Kanji Definitions (1-500) Flashcards
日
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
一
one, one radical (no.1)
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
三
three
七
seven
八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
九
nine
丸
round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
円
circle, yen, round
人
person
百
hundred
千
thousand
万
ten thousand, 10,000
口
mouth
田
rice field, rice paddy
目
eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
川
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
月
month, moon
明
bright, light
曜
weekday
火
fire
水
water
木
tree, wood
土
soil, earth, ground, Turkey
本
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
金
gold
東
east
大
large, big
小
little, small
中
in, inside, middle, mean, center
生
life, genuine, birth
山
mountain
出
exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
入
enter, insert
下
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
上
above, up
止
stop, halt
正
correct, justice, righteous, 10^40
用
utilize, business, service, use, employ
無
nothingness, none, ain’t, nothing, nil, not
話
tale, talk
活
lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
行
going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
心
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
耳
ear
又
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
取
take, fetch, take up
身
somebody, person, one’s station in life
休
rest, day off, retire, sleep
体
body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
信
faith, truth, fidelity, trust
付
adhere, attach, refer to, append
受
accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
以
by means of, because, in view of, compared with
立
stand up, rise, set up, erect
部
section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
倍
double, twice, times, fold
成
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
代
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
王
king, rule, magnate
玉
jewel, ball
宝
treasure, wealth, valuables
国
country
白
white
皇
emperor
全
whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
書
write
事
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
自
oneself
貝
shellfish
見
see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
力
power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
刀
sword, saber, knife
切
cut, cutoff, be sharp
刃
blade, sword, edge
分
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one’s lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
公
public, prince, official, governmental
別
separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
長
long, leader, superior, senior
男
male
女
woman, female
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
好
fond, pleasing, like something
安
relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
案
plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench
字
character, letter, word, section of village
学
study, learning, science
父
father
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
交
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
校
exam, school, printing, proof, correction
母
mother
毎
every
海
sea, ocean
者
someone, person
工
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
式
style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
弐
II, two, second
武
warrior, military, chivalry, arms
糸
thread
前
in front, before
後
behind, back, later
午
noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
牛
cow
年
year, counter for years
件
affair, case, matter, item
条
article, clause, item, stripe, streak
化
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
花
flower
北
north
比
compare, race, ratio, Philippines
背
stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel
車
car
気
spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
汽
vapor, steam
性
sex, gender, nature
畑
farm, field, garden, one’s specialty, (kokuji)
青
blue, green
麦
barley, wheat
素
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
毒
poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
先
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
洗
wash, inquire into, probe
元
beginning, former time, origin
光
ray, light
去
gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
法
method, law, rule, principle, model, system
走
run
当
hit, right, appropriate, himself
思
think
早
early, fast
草
grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
朝
morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
潮
tide, salt water, opportunity
形
shape, form, style
発
departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
廃
abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon
音
sound, noise
意
idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
作
make, production, prepare, build
昨
yesterday, previous
雨
rain
電
electricity
頁
page, leaf
首
neck, counter for songs and poems
道
road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
通
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
乳
milk, breasts
豆
beans, pea, midget
頭
head, counter for large animals
予
beforehand, previous, myself, I
矛
halberd, arms, festival float
預
deposit, custody, leave with, entrust to
句
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
旬
decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)
勺
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
的
bull’s eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
約
promise, approximately, shrink
勿
not, must not, do not, be not
物
thing, object, matter
方
direction, person, alternative
防
ward off, defend, protect, resist
面
mask, face, features, surface
画
brush-stroke, picture
両
both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
岡
mount, hill, knoll
満
full, fullness, enough, satisfy
顔
face, expression
産
products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
同
same, agree, equal
向
yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
尚
esteem, furthermore, still, yet
高
tall, high, expensive
圧
pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate
地
ground, earth
池
pond, cistern, pool, reservoir
他
other, another, the others
集
gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
進
advance, proceed, progress, promote
込
crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)
斤
axe, 1.32 lb, catty, counter for loaves of bread, axe radical (no. 69)
近
near, early, akin, tantamount
辺
environs, boundary, border, vicinity
最
utmost, most, extreme
皿
dish, a helping, plate
血
blood
温
warm
湿
damp, wet, moist
爪
claw, nail, talon
瓜
melon
巾
towel, hanging scroll, width, cloth radical (no. 50)
布
linen, cloth, spread, distribute
市
market, city, town
吊
suspend, hang, wear (sword)
泉
spring, fountain
原
meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
源
source, origin
線
line, track
綿
cotton
絹
silk