TIER · By frequency
Top 100 most frequent
The 100 kanji that cover ~50% of Japanese newspapers and textbooks. Maximum coverage for minimum effort.
103 characters · 71/103 with narrative
- 國country
- 事matter
- 本book
- 年year
- 時time
- 出exit
- 自oneselfOneself
- 行going
- 見see
- 社companyCompany
- 家house
- 會meeting
- 來come
- 分part
- 氣spirit
- 主lord
- 地ground
- 經scripture
- 生life
- 員employee
- 連take-alongTake Along
- 業business
- 發departureDeparture
- 間intervalInterval
- 對vis-a-visVis-a-vis
- 高tall
- 要need
- 東east
- 用utilize
- 者someoneSomeone
- 同same
- 合fitFit
- 内insideInside
- 相interInter-
- 方directionDirection
- 性nature
- 法method
- 定determineDetermine
- 新new
- 今now
- 情feelings
- 文writing
- 長long
- 所place
- 囘times-times
- 治rule
- 萬ten-thousand
- 選electElect
- 金gold
- 縣county
- 學study
- 著don
- 開open
- 代substituteSubstitute
- 明bright
- 思think
- 場location
- 實realityReality
- 期period
- 立stand-up
- 部section
- 作make
- 决decideDecide
- 天heavens
- 問question
- 取take
- 持hold
- 全wholeWhole
- 表surfaceSurface
- 言say
- 戰warWar
- 北north
- 起rise
- 市city
- 知know
- 動move
- 外outsideOutside
- 最utmostUtmost
- 多many
- 力power
- 民people
- 氏family-nameFamily Name
- 現presentPresent
- 制system
- 理logicLogic
- 調tuneTune
- 躰,軆,體body-2Body
- 化changeChange
- 受accept
- 感emotion
- 當hitHit
- 道way
- 約promisePromise
- 名name
- 使errand
- 住live
- 題topicTopic
- 圓circle
- 入enter
- 少few
- 番turn
- 意ideaIdea
- 通traffic