Remembering the Kanji 1_ A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters

潟 [15]

2196 cinnabar

丹 [4]

Scattered here and there throughout the foregoing 55 lessons several figures of the Sino-
Japanese zodiac were introduced. We conclude this lesson, and the book, with the
remaining figures. In all, there are twelve animals, several of which take their writing from
other characters quite unrelated in meaning. So far, then, we have learned the following:
rat (⼦), tiger (寅), dragon (⾠), horse (午), ram (未), monkey (申), bird (⾣), dog (戌), and
hog (亥). This leaves three for the learning, and one new associated kanji.

2197 sign of the cow

丑 [4]

納紐純紕

2198 humiliate

羞 Wool . . sign of the cow. [11]

2199 sign of the hare

卯 [5]

2200 sign of the snake

⺒ [3]

Valeant benefici,
Poenas dent malefici!



INDEX 1

Primitive Elements

This Index lists all the primitive elements of this book, except for those treated as kanji on
their own. Note that not all possible alternate forms are given here and that not all
primitive forms with the same meaning appear side by side.

The primitives are arranged according to the number of strokes. Tap on any primitive to
view it in context.

1画

促 俄罧罠羌

2画

偕 亀乳僕僘料 僞 剛

羯 同 寳抒柝栂沫津

胚 渟琿瓱 羣 纖 皃 羲

盖盞 睿 瞎瞞 砿 硲

繆福 舸 窶 船

3画

初翻 羔 羞 羚 屆忙 羨

義 拊日朗榾殖瀞狹

猯般 珮 琪絞畿瘴 癡
癰  睆.. 縢 瞬 碗 祢 羈
.. 睆 羸 羝

4画

翳老 翼 托栔棧槝濬
耗泚耨澹 耀 球 瑯瓠
甑 界鰌羡 椛 耽 耡 癲
緲羹直羽 瞶 硬碑 繁
組繍 秘 秬籃

5画

耆 栖梛樢正段 耳 汊
沌沖 者 熬 璢 田疲耻
癪皙盍 耋翔 砃 砡翁
羃 罫禍禮翆翊鶩空
翌 椏 簧聖

6画

棕梳棄樓橡 櫨 耘 燕
瓦 瘁 瘤皀皜眄 眛 砂

舶 碣磊譌耐罷椄 粞

糢翠

7画
潛 烽 煜燿 瓢畚翅窯

習耒 罇糸

8画

傷耕洄淬湿父申 癸
羇繝稔

9画

匤 翡 温鷂熹縞翕 翰

籾翦粤

10 画

翩悛翫 碮 確礫穫

11 画

涜澁 犱 畝

12 画

洸 滉 瘟禺

13 画

總罵



INDEX 2

Kanji in Stroke Order

Here you will find all the kanji treated in this book, grouped by the number of strokes. The
ordering within each stroke-number group follows the standard dictionary practice of
arranging the kanji according to “radicals.”

Tap on any character to go to its frame.

1画

⼀⼄

2画

丁七乃九了⼆⼈⼋⼊⼑
⼒⼔⼗⼜

3画

万丈三上下与丸久之乞
⼦亡凡刃勺千及⼝⼟⼠
⼣⼤⼥⼨⼩⼭川⼯⼰⼱
⺒⼲⼸才

4画

不丑中丹乏予互五井仁
今介仏允元公六内円冗
凶分切刈勿匁匂勾化匹
区升午厄友双反収天太
夫孔少尺屯幻廿引弔⼼

⼾⼿⽀⽂⽃⽄⽅⽇⽈⽉
⽊⽋⽌⽐⽑⽒⽔⽕⽖⽗
⽚⽛⽜⽝王

5画

且世丘丙主丼以仕他付
仙代令兄冊写冬処凸出
凹刊功加包北半占卯去
古句只叫召可叱台号史
右司囚四圧外央失奴尼
尻左巧巨市布平幼庁広
弁弘必打払斥旦旧未末
本札正⺟⺠氷永汁氾⽠
犯⽞⽟⽡⽢⽣⽤⽥由甲
申⽩⽪⽫⽬⽭⽮⽯⺬礼
⽳⽴辺辻込

6画

両争亘交亥仮仰仲伎件
任企伊伏伐休会伝充兆
先光全共再刑列劣匠印
危各合吉同名后吏吐向
吸回因団在圭地壮多好
如妃妄字存宅宇守安寺

尽州当帆年式弐忙成扱
旨早旬旭曲肌有朱朴机
朽次死毎気汐汗汚江汎
池灯灰百⽵⽶⽷⽸⽺⽻
⽼考⽿⾁⾃⾄⾆⾅⾈⾊
芋芯芝⾍⾎⾏⾐⻄巡迅

7画

串乱亜伯伴伸伺似位低
住佐体但何余作克児兵
冷冶初判別利助努励労
医即却卵君吟否含吹吾
呂呈呉告困囲図坂均坊
坑声壱売妊妙妥妖妨孝
完対寿尾局尿岐希序床
廷弄弟形役忌忍志忘応
快我戒戻扶批技抄把抑
投抗折抜択改攻更肖肘
肝杉杏材村束条来求汽
決沈沖沙没汰沃沢災状
狂男町社秀私究系良花
芳芸⾂⾒⾓⾔⾕⾖⾙⾚
⾛⾜⾝⾞⾟⾠迎近返邦
⾣⾥⻨阪防

8画

並乳事享京佳併使例侍
供依価侮具典免函到制
刷券刺刹刻効劾卑卒卓
⾩協参叔取受周味呼呪
命和固国坪垂夜奇奈奉
奔妹妻姉始姓妬委季孤
学宗官宙定宛宜宝実尚
居屈届岡岩岬岳岸幸底
店府延弥弦弧彼往征径
忠念怖性怪房所承披抱
抵抹押抽担拍拐拒拓拘
拙招拝拠拡拉放⻫昆昇
昌明旺易昔朋服肢肥股
肩肪肯育杯東松板析林
枚果采枝枕枠枢欧武歩
殴毒沫河沸油治沼沿況
泊泌法泡波泣泥注泳炉
炊炎版牧物玩画的盲直
知祈祉突空糾者舎苑芽
苗若苦苛英茂茎⻁表迫
迭述邸邪那⾦⻑⾨阻阿
附⾬⻘⾮

9画

乗亭係侯俊侵便促俗保
侶信冒冠則削前勅勃勇
南卸厘厚叙咲咽哀品型
垣城変契奏姻姿威客室
宣専単屋封峠峡巻帥帝
幽度建彦待律後怒思怠
急怨恒恨悔括拷拾持拶
指拭挑挟政故施星映春
昧昨昭是昼肺胃胆背胎
胞栄枯査架柄柏柿某染
柔柱柳栃柵段泉洋洗洞
津洪活派浄浅海炭為点
牲狙狭狩独珍甚界畑畏
疫発皆皇盆看県盾省相
眉砂研砕祖祝神秋科秒
窃紀約紅級美耐臭茨茶
草荒荘虐虹要訂計訃貞
負赴軌軍迷追退送逃逆
郊郎限重⾯⾰⾳⾴⾵⾶
⾷⾸⾹

10 画

修俳俵俸倉個倍倒候借
倣値倫倹俺党兼准凍凄
剖剛剣剤剥冥勉匿原員
唆唄哺哲唇唐埋夏姫娘
娠娯孫宮宰害宴宵家容
射将酎展峰島差席帯帰
座庫庭弱徐徒従恋悦恐
恥恩恭息恵恣悟悩扇挙
振挿捕捜捉挨挫拳敏旅
既料時書胸望脅脇脂朕
胴能脈朗脊案桜核格桂
校根栽桟株栓桑桃桐梅
栗桁残殊殉殺泰消浸浜
浮浦浴流涙浪烏烈特珠
班畜畔畝留疾症疲病益
真眠破砲祥称租秘秩⻯
笑粋粉索紙純素納紋紡
紛翁耕耗致航般華荷荻
蚕蚊衰衷袖被師記訓託
討貢財軒起辱逝造速逐
通逓途透連郡酌酒配針
院陥降除陣陛釜隻飢⾺
⾻⾼⻤

11 画

乾偏停健側偵偶偽副剰
動勘務唯唱商問啓喝唾
域執培基埼堀堂堆婆婚
婦宿寂寄寅密尉巣崇崎
崩崖帳常康庶庸張強彩
彫得悠患悪悼情惜惨S
捨据掃授排掘掛採探接
措控推描掲捗捻救教敗
斎斜断旋族曹曽脱脚脳
豚梓梢梨械梗戚欲殼液
涯渇渓混済渋淑渚渉深
清淡添淫涼猪猫猛猟率
爽球現理瓶産異略盛盗
眼眺祭票章痕窓窒移第
笛符笠笹粗粘粒経紺細
終紹紳組累習翌粛船舶
舷菓菊菌菜著菱葛萎虚
蛍蛇術袋羞規視許訟設
訪訳貨貫責販貧貪赦軟
転斬逸進週逮郭郷都部
郵酔釈野釣閉陰険陳陶
陪陸隆陵雪頂頃⿂⿃⿅
⿇⻩⿊⻲

12 画

傍傘備偉僅割創勝募勤
博善喚喜喪喫営HI喉
圏堕堤堪報場塀塁塔塚
堅奥婿媒媛富寒尊尋就
属嵐帽幅幾廃廊弾衆御
復循悲惑惰慌愉扉掌提
揚換握揮援揺搭敢散敬
斑普暁景晴最晶替智晩
暑腕朝期脹棋棒棚棟森
検棺植極椅椎欺款殖温
渦減湖港滋湿測渡湯満
湾湧焼煮焦然無猶琴畳
番疎痛痘痢登着短硬硝
硫痩税程童筋策等筒答
筆K粧絵給結絞紫絶統
絡落葬葉蛮街裁装裂補
裕覚詠詐証詔詞診訴評
象賀貴貸貯買費貿貼越
超距軽軸運過遇遂達遅
道遊遍酢量鈍開閑間階
隅随隊陽集雇雅雄雲雰
項須順飲飯⻭

13 画

催傑債傷傾働僧傲勢勧
嗣嘆園塊塑塗塩墓填夢
奨嫁嫌嫉寛寝塞幌窟幹
廉彙微愁想意愚愛感慈
慎慨慄戦損搬携搾摂⿎
数新暇暖暗腸腹腰腺膝
腎腫楽棄業椿楠楼楷歳
殿毀滑漢源溝準滞漠滅
蒲溶滝溺煙煩照煎献猿
痴盟睡督睦碁碑禁禍禅
福稚節継絹続罪署置群
義羨聖艇幕蒸蓄蓋虞虜
蜂裏褐裸裾解触該詰誇
試詩詳誠誉話詮詣辞豊
資賊賃賄賂跡践跳路踪
較載農遠遣違遜遡酬酪
鉛鉱鉄鉢鈴電雷零隔P
靴頑頒預頓飼飾飽鳩

14 画

像僕僚鳴塾境増墨奪嫡
寡寧蜜層彰徳徴態慕慢

憎慣摘歌旗暮暦膜概模
構様歴穀演漁漬漆漸漕
滴漂漫漏熊獄瑠疑瘍磁
察種稲窪端罰箇管算箸
精維綱緒総綿網緑練綻
聞腐蔦蔑裳製複語誤誌
誓説読認誘豪貌踊辣遮
遭適酵酷酸銀銃銭銑銅
銘閣関閥隠際障雑雌需
静領餌餅駅駆駄髪魂⿐

15 画

儀億劇嘱器噴嘲墜墳嬌
審寮導履幣弊影徹潰慰
慶憂慮憤憬憧戯撃摩摯
撮撤撲敵敷暫暴横槽権
標歓潔潤潟潜潮澄熟勲
熱璃畿監盤確稼稿穂稽
窮窯罷罵箱範縁緩緊縄
線締編舞舗蔵蔽膚蝶衝
褒謁課諸請諾誕談調論
諦誰賛賜賭質賞賠賓賦
趣踏輝輩輪遺遵遷選鋭
鋳閲震霊養餓頬駒駐魅

黙

16 画

儒凝墾壁壌壇壊奮嬢憩
憲憶懐憾操擁整曇機橋
激濁濃膨樹燃獣獲磨穏
積築篤篭糖縦縛繁縫興
薫薪薦薄薬膳緻融衡衛
親賢諮謀諭謡諧輸醒還
避緯錦鋼錯錠錘錬録錮
隣隷頭頼館骸麺

17 画

償優厳嚇懇戴擦擬濯曖
臆燥爵犠環療瞳瞭矯礁
翼縮績繊聴覧謄謙講謝
謹謎購轄醜鍛鍵鍋闇霜
頻鮮齢

18 画

懲曜濫藍璧癒癖瞬礎穫
簡糧織繕翻繭職藤藩襟
覆臨観贈鎌鎖鎮闘離難
韓題額顎顔顕類騎騒験

鯉

19 画

瀬璽爆簿繰羅臓艶藻覇
識譜警蹴鏡霧韻願髄鯨
鶏麓麗

20 画

懸欄競籍議譲
護醸鐘響騰

21 画

艦躍露顧鶴魔

22 画

襲驚

23 画

鑑

29 画

鬱



INDEX 3

Key Words & Primitive Meanings

This final Index contains a cumulative list of all the key words and primitive meanings
used in this book. Tap on any term to see it in context. Remember that primitive meanings
introduced in connection with a kanji do not have their own frame.

AB C D E F G H I J K L M

NOP QR S TUVWY Z

壱 I (one) 弐 II (two)

abacus A

略 abbreviation 棄 abandon
援 abet 腹 abdomen
能 ability 遵 abide by
頃 about that time 廃 abolish
該 above-stated 上 above
弊 abuse 裕 abundant
戴 accept humbly 受 accept
従 accompany 偶 accidentally
累 accumulate 達 accomplished
慣 accustomed 訴 accusation
酸 acid 功 achievement
認 acknowledge
acorn 承 acquiesce
acupuncturist 加 add
付 adhere
宛 address 偉 admirable
⻫ adjusted

警 admonish 崇 adore
巧 adroit 進 advance
件 affair
aerosol can 附 affixed
阿 Africa
縁 affinity ⼜ again, or
患 afflicted 攻 aggression
再 again 農 agriculture
齢 age 狙 aim at
肯 agreement 皆 all
扶 aid 充 allot
疎 alienate
盟 alliance altar
施 alms
迭 alternate 蓄 amass
望 ambition 祖 ancestor
⾓ angle
angel 怒 angry

釣 angling animal legs
獣 animal animal tracks
牲 animal sacrifice
添 annexed 反 anti-
煩 anxiety
antique 顕 appear

謝 apologize apple
称 appellation
応 apply 逮 apprehend
畏 apprehensive 賛 approve
杏 apricot
弧 arc apron
論 argument
烈 ardent
arm
arm
armor

腕 甲
脇 armpit 軍 army
憤 aroused 拘 arrest
到 arrival 匂 aroma
傲 arrogance
術 art arrow
匠 artisan artificial
登 ascend
亜 Asia 伎 artist, performing
殴 assault 灰 ashes
資 assets 措 aside, set
組 association
迷 astray assembly line
雰 atmosphere
仕 attend 佐 assistant
態 attitude 確 assurance
謁 audience 渋 astringent
祥 auspicious 襲 attack
秋 autumn 装 attire
醒 awakening 嬌 attractive
殖 augment
awl 権 authority
陪 auxiliary
軸 axis 敬 awe
⽄ ax
児 babe, newborn
悪 bad B
俵 bag
裏 back
章 badge
荷 baggage

焼 bake ball
球 ball
⽵ bamboo 票 ballot
笠 bamboo hat 笹 bamboo grass
宴 banquet
廉 bargain banner
爵 baron
酌 bartending 蛮 barbarian
塁 bases ⻨ barley
篭 basket 屯 barracks
浦 bay
⾖ beans baseball (team)
撃 beat
美 beauty 盆 basin
床 bed 浴 bathe
先 before 岸 beach
乞 beg 熊 bear
惑 beguile 媛 beautiful woman
鐘 bell 招 beckon
属 belong 蜂 bee
予 beforehand
belt 元 beginning
益 benefit 後 behind
鈴 bell, small
遺 bequeath 下 below
与 bestow 曲 bend
⽃ Big Dipper 徳 benevolence
函 bin 宜 best regards
⾣ bird, sign of the 妖 bewitched
貼 bill, post a
birdhouse ⿃ bird

bird, white
bitter

⿊ black 辣
胆 bladder, gall 墨 black ink
責 blame 刃 blade
福 blessing 館 Bldg.
楷 block letters 盲 blind
版 block, printing
blocks, building 塞 block up
咲 blossom
⾎ blood ⻘ blue
吹 blow 紺 blue, navy
瑠 blue, marine 猪 boar
崖 bluffs 誇 boast
搭 board 体 body
⾈ boat 煮 boil
爆 bomb
body, part of
bone
騒 boisterous
債 bond 本 book
借 borrow
bonsai 両 both

盛 boom bottle, whiskey
胸 bosom
枝 bough
bottle, genie in the
boulevard
底 bottom bound up
岩 boulder
街 boulevard 豊 bountiful
境 boundary 鉢 bowl
⼸ bow
弦 bowstring box
箱 box
坊 boy 升 box, measuring
爽 bracing

脳 brain brains
⽀ branch
揮 brandish 岐 branch off
毀 break
breasts 息 breath
醸 brew
牧 breed 賄 bribe
茨 briar 橋 bridge
婿 bridegroom 育 bring up
明 bright 錦 brocade
拡 broaden 兄 brother, elder
褐 brown
broom 筆 brush, writing
泡 bubble
弟 brother, younger
bucket of eels
brush
芽 bud
画 brush-stroke 僧 Buddhist priest
湧 bubble up 建 build
弾 bullet
buckle 的 bull’s eye
束 bundle
仏 Buddha 駄 burdensome
寺 Buddhist temple 官 bureaucrat
燃 burn
building blocks
bushel basket
蒲 bullrush
苛 bullying 奔 bustle
拙 bungling 況 but of course
局 bureau 蝶 butterfly
賊 burglar
埋 bury

bushes

忙 busy

butcher

尻 buttocks 買 buy
以 by means of
傍 bystander by one’s side

cabbage C

禍 calamity 曹 cadet
暦 calendar 算 calculate
訪 call on
calf, golden
calling card
呼 call
椿 camellia 穏 calm
楠 camphor tree 陣 camp
可 can
can, aerosol ⽸ can, tin
candle
candlestick
砲 cannon
幌 canopy
canopy, glass 帽 cap
京 capital
埼 cape 覆 capsize
畿 capital suburbs 囚 captured
虜 captive 瘍 carbuncle
⾞ car 般 carrier
鯉 carp
運 carry cart
彫 carve
鋳 casting 幣 cash
猫 cat 城 castle
捕 catch 梓 catalpa
釜 cauldron
cauldron

因 cause

cave 窟 cavern

caverns 孔 cavity

杉 cedar ceiling
祝 celebrate celery

cell 劾 censure

央 center cereal
穀 cereals
摩 chafe 儀 ceremony
鎖 chain
挑 challenge chain
化 change
椅 chair
chapel 堂 chamber, public
唱 chant
焦 char 課 chapter
炭 charcoal 字 character
追 chase
診 checkup chariot
快 cheerful
棋 chess piece 討 chastise
栃 chestnut, horse 頬 cheek
鶏 chicken 桜 cherry tree
栗 chestnut
chihuahua 粋 chic
伯 chief
娠 child, with ⼦ child
P chink 顎 chin
択 choose 鳴 chirp
斬 chop off 析 chop
箸 chopsticks
紀 chronicle chop-seal
Christmas tree

菊 chrysanthemum

丹 cinnabar 円 circle
周 circumference
city walls
clam
藩 clan
拍 clap 摯 clasp
級 class ⽖ claw
浄 clean 汰 cleanse
拓 clear the land 晴 clear up
敏 cleverness
候 climate cliff
閥 clique
⾄ climax
clock
cloak
閉 closed
塊 clod
clothesline
clothes hanger
雲 cloud
曇 cloudy weather 服 clothing
督 coach
cloud of, rising
cocoon
協 co-
典 code 粗 coarse
銭 coin 繭 cocoon
陥 collapse 棺 coffin
僚 colleague 寒 cold
⾊ color 襟 collar
衝 collide
column 彩 coloring
欄 column
脊 column, spinal
来 come comb

come in 綻 come apart at the seams
庸 comfortable
帥 commander 戒 commandment

commence committee

始 委
庶 commoner 朋 companion

社 company ⽐ compare
賠 compensation
compass 了 complete
輩 comrade
編 compilation 隠 conceal
想 concept
computer 兼 concurrently

凹 concave condor
濃 concentrated
就 concerning 叙 confer
弔 condolences 抗 confront
菓 confectionary 錯 confused
賀 congratulations
conflagration 関 connection
考 consider
儒 Confucian 慰 consolation
凝 congeal 謀 conspire
推 conjecture 憲 constitution
諾 consent 喫 consume
託 consign 触 contact
伴 consort 争 contend
恒 constancy 械 contraption
諮 consult with 轄 control
遂 consummate 凸 convex
容 contain 炊 cook
続 continue 冷 cool
較 contrast
便 convenience
搬 conveyor

cooking fire

coop, turkey 銅 copper
索 cord
写 copy 隅 corner
奥 core
礎 cornerstone cornstalk

cornucopia 正 correct
粧 cosmetics
廊 corridor 綿 cotton
舎 cottage 国 country
貌 countenance 郡 county
邦 country, home 廷 courts
勇 courage 蔽 cover over
庭 courtyard ⽜ cow
貪 covet 臆 cowardice
丑 cow, sign of the ⼯ craft
狭 cramped
cowl 墜 crash
江 creek
塾 cram school
鶴 crane cricket, game of
造 create
紋 crest, family 犯 crime
批 criticism
Cricket, Talking 辻 crossing
烏 crow
紅 crimson
crown
crock, lidded
crotch 朴 crude
崩 crumble
込 crowded 璃 crystal
冠 crown
酷 cruel cup, measuring
泣 cry current
培 cultivate

cupfuls

杯 流
歴 curriculum 呪 curse
幕 curtain 切 cut

筒 cylinder D

dagger 細 dainty
損 damage
酪 dairy products 舞 dance
湿 damp 敢 daring
危 dangerous 暗 darkness
闇 dark, pitch ⽮ dart
繕 darning ⽇ day
娘 daughter 昼 daytime
暁 daybreak 旬 decameron
死 death 亡 deceased
朽 decay 決 decide
欺 deceit 飾 decorate
衰 decline 奉 dedicate
耗 decrease 深 deep
勲 deed, meritorious
⿅ deer deer, painting of
負 defeat
譲 defer 衛 defense
堕 degenerate 潰 defile
議 deliberation 度 degrees
旨 delicious 微 delicate
届 deliver 歓 delight
洪 deluge

妄 delusion 需 demand
壊 demolition 洞 den
逝 departed 科 department
預 deposit 窪 depression
嘲 derision 降 descend
昆 descendants 柄 design
机 desk 乏 destitution
滅 destroy 離 detach
詳 detailed 留 detain
定 determine
露 dew devil
径 diameter
痢 diarrhea 斜 diagonal
菱 diamond
diced
dice
難 difficult
堤 dike 違 difference
勤 diligence 掘 dig
膳 dining tray 脹 dilate
司 director 薄 dilute
汚 dirty ⽅ direction
捨 discard
修 discipline dirt
慌 disconcerted
謹 discreet 災 disaster
談 discuss 発 discharge
嫌 dislike 啓 disclose
呈 display 絶 discontinue
識 discriminating
disquieting ⽫ dish
遣 dispatch
処 dispose

dissolve

S 融
遠 distant 差 distinction
紛 distract 愁 distress
配 distribute 妨 disturb
堀 ditch 剖 divide
為 do
divining rod 誌 document

医 doctor dog, large
⽝ dog dog, St. Bernard
(戌) dog, sign of the dollar sign

dog tag 着 don
⼾ door
飼 domesticate 寮 dormitory
丼 donburi 致 doth
扉 door, front
剤 dose double back
倍 double dove
疑 doubt
博 Dr. 稿 draft
⻯ dragon
drag 劇 drama
怖 dreadful
⾠ dragon, sign of the 漂 drift
寄 draw near 滴 drip
夢 dream 垂 droop
飲 drink
駆 drive drop, to

drop of 没 drown
睡 drowsy
乾 drought ⿎ drum
溺 drowning ⼲ dry

drum

酔 drunk

ducks, migrating 鈍 dull

複 duplicate 役 duty
住 dwell 減 dwindle
染 dye
E
各 each
穂 ear of a plant ⽿ ear
稼 earnings 早 early
東 east
⾷ eat earthworm
響 echo
端 edge 易 easy
宇 eaves
eel 悦 ecstasy
詔 edict, imperial
旺 effulgent
我 ego eels, bucket of

elbow 卵 egg
⼋ eight
兄 elder brother 肘 elbow
選 elect 姉 elder sister
素 elementary 電 electricity
詮 elucidate 象 elephant
辱 embarrass 逸 elude
卓 eminent 抱 embrace
皇 emperor 感 emotion
員 employee 雇 employ
空 empty 后 empress
郭 enclosure 倣 emulate
遭 encounter

励 encourage 侵 encroach
終 end 忍 endure
敵 enemy 英 England
刻 engrave 悟 enlightenment
籍 enroll ⼊ enter
興 entertain 誘 entice
臓 entrails 嘱 entrust
絡 entwine 羨 envious
辺 environs 疫 epidemic
嫉 envy 匹 equal
騎 equestrian 衡 equilibrium
備 equip 架 erect
噴 erupt 逃 escape
様 Esq. 設 establishment
尚 esteem 等 etc.
永 eternity 倫 ethics
欧 Europe 避 evade
評 evaluate 平 even
⼣ evening 汐 eventide
毎 every 遍 everywhere
証 evidence 校 exam
検 examination 例 example
秀 excel 佳 excellent
替 exchange 除 exclude
免 excuse 勉 exertion
尽 exhaust 奨 exhort
在 exist 出 exit

伸 expand 費 expense
師 expert 説 explanation
績 exploits 披 expose
妙 exquisite 程 extent
消 extinguish 抄 extract
末 extremity ⽬ eye
眼 eyeball
eyeball
eyedropper
眉 eyebrow
F
築 fabricate
仰 faceup 顔 face
派 faction 謄 facsimile
幽 faint 敗 failure
落 fall 信 faith
紋 family crest 偽 falsehood
扇 fan ⽒ family name
畑 farm 賃 fare
括 fasten 魅 fascination
脂 fat
fat man 命 fate
測 fathom
⽗ father 恐 fear
恵 favor
⽻ feathers feathers, tail
料 fee
情 feelings 餌 feed
雌 female 伐 fell
塀 fence
fenceposts 酵 fermentation

肥 fertilizer 篤 fervent
少 few 維 fiber
⽥ field, rice 猛 fierce
闘 fight
fiesta 列 file
緻 fine
姿 figure
孝 filial piety fingerprint
指 finger
済 finish
fingers
fire, cooking
⽕ fire fireplace

fire, oven 初 first time
⼄ fish guts
薪 firewood 漁 fishing
⿂ fish 拳 fist
五 five
fishhook 旗 flag, national
fist 軒 flats

合 fit fledgling

flag 翻 flip
flames 浮 floating

味 flavor flood

flesh 粉 flour
float
flower
群 flock
瓶 flower pot
floor 笛 flute

栄 flourish flying horse
花 flower
液 fluid 霧 fog
⾶ fly 随 follow
省 focus
折 fold

翌 following, the 好 fond
愚 foolish
food 履 footgear

麓 foot of a mountain footprint
拠 foothold
勢 forces 渉 ford
額 forehead 森 forest
鍛 forge 忘 forget
曽 formerly 占 fortune-telling
養 foster 四 four
薫 fragrant 枠 frame
放 free, set 貨 freight
鮮 fresh 友 friend
戯 frolic 乃 from
扉 front door 前 front, in
霜 frost 凍 frozen
倹 frugal 果 fruit
満 full 基 fundamentals
⽑ fur
funnel
G
畝 furrow
胆 gall bladder
得 gain 猟 game hunting
賭 gamble 苑 garden
⾨ gates
game of cricket 羅 gauze
総 general
⾐ garment
集 gather
璧 gem, holed

世 generation 創 genesis
才 genius
genie (in the bottle) ⼠ gentleman
菌 germ
妥 gentle 巨 gigantic
純 genuine 趣 gist
⻤ ghost 腺 gland
桁 girder 鬱 gloom
呉 give 艶 glossy

glass canopy gnats
go in
彙 glossary goat, mountain

glue/glued to 倉 godown
⾏ going
碁 Go
遡 go upstream golden calf
仲 go-between
神 gods 良 good
⾦ gold 品 goods
去 gone 峡 gorge
吉 good luck 采 grab
款 goodwill 淑 graceful
庁 government office 段 grade
恩 grace 卒 graduate
雅 gracious 粒 grains
徐 gradually 沙 grains of sand
賂 graft 賜 grant
草 grass
grains of rice
grass skirt
孫 grandchild
把 grasp
笹 grass, bamboo

擦 grate 墓 grave
傑 greatness
graveyard 磨 grind
探 grope
緑 green 地 ground
握 grip 墾 groundbreaking
林 grove
ground
ground, sitting on the grow up

団 group 守 guard
更 grow late 客 guest
怨 grudge
察 guess guillotine
導 guidance
罪 guilt 湾 gulf
銃 gun
gully 溝 gutter

舷 gunwale H
奴 guy
俳 haiku
冥 Hades 髪 hair of the head

hair hairpin
hair, lock of
半 half
⽭ halberd
堂 hall halo
停 halt
扱 handle ⼿ hand

hands, two hands, outstretched

幅 hanging scroll 掛 hang
故 happenstance 憬 hanker
幸 happiness

港 harbor 窮 hard up
固 harden 卯 hare, sign of the
害 harm 和 harmony
琴 harp 穫 harvest
笠 hat, bamboo
憎 hate hat, top
綱 hawser
彼 he 津 haven
頭 head
岬 headland haystack
療 heal head
健 healthy
審 hearing 頂 head, place on the
捗 headway, make
hearth 癒 healing
聞 hear
熱 heat ⼼ heart
重 heavy 炉 hearth
覇 hegemony 天 heavens
嗣 heir 垣 hedge
助 help 阪 Heights
⿇ hemp
匿 hide helmet
陛 highness
塚 hillock 裾 hem
枢 hinge 仙 hermit
当 hit 堆 high, piled
亥 hog, sign of the 丘 hill
持 hold 障 hinder
史 history
holed gem 喝 hoarse
揚 hoist
⽳ hole

holy

璧 聖
宅 home 邦 home country
帰 homecoming 郷 hometown
蜜 honey 御 honorable
酎 hooch
hood
hook
勾 hooked
跳 hop 希 hope
涯 horizon 緯 horizontal

horns horse

⾺ horse 栃 horse chestnut
(午) horse, sign of the
horse, flying 湯 hot water
horses, team of
house
宵 hours, wee
家 house 幾 how many
但 however 擁 hug
仁 humanity
human legs 慎 humility
百 hundred
羞 humiliate 飢 hungry
隆 hump 猟 hunting, game
億 hundred million 夫 husband
狩 hunt
急 hurry I
殻 husk
I beam
吾I
氷 icicle 意 idea
病 ill 照 illuminate

模 imitation 稚 immature
頓 immediate 浸 immersed
拶 imminent 授 impart
詔 imperial edict 勅 imperial order
璽 imperial seal 中 in
前 in front
in a row, upside down 含 include

⾹ incense increase
収 income
増 increase 被 incur
徴 indications 藍 indigo
個 individual 幼 infancy
劣 inferiority
infant 騰 inflation
墨 ink, black
炎 inflammation 衷 inmost
継 inherit 尋 inquire
填 inlay ⾍ insect
宿 inn 内 inside
銘 inscription 院 Inst.
挿 insert 却 instead
視 inspection 罵 insult
即 instant 志 intention
訓 instruction 遮 intercept
賢 intelligent 葬 interment
相 inter- 那 interrogative
換 interchange 遇 interview
釈 interpretation 睦 intimate
間 interval
腸 intestines introduce

intimidate

威 紹
勘 intuition 必 invariably
逆 inverted 査 investigate
鉄 iron 銑 iron, pig
沃 irrigate 島 island
隔 isolate 伊 Italy
箇 item
ivy
jail cell
J
桂 Japanese Judas-tree
妬 jealous 介 jammed in
圭 jewel, squared
往 journey jawbone

桂 Judas-tree, Japanese ⽟ jewel
併 join
踊 jump 慶 jubilation
領 jurisdiction 判 judgment
童 juvenile 徒 junior
是 just so
kazoo
key K

蹴 kick ketchup
腎 kidney
窯 kiln 鍵 key
膝 knee 拐 kidnap
知 know 殺 kill
王 king

knot

韓 Korea

葛 kudzu L

労 labor ⽋ lack
漆 lacquer 彦 lad
勺 ladle 婦 lady
潟 lagoon 荒 laid waste
湖 lake 悼 lament
灯 lamp
陸 land land
⼤ large lap
嬢 lass
笑 laugh ⾩ large hill
惰 lazy 更 late, grow
将 leader 濯 laundry
漏 leak 鉛 lead (metal)
躍 leap 葉 leaf
⾰ leather 傾 lean
左 left 習 learn
講 lecture
leg, wooden ⾜ leg
legs, animal 嫡 legitimate wife
legs, walking
legs, human
貸 lend
張 lengthen 閑 leisure
均 level 丈 length
淫 lewd 楷 letters, block
蓋 lid 賦 levy
允 license

lidded crock

詐 lie 寝 lie down
⽣ life 軽 lightly
蛍 lightning bug 如 likeness
肢 limb
lily, water
line
限 limit line, assembly
線 line
陳 line up 系 lineage
布 linen 舶 liner
唇 lips 聴 listen
⼩ little 暮 livelihood
活 lively 肝 liver
畜 livestock 載 load
場 location 錠 lock

lock of hair locket

理 logic 腰 loins
寂 loneliness ⻑ long
久 long time 距 long-distance
寿 longevity 欲 longing
顧 look back 臨 look to
漫 loose 主 lord
失 lose 痩 lose weight
譲 lot 愛 love
麗 lovely 低 lower
卑 lowly 忠 loyalty
澄 lucidity 吉 luck, good
材 lumber 狂 lunatic
肺 lungs 繁 luxuriant

lying (down)

製 made in… M

magic wand maestro

郵 mail 磁 magnet
朕 majestic plural
商 make a deal mailbox
雄 male
男 man 作 make
捗 make headway
mane ⺟ mama

掌 manipulate mandala
多 many
図 map 操 maneuver
瑠 marine blue 癖 mannerism
販 marketing 幾 many, how
婚 marriage
嫁 marry into march
殉 martyrdom
衆 masses 市 market
姻 matrimony 侯 marquis
陵 mausoleum 髄 marrow
原 meadow 沼 marsh
⼨ measurement ⾯ mask
畳 mat, tatami
measuring cup 事 matter
僕 me
機 mechanism 飯 meal
薬 medicine 升 measuring box
⾁ meat
meeting 媒 mediator
凡 mediocre
会 meeting

憂 melancholy 熟 mellow
朗 melodious ⽠ melon
溶 melt 膜 membrane
覚 memorize
述 mention mending
効 merit
慈 mercy
metal 勲 meritorious deed
冶 metallurgy
I metaphor 法 method
都 metropolis 宙 mid-air
尉 military officer
migrating ducks 擬 mimic
鉱 mineral
乳 milk
mirror
mind, state of
雑 miscellaneous
交 mingle
鏡 mirror missile
喪 miss
誤 mistake
mist 餅 mochi
遜 modest
混 mix
塑 model monks
刹 moment
猿 monkey
monkey 匁 monme

(申) monkey, sign of the moon
⽉ month
弥 more and more
mop 朝 morning

且 moreover mosaic
⾅ mortar
蚊 mosquito 型 mould
岡 Mount ⼭ mountain

麓 mountain, foot of a mountain goat
峠 mountain pass
忌 mourning 渓 mountain stream
動 move ⼝ mouth
泥 mud 殿 Mr.
府 municipality 桑 mulberry
筋 muscle
奏 music, play muscle
互 mutually
俺 myself 楽 music
譜 musical score
捉 nab
裸 naked muzzle
⽒ name, family
旗 national flag ⽞ mysterious
航 navigate
近 near N
要 need
針 needle nail
不 negative
隣 neighboring 名 name
網 netting 奈 Nara
児 newborn babe 誕 nativity
号 nickname 紺 navy blue
夜 night ⾸ neck
晩 nightfall
needle

否 negate
怠 neglect
巣 nest
新 new
次 next
凄 nifty
旦 nightbreak
九 nine