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JLPT N5 Kanji: 気 (ki, ke) – spirit, air, feeling
JLPT N5 Kanji: 気 (ki, ke) – spirit, air, feeling 気 Readings: キ (Onyomi), け (as suffix) Meaning: spirit, mind, feeling, air, atmosphere 気 is one of the most frequently…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 口 (kuchi, kou) – mouth
JLPT N5 Kanji: 口 (kuchi, kou) – mouth 口 Readings: コウ (Onyomi), くち (Kunyomi) Meaning: mouth, opening The kanji 口 means “mouth” and is also used to represent openings or…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 右 (migi, yuu) – right (direction)
JLPT N5 Kanji: 右 (migi, yuu) – right (direction) 右 Readings: ユウ (Onyomi), みぎ (Kunyomi) Meaning: right (direction) The kanji 右 means “right” as in direction. It’s commonly used in…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 友 (yuu, tomo) – friend
JLPT N5 Kanji: 友 (yuu, tomo) – friend 友 Readings: ユウ (Onyomi), とも (Kunyomi) Meaning: friend, companion 友 is a simple and warm kanji that means “friend.” You will see…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 休 (kyuu, yasumu) – to rest
JLPT N5 Kanji: 休 (kyuu, yasumu) – to rest 休 Readings: キュウ (Onyomi), やすむ (Kunyomi) Meaning: to rest, holiday, to be absent 休 is a beginner-friendly kanji that combines the…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 会 (kai, au) – to meet
JLPT N5 Kanji: 会 (kai, au) – to meet 会 Readings: カイ (Onyomi), あう (Kunyomi) Meaning: to meet, meeting, association 会 is a very common kanji used for meetings, gatherings,…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 学 (gaku, manabu) – study, learning
JLPT N5 Kanji: 学 (gaku, manabu) – study, learning 学 Readings: ガク (Onyomi), まなぶ (Kunyomi) Meaning: to study, learning, science 学 is one of the most common kanji used in…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 火 (hi, ka) – fire
JLPT N5 Kanji: 火 (hi, ka) – fire 火 Readings: カ (Onyomi), ひ・び (Kunyomi) Meaning: fire, flame, Tuesday 火 is a fundamental kanji representing fire and heat. It's used in…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 花 (hana) – flower
JLPT N5 Kanji: 花 (hana) – flower 花 Readings: カ (Onyomi), はな (Kunyomi) Meaning: flower, blossom 花 is one of the most basic and beautiful kanji, meaning “flower.” It appears…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 校 (kou) – school
JLPT N5 Kanji: 校 (kou) – school 校 Readings: コウ (Onyomi) Meaning: school, exam, proof 校 is a key kanji that means “school.” It is used in many common words…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 後 (go, ato) – after, behind
JLPT N5 Kanji: 後 (go, ato) – after, behind 後 Readings: ゴ・コウ (Onyomi), あと・うしろ・のち (Kunyomi) Meaning: after, behind, later, back 後 is an essential kanji used in time expressions and…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 行 (kou, gyou, iku) – to go, line
JLPT N5 Kanji: 行 (kou, gyou, iku) – to go, line 行 Readings: コウ・ギョウ (Onyomi), いく・ゆく・おこなう (Kunyomi) Meaning: to go, to carry out, line 行 is one of the most…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 下 (ka, shita) – below, down
JLPT N5 Kanji: 下 (ka, shita) – below, down 下 Readings: カ・ゲ (Onyomi), した・しも・さがる・くだる・おりる (Kunyomi) Meaning: below, down, under, lower 下 is a very common kanji used to describe position,…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 何 (nani, nan) – what
JLPT N5 Kanji: 何 (nani, nan) – what 何 Readings: カ (Onyomi), なに・なん (Kunyomi) Meaning: what 何 is one of the most frequently used question words in Japanese. It’s used…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 間 (kan, aida) – between, interval
JLPT N5 Kanji: 間 (kan, aida) – between, interval 間 Readings: カン・ケン (Onyomi), あいだ・ま (Kunyomi) Meaning: between, interval, space, gap 間 is an essential kanji used to describe time or…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 東 (tou, higashi) – east
JLPT N5 Kanji: 東 (tou, higashi) – east 東 Readings: トウ (Onyomi), ひがし (Kunyomi) Meaning: east 東 is the kanji for "east" and is used in many words, such as…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 読 (doku, yomu) – to read
JLPT N5 Kanji: 読 (doku, yomu) – to read 読 Readings: ドク (Onyomi), よ・よむ (Kunyomi) Meaning: to read 読 is a must-know kanji for anyone learning Japanese. It appears in…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 電 (den) – electricity
JLPT N5 Kanji: 電 (den) – electricity 電 Readings: デン (Onyomi) Meaning: electricity 電 is a fundamental kanji in modern Japanese life. It appears in many everyday words related to…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 店 (ten, mise) – shop, store
JLPT N5 Kanji: 店 (ten, mise) – shop, store 店 Readings: テン (Onyomi), みせ (Kunyomi) Meaning: shop, store 店 is a very common kanji used to refer to shops, stores,…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 道 (dou, michi) – road, way
JLPT N5 Kanji: 道 (dou, michi) – road, way 道 Readings: ドウ (Onyomi), みち (Kunyomi) Meaning: road, street, way 道 appears in many common words such as 道 (road), 歩道…