Kanji List
中
- kun: なか, うち, あた.る
- on: チュウ
- meaning: in, inside, middle, mean, center
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 中央 ちゅうおう centre, central, center, middle 中国 ちゅうごく China; South-west most region of Honshu, middle of a country, the Hiroshima area 中心 ちゅうしん center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance 中でも なかでも among (other things), inter alia; above all (else) 中間 ちゅうかん middle, midway, interim 中東 ちゅうとう Middle East 途中 とちゅう on the way, en route; in the middle of, midway 集中 しゅうちゅう concentration, convergence, centralization, integration, gathering together 中学 ちゅうがく middle school, junior high school 中学生 ちゅうがくせい junior high school student, middle school pupil
長
- kun: なが.い, おさ
- on: チョウ
- meaning: long, leader
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 長 ちょう, おさ chief, head 委員長 いいんちょう committee chairman 会長 かいちょう president (of a society), chairman 議長 ぎちょう chairman, speaker (e.g. of assembly), president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup) 社長 しゃちょう company president, manager, director 成長 せいちょう growth, grow to adulthood 長官 ちょうかん secretary (government), director, chief 長男 ちょうなん eldest son 部長 ぶちょう head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club, head of a (school) team 延長 えんちょう extension, elongation, prolongation, lengthening; Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
出
- kun: で.る, -で, だ.す, -だ.す, い.でる, い.だす
- on: シュツ, スイ
- meaning: exit, leave
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 出す だす to take out, to get out; to put out, to reveal, to show; to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in; to publish, to make public; to send (e.g. letter); to produce (a sound), to start (fire); to serve (food); to begin 出身 しゅっしん person's origin (town, city, country, etc.); institution from which one graduated; director in charge of employee relations 輸出 ゆしゅつ, しゅしゅつ export; efferent (medical) 出場 しゅつじょう (stage) appearance, participation, performance 進出 しんしゅつ advance, step forward 出 で coming out, going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the sun or moon); attending (work), appearing (on stage), one's turn to go on; start, beginning; origins, background, person (or item) originating from ..., graduate of ..., native of ..., member of ... (lineage); architectural member that projects outward; highest point of the stern of a ship; amount (comprising something), amount of time or effort required to do something 演出 えんしゅつ production (e.g. play), direction 出演 しゅつえん performance, stage appearance; to act (in a play) 出席 しゅっせき attendance, presence, appearance; to attend, to be present, to appear 出馬 しゅつば going on horseback; going in person; running for election
三
- kun: み, み.つ, みっ.つ
- on: サン, ゾウ
- meaning: three
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 三 さん, み three 三つ みっつ three 三月 さんがつ March 三人 さんにん, みたり three people 十三 じゅうさん 13, thirteen 三十 さんじゅう, みそ thirty 三千 さんぜん 3000; many 三百 さんびゃく 300, three hundred; 300 mon, trifling amount, two-bit item; shyster 三十日 みそか, つごもり, みそ last day of month 三塁 さんるい third base
同
- kun: おな.じ
- on: ドウ
- meaning: same, agree, equal
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 同時 どうじ simultaneous(ly), concurrent, same time, synchronous, together 同社 どうしゃ the same firm 同日 どうじつ the same day 共同 きょうどう doing together (as equals), sharing, common (land, etc.), joint (statement, etc.), cooperation, co-operation, collaboration, association 同市 どうし same city 共同体 きょうどうたい cooperative body, cooperative system, collective, community 同県 どうけん the same prefecture 同国 どうこく the same country, the same province, the said country 同省 どうしょう the said ministry, the same ministry 同党 どうとう the same political party
時
- kun: とき, -どき
- on: ジ
- meaning: time, hour
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 時 とき time, hour; occasion, moment 時間 じかん time; hours 時期 じき time, season, period; soon, shortly 時代 じだい period, epoch, era, age; the times, those days; oldness, ancientness, antiquity; antique, period piece 当時 とうじ at that time, in those days 同時 どうじ simultaneous(ly), concurrent, same time, synchronous, together 一時 いちじ, いっとき one hour, short time, once, a time, temporarily, at one time, twelfth part of a day 時事 じじ events of the day, current affairs 時半 じはん about an hour, short time; half past (the hour) 臨時 りんじ temporary, special, extraordinary
政
- kun: まつりごと, まん
- on: セイ, ショウ
- meaning: politics, government
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 政 まつりごと rule, government 行政 ぎょうせい administration 財政 ざいせい financial affairs, public finance 政界 せいかい political world 政権 せいけん (political) administration, political power 政策 せいさく political measures, policy 政治 せいじ politics, government 政治家 せいじか politician, statesman 政党 せいとう (member of) political party 政府 せいふ government, administration
事
- kun: こと, つか.う, つか.える
- on: ジ, ズ
- meaning: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 事 こと thing, matter, fact, circumstances, business, reason, experience 幹事 かんじ executive secretary, coordinator, organizer, person in charge of making arrangements 記事 きじ article, news story, report, account 軍事 ぐんじ military affairs 仕事 しごと work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task; work 事業 じぎょう project, enterprise, business, industry, operations 事件 じけん event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal 事故 じこ accident, incident, trouble; circumstances, reasons 事実 じじつ fact, truth, reality 事情 じじょう circumstances, consideration, conditions, situation, reasons
自
- kun: みずか.ら, おの.ずから, おの.ずと
- on: ジ, シ
- meaning: oneself
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 自ら みずから for one's self, personally 自衛隊 じえいたい self-defence force, self-defense force; Japan Self-Defence Force, JSDF 自身 じしん by oneself, personally 自然 しぜん nature, spontaneity; naturally, spontaneously 自宅 じたく one's home 自動車 じどうしゃ automobile 自分 じぶん myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself; I, me 自由 じゆう freedom, liberty, as it pleases you 自民党 じみんとう Liberal Democratic Party, LDP 自民 じみん Liberal Democratic Party, LDP
行
- kun: い.く, ゆ.く, -ゆ.き, -ゆき, -い.き, -いき, おこな.う, おこ.なう
- on: コウ, ギョウ, アン
- meaning: going, journey
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 行う おこなう to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out 行 ぎょう line (i.e. of text), row, verse; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji) 銀行 ぎんこう bank 行政 ぎょうせい administration 行動 こうどう action, conduct, behaviour, behavior, mobilization, mobilisation 現行 げんこう present, current, in operation 行為 こうい act, deed, conduct 行方 ゆくえ (one's) whereabouts; course, direction 発行 はっこう issue (publications), publishing; raising an event (software) 旅行 りょこう travel, trip