Kanji漢字

Kanji, one at a time, stroke by stroke

The kanji you need first, in the order the JLPT asks for them. Each one has its stroke order animated, a board that checks every stroke you draw, and its readings and meanings. Start with N5: 103 characters for numbers, days, people, places and the verbs of daily life.

JLPT N5103 kanji

The N5 list, grouped by stroke count

JLPT N4181 kanji

The N4 list, grouped by stroke count

同same 事matter 自oneself 民people 発departure 者someone 地ground 合fit 市market 業business 方direction 回-times 場location 員employee 開open 力power 問question 代substitute 明bright 動move 京capital 通traffic 理logic 体body 田rice field 主lord 題topic 首neck 意idea 不negative 作make 用utilize 度degrees 強strong 持hold 野plains 都metropolis 以by means of 思think 家house 世generation 区ward 県prefecture 進advance 正correct 院Inst.心heart 界world 産products 教teach 文sentence 元beginning 重heavy 近near 考consider 画brush-stroke 海sea 売sell 知know 集gather 別separate 物thing 引pull 使use 所place 品goods 計plot 死death 特special 私private 始commence 朝morning 村village 運carry 終end 台pedestal 広wide 住dwell 真true 有possess 町town 料fee 工craft 建build 急hurry 止stop 送escort 切cut 説opinion 転revolve 研polish 究research 楽music 起rouse 着don 乗ride 病ill 声voice 質substance 待wait 試test 族tribe 銀silver 早early 映reflect 親parent 験verification 働work 好fond 英England 頭head 低lower 医doctor 仕attend 去gone 味flavor 門gate 写copy 字character 答solution 夜night 音sound 注pour 帰homecoming 歌song 光ray 悪bad 図map 室room 太plump 歩walk 風wind 紙paper 黒black 春springtime 赤red 青blue 森forest 館building 屋roof 色color 走run 秋autumn 林grove 夏summer 顔face 短short 薬medicine 習learn 便convenience 洋ocean 旅trip 軽lightly 池pond 服clothing 遠distant 夕evening 借borrow 曜weekday 弱weak 肉meat 貸lend 堂public chamber 暗darkness 鳥bird 飯meal 勉exertion 冬winter 昼daytime 茶tea 弟younger brother 洗wash 牛cow 兄elder brother 犬dog 菜vegetable 暑sultry 妹younger sister 寒cold 姉elder sister 漢Sino-

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