JLPT N3 Kanji: 資 (shi) – Assets, Resources, Capital 資 Readings: シ (Onyomi), (Kunyomi) Meaning: assets, resources, capital, funds, data, quality, responsibility 形声文字 (Keisei-moji): The left component (次) suggests the sound, while the right component (貝) signifies the meaning related to money or wealth. Originally depicting goods or materials. View JLPT N3 Kanji List How […]
JLPT N3 Kanji: Master 交 (KOU, majiwaru) – Mix, Cross, Exchange 交 Readings: コウ (Onyomi), まじ.わる, まじ.える, ま.じる, ま.ざる, ま.ぜる, か.う, か.わす (Kunyomi) Meaning: mix, mingle, association, coming & going A pictogram of two legs crossing, representing “crossing” or “interchanging”. View JLPT N3 Kanji List How to Write – Stroke Order The kanji 交 has
JLPT N3 Kanji: 解 (Kai, Toke, Hodo) – Untie, Solve, Understand 解 Readings: カイ, ゲ (Onyomi), と.く, と.かす, と.ける, ほど.く, ほど.ける, わか.る (Kunyomi) Meaning: solve, untie, explain, understand, cancel The kanji 解 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). It combines 刀 (knife) and the phonetic component 角 (horn, indicating something hard or tangled). The knife radical
JLPT N3 Kanji: 得 – Get, Obtain, Gain 得 Readings: トク (Onyomi), え.る, う.る (Kunyomi) Meaning: To get, obtain, acquire, gain, profit, advantageous The kanji 得 is a phono-semantic compound. It combines 彳 (gyouninben), a radical related to “walking” or “doing,” and 貝 (kai), which represents a “shell” or “money” (as shells were historically used
JLPT N3 Kanji: 共 – Mastering “Together” and “Common” 共 Readings: キョウ (Onyomi), とも (Kunyomi) Meaning: together, both, all, with The kanji 共 is composed of 廿 (two hands, variant of 廾) and 口 (mouth). It originally depicted two people joining hands to eat, symbolizing “togetherness” or “sharing”. The mouth element later evolved. View JLPT
JLPT N3 Kanji: 原 (gen, hara) – The Origin of Fields and Principles 原 Readings: ゲン (Onyomi), はら (Kunyomi) Meaning: field, plain, original, prime, fundamental The kanji 原 depicts a cliff (厂) with a spring or fountain at its base, signifying a source, origin, or a vast, flat area like a plain where water might
JLPT N3 Kanji: 活 – Life, Live, Activity 活 Readings: カツ (Onyomi), い.きる, い.かす, い.ける (Kunyomi) Meaning: lively, active, vivid, life, living Derived from the water radical (氵) and 舌 (tongue/lively sound, phonetic component). It symbolizes the vigorous movement of water, extended to mean vitality and life. View JLPT N3 Kanji List How to Write
JLPT N3 Kanji: 済 (SAI, su.mu) – Finish, Settle, Be Over 済 Readings: サイ (Onyomi), す.む, -ず.み, す.ます (Kunyomi) Meaning: finish, settle, relief, be over The kanji 済 combines 水 (water) and 斉 (to regulate, arrange). Historically, it signified crossing a body of water or achieving completion, evolving to mean “finish,” “settle,” or “be over.”
JLPT N3 Kanji: 報 (hou) – Report, News, Reward 報 Readings: ホウ (Onyomi), むく.いる (Kunyomi) Meaning: report, news, reward, retribution, requite The kanji 報 combines 幸 (happiness, luck) and 阜 (mound, abundant). It conveys the idea of giving back or responding, often in the sense of recompense or reporting information. View JLPT N3 Kanji List
JLPT N3 Kanji: 点 (ten) – Mastering “Point,” “Spot,” and “Score” 点 Readings: テン (Onyomi), (Kunyomi) Meaning: point, spot, mark, dot, score, decimal point The kanji 点 (てん) originally depicted a small drop of liquid or a mark. The top part (亠) represents a lid or cover, and the bottom part (灬), a variant of
JLPT N3 Kanji: 産 (San) – Produce, Give Birth, Products 産 Readings: サン (Onyomi), う.む, う.まれる, うぶ- (Kunyomi) Meaning: produce, give birth, products, native The kanji 産 combines 生 (life, birth) and 厂 (cliff, factory). It depicts something being produced or born from a location, often associated with natural processes or a place of origin.
JLPT N3 Kanji: 支 (Shi / Sasaeru) – Support, Branch, Sustain, Pay 支 Readings: シ (Onyomi), ささ.える (Kunyomi) Meaning: Support, branch, sustain, pay A pictograph of a hand holding a branch, implying support or a literal branch. View JLPT N3 Kanji List How to Write – Stroke Order The kanji 支 has 4 strokes. It
JLPT N3 Kanji: 権 (ken) – Understanding Authority, Power, and Rights 権 Readings: ケン (Onyomi), (Kunyomi) Meaning: authority, power, rights The kanji 権 originally depicted a balance or scales, symbolizing the act of weighing or measuring. From this, its meaning extended to encompass authority or power, reflecting the ability to decide or control. View JLPT
JLPT N3 Kanji: 指 (yubi/sasu) – Fingers and Pointing! 指 Readings: シ (Onyomi), ゆび, さ.す (Kunyomi) Meaning: finger, point, indicate The kanji 指 combines the radical 扌 (hand) with 旨 (meaning “purpose” or “delicious,” used here phonetically and semantically to suggest pointing towards something with a purpose). View JLPT N3 Kanji List How to Write
JLPT N3 Kanji: 初 – Master the Kanji for “First” and “Beginning” 初 Readings: ショ (Onyomi), はつ, はじ, そめ, うい (Kunyomi) Meaning: first, beginning, initial The kanji 初 is composed of the radical 刀 (katana: knife) and 衣 (koromo: garment). Historically, it depicts a knife cutting fabric to make a garment for the first time,
JLPT N3 Kanji: 記 (Ki) – To Write, Record, Describe 記 Readings: キ (Onyomi), しる.す (Kunyomi) Meaning: to write, record, describe, remember 形声文字。言葉を表す「言（ごんべん）」と音を表す「己（キ）」から成り、「書き記す」を意味する。 View JLPT N3 Kanji List How to Write – Stroke Order The kanji 記 begins with the radical 讠 (speech radical), followed by the component 己 on the right. Write the two
JLPT N3 Kanji: 数 (SŪ / KAZU) – Number, Count 数 Readings: スウ (Onyomi), かず, かぞ.える (Kunyomi) Meaning: number, several, count The character is a phono-semantic compound. The left part 米 (rice) suggests a connection to counting grains, and the right part 𠬛 (a hand holding something) implies manipulation or arrangement. Together, it conveys the
JLPT N3 Kanji: 進 (Shin/Susu) – Advance Your Japanese! 進 Readings: シン (Onyomi), すす.む, すす.める (Kunyomi) Meaning: advance, proceed, progress, promote Semantic-phonetic compound: 辶 (movement) + 隹 (short-tailed bird, phonetic; suggesting moving forward like a bird taking small steps). View JLPT N3 Kanji List How to Write – Stroke Order The stroke order for 進
JLPT N3 Kanji: 続 (Zoku, Tsuzuku, Tsuzukeru) – Keep Going! 続 Readings: ゾク (Onyomi), つづ.く, つづ.ける (Kunyomi) Meaning: continue, follow, succession, series The kanji 続 is a phono-semantic compound. It combines 糸 (いと, ito, meaning “thread,” which serves as the radical indicating connection or continuity) and 売 (ばい, bai, meaning “sell,” which functions as the
JLPT N3 Kanji: Mastering 受 (Uke, Ju) – Receive & Accept 受 Readings: ジュ (Onyomi), う.ける, う.かる, う.け (Kunyomi) Meaning: Receive, accept, undergo, suffer, catch, take The kanji 受 (うける) is a pictograph depicting two hands (又 and 爪, a variant of 手) passing an object (爻). This visual representation clearly conveys the meaning of
