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List of 1000 Kanji
S.No Kanji Readings Meanings Examples
1 ICHI, ITSU one, the first ichi - one, the number one , ichi
ban - #1, the best
hito(tsu) sei kai ichi - the best in the world ( ) hitori - one
person, alone
2 NI two, second ni - two dai ni - the second
futa(tsu) ni gatsu - February [the 2nd month] ( )
3 SAN three, third san - three san kaku - trianglemit(tsu) san
gatsu - March [the 3rd month]
( )
4 SHI , YON four, fourth yon or shi - four , yon kyuu - 4th
grade
yo-, yot(tsu) shi gatsu - April [the 4th month] ( )
5 GO five, the fifth go - five go ka getsu - 5 months
itsu(tsu) ( )
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6 ROKU six, the sixth roku - six mui ka - the 6th of the month
mut(tsu) raku gatsu - June [the 6th month]
( )
7 SHICHI, NANA seven, shichi or nana - seven , the seventh nana
fushigi - the seven wondersnana, nana(tsu) shichi gatsu - July [the
7th month] ( )
8 HACHI eight, the eighth hachi -eight hachi nen kan - 8
yearsyat(tsu) hachi gatsu - August [the 8th month]
( )
9 KU, KYUU nine, the ninth kyuu or ku - nine , ku ka getsu - 9
monthskokono(tsu) ku gatsu - September [the 9th month]
( )
10 JUU ten juu - ten juu kyuu - 19 [lit. 10 & 9]
too kyuu juu - 90 [lit. 9 & 10] juu ni gatsu - December [the
12th month
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11 HYAKU a hundred, ni hyaku - 200 one hundred san byaku -
300
momo
12 SEN a thousand issen en - 1000 yen san sen ni hyaku -
2,200
chi ni sen nen - the year 2000, 2 millennium
13 MAN , BAN ten thousand hyaku man - a million (1,000,000) [100
&10,000] , ichi man en - 10,000 yen (about $100 US)
yorozu ban zai - hurrah! banzai! hooray!
14 FU , HO , TOU father, dad o tou san - a father , , chichi no
hi - Father's Day
chichi chichi oya - father
15 BO, MU , KAA mother, mom okaa san - a mother, mommy , , haha
no hi - Mother's Day
haha ho bo - a kindergarten teacher, a nurse
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16 YUU a friend tomo dachi - friends, a friend yuu jou -
friendship
tomo yuu kou koku - a friendly nation
17 ZYO, NYO a woman, kano jo - 1) her, 2) girlfriend , women,
female onna no ko - a girl
onna jo yuu - an actress
18 DAN, NAN a man, men, male dan jo - men & women , otoko
rashi - manly, like a man
otoko yuki otoko - the abominable snowman
19 JIN, NIN person, ni hon jin - a Japanese person , people, man
otona - adult, a grown-up [irregular]
hito bi jin - a beautiful woman
20 SHI, SU a child, a kid, ko domo - children, child , children,
the young otoko no ko - a boy [man's child = boy]
ko ko neko - kitten [child cat] okashi - candy, sweets
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21 NICHI, JITSU the sun, day aru hi - one day , mai nichi -
everyday
hi , ka kyou - today [irregular] , nichi you bi - Sunday
22 GETSU , GATSU month, the moon ichi gatsu - January [lit. 1st
month] , kon getsu - this month
tsuki tsuki - the moon getsu you bi - Monday
23 KA fire, light hana bi - fireworks hi bana - sparks
hi ka zan - volcano [lit. fire mountain] ka you bi - Tuesday
24 SUI water oo mizu - flood [lit. big water] mizu gi -
swimsuit, bathing suit
mizu sui you bi - Wednesday
25 MOKU, BOKU tree, wood ki nobori - tree climbing , matsu no ki
- pine tree
ki , ko moku you bi - Thursday ,
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26 KIN , KON gold , money okane - money , [note: the o is added
for 'respect.' ]
kane, kana shou kin - prize money , kin you bi - Friday
27 DO, TO earth, ground, soil nen do - clay , to chi - ground,
area, soil
tsuchi do you bi - Saturday
28 HON book, ni hon - Japan counter for long, e hon - a picture
book (for children)moto slender objects hon - a book
29 KYUU rest, vacation natsu yasumi - summer vacation hiru
yasumi - lunch break
yasumu oyasuminasai - 'Good night!'
30 GO word, speech, ni hon go - Japanese a language mono gatari
- a story, tale, legend
katari , kata(ru) narration, koku go - national language , ( )
to tell, to speak (in Japan, Japanese)
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31 NEN year ichi nen - one year ne nen mae - two years ago
toshi kyo nen - last year
32 GO noon go go - afternoon (PM) go zen - morning (AM)uma go go
ni ji - 2 O'clock in the afternoon
33 ZEN before, in front of, na mae - name previous mae gaki -
preface [lit. before the writing]
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34 GO , KOU behind , after sai go - the last, the end,
conclusion , ushiro - behindnochi,ushiro ata gaki - postscript,
afterword
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35 JI time ji kan - time toki doki - sometimes toki e do ji dai
- the Edo period nan ji desu ka? - What time is it?
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36 KAN , KEN interval, space ji kan - time , room, time hiru ma
- daytime
aida , ma i ma - living room ,
37 MAI , BAI each , every mai nichi - everyday , mai asa - every
morning
gotoni mai shuu - every week ( )
38 SEN previous, ahead sen sei - teacher douzo, osaki ni -
Please go first.saki sen jitsu - the other day
39 KON, KIN now, the present kon getsu - this month , kon ban wa
- Good night [lit. as for this night]
ima kon do - next time
40 KA what, how many nan nin - how many people? nani ka -
something
nani , nan nani? - What? , nan ji desu ka? - What time is
it?
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41 JOU, KAMI top, above, on tsukue no ue - on (the) desk [lit.
desk's above] , jou zu - to be good at something [lit upper
hand]
ue, uwa toshi ue - older, old (in years) ,
42 KA, GE bottom, under, kutsu shita - socks [lit. shoes under]
, down chi ka - underground, basement
shita, shimo, moto toshi shita - junior, younger, young , ,
43 SA left hidari te - left hand hidari ashi - left leghidari
tsukue no hidari - to the left of the desk
44 U, YUU right migi me - right eye , migi pe-ji - right page
(of a book)
migi migi te - right hand
45 TOU, TSUU east chuu tou - the Middle East , higashi ajia -
East Asia
higashi tou kyou - Tokyo
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46 SEI , SAI west nishi guchi - west entrance , kan sai - Osaka
and surrounding area, Kansai
nishi nishi doitsu - West Germany tai sei you - the Atlantic
47 NAN south tou nan ajia - Southeast Asia nan kyoku - the South
Pole, Antarcticminami nan bei - South America
48 HOKU,BOKU north kita amerika - North America , pekin - Bei
jin (In China)
kita nan boku sen sou - the (US) Civil War hokkai dou -
Hokkaido
49 GAI, GE outside, foreign gai koku jin - foreigner , gai koku
go - foreign languagesato, hoka soto de asobou - Let's play
outside!
,
50 MEI name, fame, na mae - name famous yuu mei - famous
na hiragana - Hiragana watashi no namae wa ... desu.
- My name is
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51 KOU high, costly, tall sai kou - the highest, the best,
supreme kou kou sei - a high school student
taka, takai takai biru - a tall building , ( )
52 SHOU small, little shou gakkou - elementary school chiisai ie
- a small house
chiisai shou setsu - a novel, a story (fiction) ( )
53 CHUU middle, center, ichi nichi juu - all day long within,
inside ie no naka - inside the house
naka ben kyou chuu - while studying, in the midst of
studying
54 TAI, DAI big, large, great dai gaku - university, college ,
ookii kokoro - a big heart
ookii tai kai - big meet, convention, rally ( )
55 CHOU , JOU leader , long kou chou sensei - principal (of
school) , sha chou - a company president
nagai nagai michi - a long road
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56 HAN half han ka getsu - half a month han getsu - a half
moonnakaba han tou - peninsula [lit. half island]
( )
57 BUN,FUN, a part, share, han bun - half , to divide, separate
bu bun - a part
wakeru to understand ki bun - feeling, mood ( ) wakarimashita -
I understand
58 GAKU, KAKU learning, science, ka gaku - science , to learn
chuu gakkou - middle school, JHS
manabu suu gaku - math, arithmetic ( )
59 KOU school gakkou - school kou kou - senior high school
kou nai - within the school, on school grounds
60 SEI, SHOU birth, life, kaku sei - a student , to give birth,
isshou - all life, a lifetimeikiru , umareru to live jin sei - life
(human) ( ) , sen sei - teacher, master, doctor...
( )
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61 SAN mountain ka zan - a volcano [lit. fire mountain] fu ji
san - Mt. fuji
yama gomi no yama - a mountain of garbage yama - a mountain
62 SEN a river, stream kawa - a river ishi kawa ken - Ishikawa
prefecture (on Honshu)
kawa o gawa - a stream [lit. small river]
63 HAKU white shiroi - the color white shiro ari - termite [lit.
white ant]
shiroi haku chou - swan [lit. white bird] ( )
64 TEN heaven, the sky ten jou - ceiling ten ki - weather
ama , ame ten goku - heaven, paradise , ten sai - genius
65 U rain ame - rain ama mizu - rain water
ame, ama oo ame - heavy rain ,
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66 DEN , TEN electricity, den sha - (electric) train , electric
powered den chi - a battery
inazuma den wa - a telephone den ki - electricity, light (from
light bulb...)
67 KI , KE spirit, intention, kuu ki - air, atmosphere , mind,
power, gen ki - genki, healthy, full of spirit
iki energy nin ki - popular
68 SHA car, vehicle ji ten sha - bicycle den sha - trainkuruma
kyuu kyuu sha - ambulance
69 KOKU country, a nation kan koku - Korea gai koku - foreign
country
kuni chuu goku - China
70 EN a circle, yen sen en - 1000 yen en daka - a high yen
ratemarui en o kaku - draw a circle
( )
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71 WA a talk, a topic, ei kai wa - English conversation (class)
a story mukashi banashi - an old tale, legend
hanashi , hanasu shu wa - sign language [lit. hand talk]
( )
72 BUN , MON to hear, listen, ask shin bun - newspaper , kiite
kudasai - please listenkiku ,kikoeru asa hi shin bun - the Asahi
newspaper
( ) , ( )
73 JIKI , SHOKU eating, a meal, tabe mono - food [lit. eating
thing] , food tabetai - (I) want to eatku ( u ) , ta ( beru ) shoku
ji - a meal
( ) , ( )
74 DOKU to read yomi yasui - easy to read doku sho - reading
yo (mu ) yonde kudasai - please read ( )
75 RAI to come mi rai - the future [lit. not yet come] rai getsu
- next month
kuru , kitaru de ki ru - able to do something, ready for() , (
)
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76 SHO book, document to sho kan - library sei sho - the Bible
[lit. holy book]
ka ( ku ) ji sho - dictionary ( )
77 KEN to see, misete - show me! to show hana mi - flower
viewing,
miru , mieru watching cherry blossoms in April () , ( ) mieru -
be able to see, visible
78 KOU, GYOU to go ikimashou - Let's go! , gin kou - bank
iku , yuku ryo kou - a trip, travel ( ) , ( )
79 SHUTSU to go out, leave de guchi - exit shuppatsu - to go,
departuredasu , deru omoi dasu - to remember, to recollect
( ) , ( )
80 NYUU enter, to go in, naka iri - intermission (of a play) to
insert iri guchi - an entrance
hairu , iru , ireru te ni iru - to obtain, to get your hands on
... ( )
( ) , ( )
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81 KAI , E meeting, ei kai wa - English conversation , to meet
[only kai wa means any conversation]
au kai gi - meeting, conference ( ) kyou kai - church
82 SEI,SHOU blue ao zora - blue sky , (sometimes green) ao mori
ken - Aomori Prefecture
aoi ao iro - blue color ( )
83 SEKI, SHAKU red aka chan - a child, infant , seki dou - the
equator
akai aka ji - red ink, in the red, a deficit ( )
84 MEI, MYOU light, bright, akarui - bright, cheerful , to dawn
hatsu mei - invention
akarui ,akeru setsu mei - explanation ( ) ( )
85 SHUU, TOKI fall (the season), shuu bun no hi - autumn equinox
holiday , autumn aki kaze - autumn breeze
aki
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86 KUU , KOU sky, air, empty kara te - karate [lit. empty hand]
, kuu ki - air, atmosphere
sora , aku kuu kou - airport , sora - sky
87 KAI , KE to open doa o akeru - open a door , zen kai - full
throttle, fully open
hiraku , hirakeru ( )
( )
88 A, AKU bad, evil warui mono - a bad fellow, , someone
(something) bad
warui sai aku - the worst ( ) aku ma - devil, demon
89 CHOU morning asahi shinbun - Asahi newspaper ke sa - this
morning [irregular pronunciation]
asa mai asa - every morning asa go han - breakfast [lit. morning
rice]
90 JI letter (from mo ji - letter the alphabet...), aka juu ji -
Red Cross [ juu ji is cross]aza character, mark kan ji - kanji,
[lit. Chinese character]
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91 SOKU foot, feet, leg, ryou ashi - both legs (both feet) to be
enough migi ashi - right foot, legashi sufficient man zoku -
satisfaction
92 MI taste, experience aji mi - try the taste, have a taste i
mi - meaningaji shu mi - hobby
93 SHIN new, fresh atarashii kuruma - a new car shin bun -
newspaper
arata , atarashii shin nen - new year ( )
( )
94 SHUU to collect, gather hen shuu - editing (newspaper,
book...) atsumeru - to collect, to gather something
atsu ( meru ) shuu kai - assembly, group ( )
95 KEI , KYOU older brother o nii san - big brother , kyou dai -
brothers
ani
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96 SHI older sister o nee san - big sister nee san - girl, older
girlane shi mai - sisters
97 HO , BU to walk, to step ippo ippo - one step at a time, step
by step san po - a walk, stroll
ayu ( mu ) , aru ( ku ) dai ippo - the first step ( ) ( )
98 YUU , U to have, to exist, is arigatou - arigatou, thank you
, [set expression]
a ( ru ) kou yuu chi - public land ( ) yuu mei - famous
99 AN safe, peaceful , an shin - peace of mind cheap,
inexpensive yasui mono - something cheap
yasui an zen - safe, safety
100 to heal, to cure i sha - doctor i in - clinic
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