slope	han	saka	7
281		center	ō		5
282		begin	shi	haji-meru	8
283		committee	i	yuda-neru	8
284		protect	shu	mamo-ru	6
285		cheap, calm	an	yasu-i	6
286		determine	tei, jō	sada-meru	8
287		fruit, realization	jitsu	mi, mino-ru	8
288		guest	kyaku		9
289		Shinto shrine, prince	kyū, gū	miya	10
290		inn	shuku	yado, yado-ru	11
291		cold (weather)	kan	samu-i	12
292		opposite, against	tai, tsui	aite, soro-i	7
293		office	kyoku	tsubone	7
294		roof	oku	ya	9
295		shore	gan	kishi	8
296		island	tō	shima	10
297		state, province	shū	su	6
298		notebook	chō	tobari	11
299		flat	hei, byō	tai-ra, hira	5
300		happiness	kō	saiwa-i, shiawa-se	8
301		degrees	do	tabi	9
302		warehouse	ko, ku	kura	10
303		yard	tei	niwa	10
304		style, ceremony, numerical formula	shiki		6
305		role	yaku		7
306		wait	tai	ma-tsu	9
307		hurry	kyū	iso-gu	9
308		breath	soku	iki	10
309		bad	aku	waru-i	11
310		sad	hi	kana-shii	12
311		thought	sō		13
312		idea	i		13
313		feel	kan	kan-jiru	13
314		place	sho	tokoro	8
315		hit	da	u-tsu	5
316		throw	tō	na-geru	7
317		pick up	shū	hiro-u	9
318		hold	ji	mo-tsu	9
319		finger, point	shi	yubi, sa-su	9
320		release	hō	hana-su	8
321		organize	sei	totono-eru	16
322		trip	ryo	tabi	10
323		tribe	zoku		11
324		long ago	seki, shaku	mukashi	8
325		shine	shō		9
326		hot	sho	atsu-i	12
327		dark	an	kura-i	13
328		melody, curve	kyoku	ma-garu	6
329		possess	yū	a-ru	6
330		clothes	fuku		8
331		period of time	ki		12
332		board	han, ban	ita	8
333		pillar	chū	hashira	9
334		root	kon	ne	10
335		plant	shoku	u-eru	12
336		business	gyō		13
337		appearance	yō	sama	14
338		horizontal	ō	yoko	15
339		bridge	kyō	hashi	16
340		next	ji	tsugi, tsu-gu	6
341		tooth	shi	ha	12
342		death	shi	shi-nu	6
343		ice	hyō	kōri	5
344		decide	ketsu	ki-meru	7
345		oil	yu	abura	8
346		wave	ha	nami	8
347		pour	chū	soso-gu	8
348		swim	ei	oyo-gu	8
349		ocean	yō		9
350		stream	ryū	naga-reru	10
351		extinguish	shō	ki-eru, ke-su	10
352		deep	shin	fuka-i	11
353		warm	on	atata-kai	12
354		harbor	kō	minato	12
355		lake	ko	mizu'umi	12
356		hot water	tō	yu	12
357		Chinese	kan		13
358		charcoal	tan	sumi	9
359		(tangible) thing	butsu, motsu	mono	8
360		sphere	kyū	tama	11
361		reason	yū, yu	yoshi	5
362		say	shin	mō-su	5
363		world	kai		9
364		farm		hata, hatake	9
365		sick	byō	yamai	10
366		departure	hatsu		9
367		climb	tō, to	nobo-ru	12
368		skin	hi	kawa	5
369		dish	bei	sara	5
370		mutual	sō	ai	9
371		prefecture	ken	ka-keru	9
372		true	shin	ma	10
373		wear, arrive	chaku	ki-ru, tsu-ku	12
374		short	tan	mijika-i	12
375		sharpen	ken	to-gu	9
376		manners	rei		5
377		deity	shin, jin	kami	9
378		festival	sai	matsu-ri	11
379		luck	fuku		13
380		second	byō		9
381		research	kyū	kiwa-meru	7
382		chapter	shō		11
383		juvenile	dō	warabe	12
384		flute	teki	fue	11
385		ordinal	dai		11
386		writing brush	hitsu	fude	12
387		class	tō	hito-shii	12
388		box	sō	hako	15
389		rank	kyū		9
390		end	shū	o-waru, o-eru	11
391		green	ryoku	midori	14
392		practice	ren	ne-ru	14
393		sheep	yō	hitsuji	6
394		beauty	bi	utsuku-shii	9
395		learn	shū	nara-u	11
396		someone	sha	mono	8
397		raise	iku	soda-tsu	8
398		suffer, bitter	ku	kuru-shii, niga-i	8
399		luggage	ka	ni	10
400		fall	raku	o-chiru, o-tosu	12
401		leaf	yō	ha	12
402		medicine	yaku	kusuri	16
403		blood	ketsu	chi	6
404		express	hyō	omote, arawa-su	8
405		poem	shi	uta	13
406		tone, find	chō	shira-beru	15
407		discuss	dan		15
408		bean	tō, zu	mame	7
409		lose	fu	ma-keru, o-u	9
410		awaken	ki	o-kiru	10
411		path	ro	ji	13
412		body	shin	mi	7
413		to shift, fall down	ten	koro-bu	11
414		lightweight	kei	karu-i	12
415		agriculture	nō		13
416		return	hen	kae-su	7
417		follow	tsui	o-u	9
418		send	sō	oku-ru	9
419		fast	soku	haya-i	10
420		progress	shin	susu-mu	11
421		play	yū	aso-bu	12
422		carry	un	hako-bu	12
423		part	bu		11
424		metropolis	to, tsu	miyako	11
425		distribute	hai	kuba-ru	10
426		liquor	shu	sake, saka	10
427		heavy, gravity, pile	jū, chō	omo-i, kasa-neru	9
428		iron	tetsu	kurogane	13
429		silver	gin	shirogane	14
430		open	kai	hira-ku, a-ku	12
431		institution	in		10
432		sun	yō	hi	12
433		storey	kai	kizahashi	12
434		gather	shū	atsu-maru	12
435		surface	men	omote, tsura	9
436		topic	dai		18
437		drink	in	no-mu	12
438		public building	kan	tate	16
439		station	eki		14
440		nose	bi	hana	14

Fourth grade (202 kanji)

#	Kanji	Meaning	On	Kun	Strokes
441		not	fu, bu		4
442		conflict	sō	araso-u	6
443		well	sei, shō	i, ido	4
444		attach	fu	tsu-ku	5
445		orders	rei		5
446		reference point	i		5
447		relationship	chū	naka	6
448		convey	den	tsuta-eru	6
449		rank	i	kurai	7
450		low	tei	hiku-i	7
451		assist	sa	tasuke, tasukeru, suke	7
452		example	rei	tato-eru	8
453		facility, flight, mail	ben, bin	tayo-ri	9
454		trust	shin		9
455		storage	sō	kura	10
456		climate	kō		10
457		borrow	shaku	ka-riru	10
458		healthy	ken	suko-yaka	11
459		side	soku	kawa	11
460		work	dō	hatara-ku	13
461		hundred million	oku		15
462		portent, trillion	chō	kiza-shi	6
463		offspring	ji, ni	ko	7
464		together	kyō	tomo	6
465		soldier	hei, hyō	tsuwamono	7
466		code	ten		8
467		cool	rei	tsume-tai, hi-eru, sa-meru	7
468		first	sho	hatsu, haji-me	7
469		separate	betsu	waka-reru	7
470		profit	ri		7
471		printing	satsu	su-ru	8
472		vice-	fuku		11
473		achievement	kō		5
474		add	ka	kuwa-eru	5
475		toil	do	tsuto-meru	7
476		labor	rō	negira-u	7
477		courage	yū	isa-mu	9
478		wrap	hō	tsutsu-mu	5
479		graduate	sotsu		8
480		cooperation	kyō		8
481		simple	tan		9
482		wide knowledge, Dr.	haku		12
483		mark	in	shirushi	6
484		participate	san	mai-ru	8
485		director	shi		5
486		each	kaku	ono-ono	6
487		circumference	shū	mawa-ri	8
488		chant	shō	tona-eru	11
489		container	ki	utsuwa	15
490		harden	ko	kata-maru	8
491		castle	jō	shiro	9
492		headland	ki	saki	11
493		salt	en	shio	13
494		change, strange	hen	ka-waru	9
495		husband	fu fū bu	otto	4
496		lose	shitsu	ushina-u	5
497		but	na, dai	karanashi	8
498		like	kō	su-ku, kono-mu	6
499		beauty	en	hime	12
500		seasons	ki		8
501		grandchild	son	mago	10
502		perfect	kan		7
503		government official	kan		8
504		harm	gai		10
505		abundant	fu	tomi	12
506		guess	satsu		14
507		high	ki, gi	edamichi	7
508		hill	kō	oka	8
509		rough	ki	saki, kewashii	11
510		nest	sō	su	11
511		distinction	sa		10
512		hope	ki	mare	7
513		seat	seki		10
514		sash	tai	obi	10
515		bottom	tei	soko	8
516		urban prefecture	fu		8
517		ease	kō		11
518		build	ken	ta-teru	9
519		diameter	kei		8
520		junior	to		10
521		virtue	toku		14
522		inevitable	hitsu	kanara-zu	5
523		thought	nen		8
524		love	ai		13
525		become	sei	na-ru	6
526		war	sen	ikusa, tataka-u	13
527		fold, break	setsu	o-ru	7
528		raise	kyo	a-geru	10
529		reformation	kai	arata-meru	7
530		break, failure	hai	yabu-reru	11
531		scatter	san	chi-ru	12
532		fee	ryō		10
533		flag	ki	hata	14
534		yesterday	saku		9
535		scenery	kei		12
536		superlative	sai	mo, motto-mo	12
537		hope	bō	nozo-mu	11
538		un-	mi	ima-da	5
539		end	matsu	sue	5
540		bill, plate, tag	satsu	fuda	5
541		lumber, material	zai		7
542		bundle	soku	taba, tsuka	7
543		pine	shō	matsu	8
544		accomplish, fruit	ka	ha-tasu	8
545		horse chestnut		tochi	9
546		prosperity	ei	saka-eru	9
547		plan	an		10
548		plum	bai	ume	10
549		pear	ri	nashi	11
550		contraption	kai		11
551		poles	kyoku	kiwa-meru	12
552		signpost	hyō		15
553		machine	ki	hata	16
554		lack	ketsu	ka-keru	4
555		remainder, left	zan	noko-ru	10
556		surname, Mr.	shi	uji	4
557		people	min	tami	5
558		request	kyū	moto-mu	7
559		pour	chū	oki, waku	7
560		govern, heal	chi, ji	osa-meru, nao-ru	8
561		method	hō		8
562		cry	kyū	na-ku	8
563		shallow	sen	asa-i	9
564		bathe, bask	yoku	a-biru	10
565		pure	sei, shō	kiyo-raka	11
566		full	man	mi-chiru	12
567		grow	ji, shi	shigeru, masu, masumasu	12
568		look for, fishing	ryō, gyo	asa-ru	14
569		lagoon	seki	kata	15
570		lamp	tō	hi	6
571		nothing	mu, bu	na-i	12
572		so, although	zen, nen	shika-shi	12
573		bake	shō	ya-ku	12
574		illuminate	shō	te-rasu	13
575		bear	yū	kuma	14
576		heat	netsu	atsu-i	15
577		pasture, breed	boku	maki	8
578		special	toku		10
579		give birth	san	u-mu	11
580		target	teki	mato	8
581		government ministry, omit, look back	shō, sei	habu-ku	9
582		celebrate	shuku	iwa-u	9
583		ballot	hyō		11
584		species, seed	shu	tane	14
585		accumulate, pile	seki	tsu-mu	16
586		emulate	kyō	kiso-u	20
587		laugh	shō	wara-u	10
588		pipe	kan	kuda	14
589		node	setsu	fushi	13
590		promise	yaku		9
591		tie	ketsu	musu-bu, yu-u	12
592		salary	kyū	tama-u	12
593		continue	zoku	tsuzu-ku	13
594		rope	jō, bin, yō	nawa	15
595		put	chi	o-ku	13
596		old man	rō	o-iru	6
597		retainer	shin		7
598		good	ryō	yo-i	7
599		art	gei		7
600		bud	ga	me	8
601		England	ei		8
602		caltrop	shi, ji	ibara, kusabuki, kaya	9
603		vegetable	sai	na	11
604		street, city	gai	machi	12
605		garment	i	koromo	6
606		need	yō	i-ru	9
607		memorize	kaku	obo-eru, sa-meru	12
608		observe	kan	mi-ru	18
609		instruction	kun		10
610		test	shi	kokoro-miru, tame-su	13
611		theory	setsu	to-ku	14
612		section	ka		15
613		deliberation	gi		20
614		currency, cargo	ka		11
615		congratulations	ga		12
616		army	gun		9
617		wheel	rin	wa	15
618		resign, speech, encyclopedia	ji	kotoba, ya-meru	13
619		edge, vicinity	hen	ata-ri	5
620		take along	ren	tsu-reru, tsura-neru	10
621		attain	tatsu	tachi	12
622		choose	sen	era-bu	15
623		county	gun		10
624		flock	gun	mu-reru	13
625		quantity	ryō		12
626		transcript	roku		16
627		mirror	kyō	kagami	19
628		related	kan	seki	14
629		mound	fu	oka	8
630		heights/slope	han	saka	6
631		land	riku		11
632		squad	tai		12
633		quiet	sei	shizu-ka	14
634		obey	jun		12
635		request	gan	nega-u	19
636		sort	rui		18
637		fly	hi	to-bu	9
638		meal	han	meshi	12
639		foster	yō	yashina-u	15
640		fragrant	kō, kyō	kaori, ka	9
641		verify	ken		18
642		deer	roku	shika, ka	11

Fifth grade (193 kanji)

#	Kanji	Meaning	On	Kun	Strokes
643		long time	kyū	hisa	3
644		Buddha	futsu, butsu	hotoke	4
645		sham	ka, ke	kari	6
646		affair	ken		6
647		responsibility	nin	maka-seru	6
648		resemble	ji	ni-ru	7
649		surplus	yo	ama-ru	7
650		value	ka	atai	8
651		preserve	ho	tamo-tsu	9
652		discipline	shū	osa-meru	10
653		individual	ko		10
654		halt	tei	to-maru, to-meru	11
655		provide	bi	sona-eru	12
656		statue	zō		14
657		again	sai, sa	futata-bi	6
658		publish	kan		5
659		judge	han	waka-ru	7
660		control	sei		8
661		rule	soku	notto-ru	9
662		effect	kō	ki-ku	8
663		duty	mu	tsuto-meru	11
664		energy	sei	ikio-i	13
665		thick	kō	atsu-i	9
666		phrase	ku		5
667		possible	ka		5
668		history	shi		5
669		tell	koku	tsu-geru	7
670		rejoice, joy	ki	yoroko-bu	12
671		manage	ei	itona-mu	12
672		cause	in	yo-ru	6
673		association	dan, ton		6
674		surround	i	kako-u	7
675		pressure	atsu		5
676		exist	zai	a-ru	6
677		level	kin		7
678		model	kei	kata	9
679		foundation	ki	moto-zuku	11
680		public chamber	dō		11
681		report	hō	muku-iru	12
682		boundary	kyō	sakai	14
683		grave	bo	haka	13
684		increase	zō	ma-su, fu-eru	14
685		gentleman	shi		3
686		dream	mu	yume	13
687		wife	sai	tsuma	8
688		lady	fu		11
689		contain	yō		10
690		approach	ki	yo-ru	11
691		guide	dō	michibi-ku	15
692		reside	kyo	i-ru	8
693		belong	zoku		12
694		linen	fu	nuno	5
695		expert	shi		10
696		normal	jō	tsune	11
697		tree trunk	kan	miki	13
698		preface	jo		7
699		valve	ben		5
700		stretch	chō	ha-ru	11
701		journey	ō		8
702		acquire	toku	e-ru	11
703		recovery	fuku		12
704		intention	shi	kokorozashi	7
705		respond	ō		7
706		cheerful	kai	kokoroyo-i	7
707		gender	sei, shō	saga	8
708		feelings	jō	nasa-ke	11
709		condition	tai		14
710		accustomed	kan	na-reru	14
711		skill	gi	waza	7
712		beckon	shō	mane-ku	8
713		instruct	ju	sazu-keru	11
714		pick	sai	to-ru	11
715		contact	setsu	tsu-gu	11
716		propose	tei	sa-geru	12
717		loss	son	soko-neru	13
718		support	shi	sasa-eru	4
719		politics	sei	matsurigoto	9
720		circumstances	ko	yue	9
721		salvation	kyū	suku-u	11
722		decline, refuse	dan	kotowa-ru	11
723		old times	kyū		5
724		easy	eki	yasa-shii	8
725		outburst	bō	aba-ku	15
726		clause	jō	kudari	7
727		branch	shi	eda	8
728		investigate	sa		9
729		status	kaku		10
730		cherry	ō	sakura	10
731		examine	ken		12
732		construct	kō	kama-eru	14
733		military	bu, mu		8
734		curriculum	reki		14
735		kill	satsu	koro-su	10
736		poison	doku		8
737		compare	hi	kura-beru	4
738		eternity	ei	naga-i	5
739		stream	ka	kawa	8
740		fluid	eki		11
741		mix	kon	ma-zeru	11
742		decrease	gen	he-ru	12
743		measure	soku	haka-ru	12
744		standard	jun		13
745		perform	en		14
746		undefiled	ketsu	isagiyo-i	15
747		disaster	sai	wazawa-i	7
748		burn	nen	mo-eru	16
749		printing block	han		8
750		crime	han	oka-su	5
751		form	jō		7
752		alone	doku	hito-ri	9
753		rate	ritsu, sotsu	hiki-iru	11
754		appear	gen	arawa-reru	11
755		detain	ryū, ru	todo-maru	10
756		abbreviation	ryaku		11
757		benefit	eki		10
758		eyeball	gan	me	11
759		rend	ha	yabu-ru	10
760		certain	kaku	tashi-ka	15
761		indicate	shi	shime-su	5
762		ancestor	so		9
763		prohibition	kin		13
764		shift	i	utsu-ru	11
765		extent	tei	hodo	12
766		tax	zei		12
767		fabricate	chiku	kizu-ku	16
768		flour	fun	ko, kona	10
769		refined	sei		14
770		chronicle	ki		9
771		elementary	su, so	moto	10
772		manage	kei, kyō	he-ru	11
773		relationship	tō	su-beru	12
774		discontinue	zetsu	ta-tsu	12
775		cotton	men	wata	14
776		whole	sō		14
777		compile	hen	a-mu	15
778		exploits	seki		17
779		weave	shiki	o-ru	18
780		guilt	zai	tsumi	13
781		righteousness	gi		13
782		till	kō	tagaya-su	10
783		employment	shoku		18
784		fertilizer	hi	ko-yasu	8
785		ability	nō		10
786		vein	myaku		10
787		entertain	kyō	oko-su	16
788		cottage	sha		8
789		cruise	kō		10
790		art	jutsu	sube	11
791		defense	ei		16
792		manufacture	sei		14
793		duplicate	fuku		14
794		rule	ki		11
795		untie	ge, kai	to-ku	13
796		establish	setsu	mō-keru	11
797		permit	kyo	yuru-su	11
798		evidence	shō	akashi	12
799		evaluate	hyō		12
800		lecture	kō		17
801		apologize	sha	ayama-ru	17
802		discriminating	shiki		19
803		safeguard	go	mamo-ru	20
804		bountiful	hō	yuta-ka	13
805		elephant, figure	zō, shō		12
806		wealth	zai		10
807		poor	hin	mazu-shii	11
808		blame	seki	se-meru	11
809		savings	cho	ta-meru	12
810		lend	tai	ka-su	12
811		expense	hi	tsui-yasu	12
812		trade	bō		12
813		resources	shi		13
814		approve	san		15
815		prize	shō		15
816		quality	shitsu		15
817		transport	yu		16
818		state, express	jutsu	no-beru	8
819		astray	mei	mayo-u	9
820		inverted	gyaku	saka-rau	9
821		create	zō	tsuku-ru	10
822		pass, exceed	ka	sugi-ru	12
823		suitable	teki		14
824		acid	san		14
825		mineral	kō		13
826		copper	dō		14
827		prevent	bō	fuse-gu	7
828		limit	gen	kagi-ru	9
829		precipitous	ken	kewa-shii	11
830		occasion	sai	kiwa	14
831		miscellaneous	zatsu		14
832		negative	hi	ara-zu	8
833		territory	ryō		14
834		amount	gaku	hitai	18
835		domesticate	shi	ka-u	13

Sixth grade (191 kanji)

#	Kanji	Meaning	On	Kun	Strokes
836		row	hei	nami, nara-bu	8
837		chaos	ran	mida-reru	7
838		milk	nyū	chichi	8
839		deceased	bō	na-kunaru	3
840		kindness	jin		4
841		offer	kyō, ku	tomo	8
842		actor	hai		10
843		straw bag	hyō	tawara	10
844		value	chi	atai	10
845		wound	shō	kizu	13
846		superior	yū	yasa-shii	17
847		political party	tō		10
848		counter for books	satsu		5
849		dispose	sho		5
850		ticket	ken		8
851		engrave	koku	kiza-mu	8
852		divide	katsu	wa-ru	12
853		create	sō	tsuku-ru	12
854		drama	geki		15
855		diligence	kin	tsuto-meru	12
856		dangerous	ki	abu-nai	6
857		egg	ran	tamago	7
858		strict	gen	kibi-shii	17
859		obtain	shū	osa-meru	4
860		queen	kō, gō	kisaki	6
861		negate	hi	ina, iya	7
862		suck	kyū	su-u	6
863		call	ko	yo-bu	8
864		virtue	zen	yo-i	12
865		quandary	kon	koma-ru	7
866		droop	sui	ta-reru	8
867		range	iki		11
868		play music	sō	kana-deru	9
869		stirred up	fun	furu-u	16
870		shape	shi	sugata	9
871		suppose	son		6
872		filial piety	kō		7
873		home	taku	ie	6
874		eaves	u		6
875		religion	shū	sō	8
876		mid-air	chū		8
877		treasure	hō	takara	8
878		proclaim	sen	notama-u	9
879		secrecy	mitsu		11
880		measurement	sun		3
881		specialty	sen	moppa-ra	9
882		shoot	sha	i-ru	10
883		leader	shō		10
884		revered	son	tōto-bu	12
885		concerning	shū	tsu-ku	12
886		measure of length	shaku		4
887		deliver	kai	todo-ku	8
888		expand	ten		10
889		stratum	sō		14
890		self	ko	onore	3
891		scroll	kan	maki	9
892		curtain	maku, baku		13
893		dry	kan	ho-su	3
894		infancy	yō	osana-i	5
895		government office	chō		5
896		sit	za	suwa-ru	10
897		prolong	en	no-basu	8
898		rhythm	ritsu		9
899		obey	jū	shitaga-u	10
900		forget	bō	wasu-reru	7
901		loyalty	chū		8
902		grace	on		10
903		constitution	ken		16
904		ego	ga	ware	7
905		criticism	hi		7
906		acquiesce	shō, jō	uketamawa-ru	8
907		shouldering	tan	nina-u	8
908		worship	hai	oga-mu	8
909		broaden	kaku	hiro-geru	8
910		discard	sha	su-teru	11
911		look for, search	tan	saga-su	11
912		infer	sui		11
913		brandish	ki		12
914		maneuver	sō	ayatsu-ru	16
915		respect	kei	uyama-u	12
916		enemy	teki	kataki	15
917		reflect	ei	utsu-ru	9
918		nightfall	ban		12
919		warmth	dan	atata-kai	13
920		livelihood	bo	ku-rasu	14
921		melodious	rō	hoga-raka	10
922		desk	ki	tsukue	6
923		sheet of...	mai		8
924		dye	sen	so-meru	9
925		stocks	shu	kabu	10
926		rod	bō		12
927		imitation	mo, bo		14
928		rights	ken		15
929		trees	ju	ki	16
930		longing	yoku	ho-shii	11
931		steps	dan		9
932		run alongside	en	so-u	8
933		fountain	sen	izumi	9
934		wash	sen	ara-u	9
935		sect	ha		9
936		settle	sai	su-mu	11
937		source	gen	minamoto	13
938		tide	chō	shio	15
939		violent	geki	hage-shii	16
940		ashes	kai	hai	6
941		ripen	juku	u-reru	15
942		one-sided	hen	kata	4
943		corps	han		10
944		uncommon	i	koto-naru	11
945		doubt	gi	utaga-u	14
946		pain	tsū	ita-i	12
947		emperor	kō, ō		9
948		prosper	sei	mo-ru	11
949		alliance	mei		13
950		watch over	kan		9
951		sand	sa, sha	suna	9
952		magnet	ji		14
953		me	shi	watakushi, watashi	7
954		secret	hi	hi-meru	10
955		cereal	koku		14
956		hole	ketsu	ana	5
957		window	sō	mado	11
958		muscle	kin	suji	12
959		scheme	saku		12
960		simplicity	kan		18
961		sugar	tō		16
962		lineage	kei		7
963		crimson	kō	beni, kurenai	9
964		settlement	nō	osa-meru	10
965		genuine	jun		10
966		silk	ken	kinu	13
967		vertical	jū	tate	16
968		shrink	shuku	chidi-mu	17
969		government office	sho		13
970		forthcoming	yoku		11
971		holy	sei		13
972		lung	hai		9
973		stomach	i		9
974		back	hai	se	9
975		chest, breast	kyō	mune	10
976		brain	nō		11
977		intestines	chō	harawata	13
978		abdomen	fuku	hara	13
979		entrails	zō		19
980		lookover	rin	nozo-mu	18
981		climax	shi	ita-ru	6
982		tongue	zetsu	shita	6
983		young	jaku	waka-i	8
984		renowned	cho	arawa-su, ichijiru-shii	11
985		foment	jō	mu-su	13
986		storehouse	zō	kura	15
987		silkworm	san	kaiko	10
988		masses	shū		12
989		judge	sai	saba-ku	12
990		attire	sō, shō	yosoo-u	12
991		rear	ri	ura	13
992		supplement	ho	ogina-u	12
993		look at	shi	mi-ru	11
994		perusal	ran		17
995		chastise	tō	u-tsu	10
996		visit	hō	tazu-neru	11
997		translate, reason	yaku	wake	11
998		term	shi	kotoba	12
999		document	shi		14
1000		recognize	nin	mito-meru	14
1001		born	tan		15
1002		sincerity	sei	makoto	13
1003		mistake	go	ayama-ru	14
1004		argument, discussion	ron		15
1005		various	sho	moro	15
1006		admonish	kei	imashi-meru	19
1007		precious	ki	tatto-i	12
1008		fare	chin		13
1009		retreat	tai	shirizo-ku	9
1010		bequeath	i		15
1011		mail	yū		11
1012		home town	kyō	gō	11
1013		needle	shin	hari	10
1014		coin	sen	zeni	14
1015		steel	kō	hagane	16
1016		closed	hei	shi-meru	11
1017		tower	kaku		14
1018		descend	kō	o-riru	10
1019		majesty	hei		10
1020		exclude	jo, ji	nozo-ku	10
1021		hurt	shō	sawa-ru	14
1022		difficult	nan	muzuka-shii	18
1023		leather	kaku	kawa	9
1024		top, receive	chō	itada-ku	11
1025		deposit	yo	azu-keru	13
1026		bone	kotsu	hone	10

List by radicals

Radical number	Radical	Count of kanji	List of kanji
1		11
2		1
3		2
4		2
5		3
6		3
7		3
8		3
9		52
10		7
11		3
12		7
13		3
14		1
15		2
16		0
17		1
18		19
19		14
20		1
21		2
22		0
23		2
24		9
25		0
26		4
27		3
28		2
29		5
30		32
31		10
32		19
33		3
34		1
35		2
36		5
37		9
38		10
39		7
40		24
41		7
42		4
43		1
44		9
45		0
46		7
47		3
48		3
49		1
50		10
51		5
52		1
53		11
54		2
55		1
56		1
57		6
58		0
59		1
60		11
61		23
62		3
63		2
64		26
65		1
66		12
67		1
68		1
69		2
70		4
71		0
72		21
73		3
74		7
75		48
76		4
77		5
78		2
79		2
80		3
81		1
82		1
83		2
84		1
85		49
86		15
87		0
88		1
89		0
90		1
91		2
92		0
93		4
94		4
95		1
96		6
97		0
98		0
99		0
100		2
101		1
102		11
103		1
104		2
105		2
106		4
107		1
108		4
109		9
110		0
111		3
112		6
113		10
114		0
115		11
116		4
117		4
118		15
119		4
120		32
121		0
122		3
123		4
124		3
125		3
126		0
127		1
128		4
129		0
130		13
131		2
132		1
133		1
134		1
135		3
136		0
137		2
138		1
139		1
140		17
141		0
142		2
143		2
144		4
145		8
146		2
147		7
148		2
149		34
150		1
151		2
152		1
153		0
154		18
155		1
156		2
157		2
158		1
159		6
160		0
161		1
162		24
163		5
164		3
165		0
166		4
167		10
168		1
169		6
170		15
171		0
172		3
173		4
174		2
175		1
176		1
177		1
178		0
179		0
180		1
181		10
182		1
183		1
184		6
185		1
186		1
187		3
188		1
189		1
190		0
191		0
192		0
193		0
194		0
195		1
196		2
197		0
198		1
199		1
200		0
201		1
202		0
203		1
204		0
205		0
206		0
207		0
208		0
209		1
210		0
211		1
212		0
213		0
214		0

List by number of strokes

Number of strokes	Count of kanji	List of kanji
1	1
2	10
3	24
4	48
5	73
6	78
7	88
8	114
9	109
10	93
11	101
12	93
13	61
14	50
15	34
16	24
17	6
18	10
19	6
20	3

Special characters

are characters originally created in Japan; two of them are kanji: (Grade 4) and (Grade 3). There are also 8 within the secondary-school kanji and 16 within the kanji. The character and some others are also used in Chinese now, but most are unknown outside Japan.

are characters and combinations of characters that have different meanings in Japanese and Chinese

For example, the character combination means 'letter' in Japanese, but 'toilet paper' in Chinese. However, the isolated characters have the same meaning in both languages: (Grade 1) means 'hand', and (Grade 2) means 'paper'.

Simplified characters and their traditional forms

Differences in simplification between China and Japan

China and Japan simplified their writing systems independently from each other. After World War II, their relations were hostile, so they did not cooperate. Traditional Chinese characters are still officially used in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Korea (Hanja supplemented Hangul, but are now mainly historical), and by many overseas Chinese.

In Chinese, many more characters were simplified than in Japanese; some characters were simplified in only one language; other characters were simplified in the same way in both languages, and other characters were simplified in both languages but in different ways. This means that those who want to learn the writing systems of both languages must sometimes learn at least three different variations of one character: traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, and modern Japanese (for example ). Some others have more variations, such as (), some of which are considered the older forms of Chinese characters and variations of different Chinese regions, and the older forms of Japanese characters ().

	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Modern Japanese
Group 1: No simplification in either language
Group 2: Simplified in Chinese only
Group 3: Simplified in Japanese only
Group 4: Same simplification in both languages
Group 5: Different simplification in each language

Traditional characters that may cause problems displaying

Note that within the kanji, there are 26 characters; the old forms of which may cause problems displaying:

• Grade 2 (2 kanji):
• Grade 3 (8 kanji):
• Grade 4 (6 kanji):
• Grade 5 (1 kanji):
• Grade 6 (9 kanji):
• Within the kanji, the same is true for 36 secondary-school kanji, so, in total, 62 of the 2,136 kanji have traditional forms that may cause problems displaying.

These characters are Unicode CJK Unified Ideographs for which the old form () and the new form () have been unified under the Unicode standard. Although the old and new forms are distinguished under the JIS X 0213 standard, the old forms map to Unicode CJK Compatibility Ideographs which are considered by Unicode to be canonically equivalent to the new forms and may not be distinguished by user agents. Therefore, depending on the user environment, it may not be possible to see the distinction between old and new forms of the characters. In particular, all Unicode normalization methods merge the old characters with the new ones.

List of simplified kanji

For example, is the simplified form of . Note that is used to simplify three different traditional characters (, , and ).

The kanji and their Chinese equivalents

The characters are sorted by the radicals of the Japanese kanji. The two and , which have no Chinese equivalents, are not listed here. See also the section Template:Section link above.

Same form in Chinese and Japanese

The following kanji are characters of Group 1 (not simplified in either language, e.g. ). For characters of Group 2 (same simplification in China and Japan, but a traditional form exists, e.g. ), see Template:Section link above.

Different forms in Chinese and Japanese

The order is "Modern Japanese -Traditional Chinese - Simplified Chinese", e.g. . Some characters were simplified the same way in both languages, the others were simplified in one language only.

See also

• Template:Format link
• List of kanji
• List of kanji by stroke count

External links

• Kanji-Trainer.org A free flashcard-style kanji learning tool including selection by kanji, explaining the components of each character and providing mnemonic phrases. (account required)
• Template:In lang p.42-45 Official list of kanji by grade