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

硝 nitrate 第 No.
節 node 謡 Noh chanting
麺 noodles 午 noon
北 north
⿐ nose nose
勿 not nostrils
帳 notebook
掲 notice, put up a 未 not yet
今 now 無 nothingness
萎 numb 滋 nourishing
尼 nun 核 nucleus
数 number
柏 oak
O
oaken tub
椎 oak, sweet
順 obey 肪 obese
昧 obscure 訃 obituary
際 occasion 瞭 obvious
洋 ocean 営 occupation
庁 office, government 之 of
献 offering
尉 officer, military 吏 officer
君 old boy 油 oil
翁 old man, venerable ⽼ old man
古 old
旧 olden times Old West
⼀ one
婆 old woman
昔 once upon a time
⾃ oneself

⽚ one-sided 只 only
泌 ooze 開 open
沖 open sea ⼜ or again
諧 orderliness
order, imperial 整 organize
他 other
令 orders 暴 outburst
孤 orphan 概 outline
須 ought 外 outside

outhouse outstretched hands

観 outlook 統 overall
郊 outskirts 過 overdo
茂 overgrown
oven fire 豪 overpowering
倒 overthrow
克 overcome
濫 overflow oyster
泊 overnight
監 oversee P

owl 詰 packed
⾴ page
pack of wild dogs 痛 pain

畔 paddy ridge painting of a deer
塔 pagoda
塗 paint 柵 palisade
双 pair 紙 paper
汎 pan-
parade
paper punch
逓 parcel post
項 paragraph 赦 pardon
燥 parch

親 parent 園 park
駐 parking 分 part
偏 partial
part of the body 頒 partition
詞 parts of speech
殊 particularly 彰 patent
侶 partner 哀 pathetic
党 party 範 pattern
路 path 亭 pavilion
巡 patrol 伺 pay respects
桐 paulownia 桃 peach tree
払 pay 梨 pear tree
泰 peaceful 台 pedestal
峠 peak, mountain
珠 pearl Pegasus
剥 peel off
⽪ pelt 懲 penal
罰 penalty 徹 penetrate
⺠ people
pent in 完 perfect
pepper, red 伎 performing artist
期 period
演 performance 許 permit
芳 perfumed ⼈ person
勧 persuade
perish 願 petition
哲 philosophy
柿 persimmon 採 pick
係 person in charge 漬 pickling
覧 perusal
幻 phantasm pierce
句 phrase
拾 pick up

picture

絵 貫
孝 piety, filial 銑 pig iron
鳩 pigeon
piggy bank
piglets
堆 piled high
柱 pillar 枕 pillow
摘 pinch 松 pine tree
慕 pining
管 pipe pinnacle
闇 pitch dark
所 place 坑 pit
置 placement 惜 pity
頂 place on the head
plaid 胞 placenta
野 plains
案 plan 削 plane
板 plank 植 plant
稲 plant, rice 栽 plantation
遊 play 奏 play music
愉 pleasure 契 pledge
計 plot
抽 pluck plow
窒 plug up
太 plump 栓 plug
懐 pocket 梅 plum
詩 poem 朕 plural, majestic
鋭 pointed 壇 podium
岳 Point
pole (wooden) 毒 poison
極 poles
研 polish 政 politics
池 pond 駒 pony

pop song pork

唄 豚
携 portable 兆 portent

porter 有 possess
貼 post a bill
職 post 構 posture
逓 post, parcel 瓶 pot, flower
鍋 pot 芋 potato
注 pour
potato ⼒ power
練 practice
陶 pottery 祈 pray
貧 poverty 険 precipitous
痘 pox 県 prefecture
褒 praise 現 present
貴 precious 圧 pressure
序 preface 値 price
妊 pregnancy 姫 princess
贈 presents 版 printing block
既 previously 私 private
僧 priest, Buddhist 赴 proceed
刷 printing 産 products
獄 prison 利 profit
賞 prize 延 prolong
宣 proclaim 崎 promontory
業 profession 財 property
禁 prohibition 提 propose
約 promise 伏 prostrated
耐 -proof
割 proportion
昌 prosperous

保 protect 仮 provisional
糧 provisions 慮 prudence
公 public 刊 publish
引 pull 刑 punish
瞳 pupil
pup tent 清 pure
puppet 紫 purple
逐 pursue
斎 purification
put in
purse puzzle

押 push Q
掲 put up a notice
困 quandary
震 quake
量 quantity quarter
准 quasi-
問 question 妃 queen
静 quiet 速 quick
罷 quit
quiver
R
rabbit
rag 輝 radiance
⾬ rain
虹 rainbow 挙 raise
(未) ram, sign of the
rake 位 rank
瀬 rapids
域 range 寧 rather
疾 rapidly
珍 rare

(⼦) rat, sign of the 率 ratio
光 ray 戻 re-
及 reach out 読 read
実 reality 刈 reap
諭 rebuke
享 receive receipt
詠 recitation
憶 recollection 憩 recess
録 record
募 recruit reclining
⾚ red
荻 reed 薦 recommend
精 refined 娯 recreation
改 reformation 矯 rectify
隊 regiment
秩 regularity red pepper
斥 reject
戚 relatives 礁 reef
依 reliant 映 reflect
残 remainder 涼 refreshing
憾 remorse 簿 register
撤 remove 治 reign
著 renowned 喜 rejoice
償 reparation 安 relax
頻 repeatedly 宗 religion
悔 repent 骸 remains
抑 repress 悠 remote
破 rend
reputation 諦 renunciation
酬 repay
拒 repel
報 report
排 repudiate

request

誉 求
究 research 肖 resemblance
恨 resentment 居 reside
邸 residence 辞 resign
抵 resist
resin 伺 respects, pay
休 rest
恭 respect ⾂ retainer
任 responsibility 返 return
復 restore 尊 revered
退 retreat 蔑 revile
告 revelation 転 revolve
閲 review 律 rhythm
訂 revise ⽶ rice
韻 rhyme
⾥ ri rice, grains of
⽥ rice field rice seedling
稲 rice plant
謎 riddle 乗 ride
畔 ridge, paddy 棟 ridgepole
慢 ridicule 右 right
義 righteousness 厘 rin
環 ring 乱 riot
昇 rise up
旭 rising sun rising cloud of
祭 ritual
冒 risk
road 河 river
道 road-way
煎 roast 奪 rob
壮 robust
rock
rod rod, divining

棒 屋 roof
恋 romance 根 root
室 room
rope
roots
腐 rot
縄 rope, straw 丸 round
旋 rotation 途 route
起 rouse 艇 rowboat
並 row 抹 rub
漕 rowing 則 rule
慨 rue 沿 run alongside
⾛ run
軌 rut S

saber 剣 saber
犠 sacrifice
袋 sack 悲 sad
牲 sacrifice, animal 俊 sagacious
護 safeguard 酒 saké
帆 sail 給 salary
塩 salt
salad 救 salvation

唾 saliva samurai
礼 salutation
同 same 沙 sand, grains of
砂 sand 康 sane
挟 sandwiched 飽 sated
帯 sash
貯 savings saw

⾔ say ⽈ sayeth
桟 scaffold
saying 痕 scar
scale
scarecrow scarf
scarf, top hat and
散 scatter
景 scenery 策 scheme
塾 school, cram
scepter
schoolhouse scissors

叱 scold 譜 score, musical
侮 scorn
scorpion
scrapbook screwdriver

記 scribe 巻 scroll
幅 scroll, hanging 海 sea
沖 sea, open 浜 seacoast
封 seal 璽 seal, imperial
綻 seams, come apart at the
seal, chop- 季 seasons
藻 seaweed
捜 search
席 seat second
秒 second
密 secrecy 秘 secret
部 section 召 seduce
⾒ see 苗 seedling
沸 seethe 獲 seize
⼰ self 謙 self-effacing
恣 selfish 売 sell
準 semi- 還 send back
送 send off ⽂ sentence
別 separate 循 sequential

据 set 措 set aside
放 set free 納 settlement
七 seven 断 severance
縫 sew 性 sex
陰 shade 影 shadow
振 shake 尺 shaku
浅 shallow
shakuhachi
shape
恥 shame sheaf
形 shape
⽺ sheep 枚 sheet of
棚 shelf
shelf
shells
⾙ shellfish
盾 shield 移 shift
昭 shining 脚 shins
宮 Shinto shrine 船 ship
串 shish kebab 靴 shoes
射 shoot 舗 shop
短 short 肩 shoulder
担 shouldering 叫 shout
挨 shove
⺬ show shovel
宮 shrine, Shinto shredder
縮 shrink
鎌 sickle 詣 shrine, visit a
側 side 慄 shudder
横 sideways
sickness
sieve side, by one’s
siesta

嘆 sigh

⾣ sign of the bird 丑 sign of the cow
(戌) sign of the dog ⾠ sign of the dragon
卯 sign of the hare 亥 sign of the hog
(午) sign of the horse (申) sign of the monkey
(未) sign of the ram (⼦) sign of the rat
⺒ sign of the snake 寅 sign of the tiger
署 signature 標 signpost
黙 silence
silage 蚕 silkworm
銀 silver
絹 silk 単 simple
誠 sincerity
silver 沈 sink
紳 sire
似 similar 妹 sister, younger
簡 simplicity
独 single sitting on the ground
漢 Sino-
姉 sister, elder ⾻ skeleton
座 sit 技 skill
六 six 裳 skirt
描 sketch
膚 skin skunk

skirt, grass 撲 slap
隷 slave
緩 slacken 袖 sleeve

slave slingshot

眠 sleep 滑 slippery
繊 slender 遅 slow
抜 slip out 砕 smash
坂 slope
鈴 small bell snake
煙 smoke

蛇 snake ⺒ snake, sign of the

撮 snapshot snare
H sniff
某 so-and-so 雪 snow
軟 soft 懇 sociable
兵 soldier ⼟ soil
粛 solemn 唯 solely
答 solution 請 solicit
者 someone ⾝ somebody
歌 song 郎 son
類 sort 唄 song, pop
魂 soul 然 sort of thing
汁 soup ⾳ sound
南 south 源 source
帝 sovereign
sow 亘 span

暇 spare time spark
晶 sparkle sparkler
申 speaketh spear
特 special
種 species 専 specialty
斑 speckled 鑑 specimen
詞 speech, parts of
⾟ spicy speech
脊 spinal column
呂 spine 圏 sphere
梗 spiny
霊 spirits spike

錘 spindle
紡 spinning
気 spirit
吐 spit

沫 splash 華 splendor
裂 split 催 sponsor
⼔ spoon
spool 挫 sprain
泉 spring
点 spot
敷 spread sprout
春 springtime
偵 spy 班 squad
圭 squared jewel 搾 squeeze
突 stab
St. Bernard dog 茎 stalk
印 stamp
滞 stagnate 規 standard

stamp staples

⽴ stand up 眺 stare
州 state
staple gun 駅 station
像 statue
星 star 格 status
餓 starve 漸 steadily
窃 stealth
state of mind 鋼 steel
厳 stern
K stationery 粘 sticky
背 stature 促 stimulate
状 status quo 俸 stipend
盗 steal 株 stocks
蒸 steam ⽯ stone
踏 step 店 store

stick, walking

硬 stiff
臭 stinking
奮 stirred up
胃 stomach
⽌ stop

蔵 storehouse 嵐 storm

階 story 直 straightaway
渚 strand 奇 strange
絞 strangle 層 stratum
縄 straw rope
straw man 渓 stream, mountain

川 stream stretch
丁 street
堅 strict 打 strike
強 strong
頑 stubborn strung together
痴 stupid
式 style 学 study
潜 submerge 剛 sturdy
購 subscription 征 subjugate
代 substitute 供 submit
吸 suck 質 substance
訟 sue 畿 suburbs, capital
糖 sugar 哺 suckle
硫 sulfur 苦 suffering
夏 summer 適 suitable
暑 sultry
sun 峰 summit
sunflower 旭 sun, rising
sunglasses with one lens out
sunglasses
冗 superfluous
補 supplement 陽 sunshine
表 surface 宰 superintend
越 surpass 存 suppose
姓 surname
剰 surplus

囲 surround 懸 suspend
怪 suspicious 経 sūtra
沢 swamp 汗 sweat
掃 sweep ⽢ sweet
椎 sweet oak 膨 swell
迅 swift 泳 swim
揺 swing ⼑ sword
症 symptoms 制 system

table T

尾 tail 札 tag
裁 tailor
連 take along tail feathers

Talking Cricket 取 take
話 tale
唐 T’ang ⾼ tall
務 task 租 tariff
房 tassel
税 tax taskmaster
教 teach
涙 tears 畳 tatami mat
茶 tea
teenager
team of horses
錬 tempering
暫 temporarily 芸 technique
⼗ ten
執 tenacious teepee
優 tenderness
寺 temple, Buddhist
唆 tempt
万 ten thousand
柔 tender
緊 tense

試 test 肌 texture
厚 thick
Thanksgiving 淡 thin
思 think
股 thigh 渇 thirst
物 thing 刺 thorn
丙 third class ⽷ thread
緒 thong 三 three
千 thousand 投 throw
脅 threaten 阻 thwart
喉 throat 潮 tide
雷 thunder ⻁ tiger
券 ticket 締 tighten
結 tie 耕 till
寅 tiger, sign of the 時 time
⽡ tile 回 -times
樹 timber-trees 弄 tinker with
暇 time, spare 共 together
⽸ tin can 符 token
疲 tired 墳 tomb
努 toil 冊 tome
寛 tolerant
碑 tombstone tongue wagging in mouth
⾆ tongue tool
余 too much
具 tool ⻭ tooth

top hat top hat and scarf

題 topic ⻲ tortoise
拷 torture 接 touch
⼱ towel 閣 tower

村 town 玩 toy
跡 tracks
貿 trade tracks, animal
踪 trail
鎮 tranquilize 通 traffic
渡 transit 稽 training
訳 translate 超 transcend
透 transparent 遷 transition
盤 tray 伝 transmit
宝 treasure 輸 transport
幹 tree trunk 践 tread
甚 tremendously ⽊ tree
貢 tribute 梢 treetops
僅 trifle 族 tribe
悩 trouble
胴 trunk triceps
縛 truss
旅 trip
tub, oaken 真 true
幹 trunk, tree
腫 tumor 頼 trust
芝 turf
tucked under the arm
turkey house/coop
調 tune
成 turn into
⽛ tusk turkey
条 twig
⼆ two 番 turn
坪 two-mat area
turtle

廿 twenty
糾 twist

two hands

虐 tyrannize

醜 ugly U
傘 umbrella
叔 uncle umbrella
異 uncommon
企 undertake ⾮ un-
曖 unclear
uneasiness 潔 undefiled
United States 脱 undress
展 unfold
厄 unlucky 普 universal
変 unusual 解 unravel
貞 upright 嚇 upbraid
勃 uprising
upside down in a row 遡 upstream, go
尿 urine
迫 urge 常 usual
使 use ⽤ utilize
器 utensil
最 utmost V

漠 vague valentine
⾕ valley
弁 valve 価 value
諸 various 汽 vapor
弘 vast
菜 vegetable vase
脈 vein
験 verification 槽 vat
吟 versify
vehicle

翁 venerable old man
朱 vermilion
縦 vertical

隻 vessels 摂 vicarious
副 vice- 勝 victory
競 vie 荘 villa
町 village 凶 villain
蔦 vine 酢 vinegar
激 violent 賓 V.I.P.
善 virtuous 対 vis-à-vis
参 visit 詣 visit a shrine
声 voice 濁 voiced
虚 void 積 volume
誓 vow 俗 vulgar

vulture W

wagging tongue in a mouth wagon

待 wait 侍 waiter
歩 walk
waitress
walking legs walking stick
wall
wand, magic 壁 wall
浪 wandering
戦 war 区 ward
防 ward off 庫 warehouse
温 warm 暖 warmth
武 warrior 艦 warship
洗 wash 荒 waste, laid
看 watch over 楼 watchtower
⽔ water 湯 water, hot

water lily 滝 waterfall
波 waves
猶 waver
弱 weak wealth
富 wealth weather

weather vane 織 weave
週 week
宵 wee hours 痩 weight, lose
曜 weekday 錮 weld
迎 welcome 井 well
祉 welfare
⻄ west West, Old
潤 wet
何 what 鯨 whale
輪 wheel
渦 whirlpool wheat

whiskey bottle 由 wherefore
white bird
whirlwind
全 whole
芯 wick ⽩ white
誰 who
wicker basket 卸 wholesale
邪 wicked
氾 widespread 広 wide
妻 wife 寡 widow
嫡 wife, legitimate
wild dogs, pack of 柳 willow
wind ⾵ wind
窓 window
繰 winding 翼 wing
咽 windpipe 瞬 wink
拭 wipe
wings
wish
冬 winter

wisdom

智 念
藤 wisteria 魔 witch
娠 with child
witch 枯 wither
⼥ woman
控 withdraw 胎 womb
堪 withstand
媛 woman, beautiful wood
驚 wonder wooden pole

wooden leg 語 word
wool 働 work
words 拝 worship
包 wrap
界 world 惨 wretched
傷 wound 筆 writing brush
捻 wrench
書 write Y

拉 yank yarn

yawn 年 year
憧 yearn
歳 year-end ⻩ yellow
喚 yell 屈 yield
昨 yesterday 若 young
向 yonder 妹 younger sister
弟 younger brother
Z
禅 Zen
零 zero
zoo