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JLPT N5 Kanji: 子 (shi, ko) – Child / Kid
JLPT N5 Kanji: 子 (shi, ko) – Child / Kid 子 Readings: シ (Onyomi), こ (Kunyomi) Meaning: child, kid, suffix for girls' names 子 is one of the most basic…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 長 (chou, nagai) – long / leader
JLPT N5 Kanji: 長 (chou, nagai) – long / leader 長 Readings: チョウ (Onyomi), ながい (Kunyomi) Meaning: long, chief, leader 長 is used to describe something long in length or…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 中 (chuu, naka) – inside / middle
JLPT N5 Kanji: 中 (chuu, naka) – inside / middle 中 Readings: チュウ・ジュウ (Onyomi), なか (Kunyomi) Meaning: inside, middle, center, during 中 is a versatile and frequently used kanji. It…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 小 (shou, chiisai) – small / little
JLPT N5 Kanji: 小 (shou, chiisai) – small / little 小 Readings: ショウ (Onyomi), ちいさい・こ・お (Kunyomi) Meaning: small, little 小 is a common and useful kanji in Japanese. It describes…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 食 (shoku, taberu) – to eat / food
JLPT N5 Kanji: 食 (shoku, taberu) – to eat / food 食 Readings: ショク・ジキ (Onyomi), たべる・くう (Kunyomi) Meaning: to eat, food, meal 食 is one of the most important kanji…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 書 (sho, kaku) – to write / book
JLPT N5 Kanji: 書 (sho, kaku) – to write / book 書 Readings: ショ (Onyomi), かく (Kunyomi) Meaning: to write, book, document The kanji 書 is used in many everyday…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 時 (ji, toki) – time / hour
JLPT N5 Kanji: 時 (ji, toki) – time / hour 時 Readings: ジ (Onyomi), とき (Kunyomi) Meaning: time, hour, moment 時 is one of the most essential kanji for telling…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 土 (do, tsuchi) – earth / soil / ground
JLPT N5 Kanji: 土 (do, tsuchi) – earth / soil / ground 土 Readings: ド・ト (Onyomi), つち (Kunyomi) Meaning: earth, soil, ground, Saturday The kanji 土 represents "earth" or "soil".…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 少 (shou, sukuna(i), sukoshi) – few / little
JLPT N5 Kanji: 少 (shou, sukuna(i), sukoshi) – few / little 少 Readings: ショウ (Onyomi), すくない・すこし (Kunyomi) Meaning: few, little, a small amount The kanji 少 is used to describe…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 七 (shichi, nana) – seven
JLPT N5 Kanji: 七 (shichi, nana) – seven 七 Readings: シチ (Onyomi), なな・なの (Kunyomi) Meaning: seven 七 is the kanji for the number "seven." It’s used in dates, counting, and…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 十 (juu, too) – ten
JLPT N5 Kanji: 十 (juu, too) – ten 十 Readings: ジュウ・ジッ (Onyomi), とお (Kunyomi) Meaning: ten 十 is the kanji for "ten." It’s extremely common and appears in numbers, dates,…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 西 (nishi, sei) – west
JLPT N5 Kanji: 西 (nishi, sei) – west 西 Readings: セイ・サイ (Onyomi), にし (Kunyomi) Meaning: west 西 means “west,” one of the basic cardinal direction kanji. It is used frequently…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 山 (yama, san) – mountain
JLPT N5 Kanji: 山 (yama, san) – mountain 山 Readings: サン (Onyomi), やま (Kunyomi) Meaning: mountain 山 is a simple and very common kanji that means "mountain." It’s found in…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 生 (sei, shou, ikiru) – life, birth
JLPT N5 Kanji: 生 (sei, shou, ikiru) – life, birth 生 Readings: セイ・ショウ (Onyomi), いきる・うまれる・なま (Kunyomi) Meaning: life, to live, to be born, raw The kanji 生 is a highly…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 父 (chichi, fu) – father
JLPT N5 Kanji: 父 (chichi, fu) – father 父 Readings: フ (Onyomi), ちち (Kunyomi) Meaning: father The kanji 父 means "father." It’s often used in words like 父 (one's own…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 分 (bun, fun, wakaru) – minute, part, understand
JLPT N5 Kanji: 分 (bun, fun, wakaru) – minute, part, understand 分 Readings: ブン・フン・ブ (Onyomi), わかる (Kunyomi) Meaning: minute, part, to understand The kanji 分 has multiple meanings. It's commonly…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 女 (onna, jo) – woman
JLPT N5 Kanji: 女 (onna, jo) – woman 女 Readings: ジョ・ニョ・ニョウ (Onyomi), おんな・め (Kunyomi) Meaning: woman, female The kanji 女 represents a woman or female. It appears in many words…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 年 (nen, toshi) – year
JLPT N5 Kanji: 年 (nen, toshi) – year 年 Readings: ネン (Onyomi), とし (Kunyomi) Meaning: year The kanji 年 means "year." It’s used in expressing age, years on the calendar,…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 二 (ni) – two
JLPT N5 Kanji: 二 (ni) – two 二 Readings: ニ (Onyomi), ふた (Kunyomi) Meaning: two The kanji 二 means "two." It is one of the basic numbers in Japanese and…
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JLPT N5 Kanji: 耳 (mimi, ji) – ear
JLPT N5 Kanji: 耳 (mimi, ji) – ear 耳 Readings: ジ (Onyomi), みみ (Kunyomi) Meaning: ear The kanji 耳 means "ear" and is used in basic body part vocabulary, listening-related…