TIER · By frequency
Top 1,000 most frequent
1,000 kanji — the inflection point where "I can read everyday Japanese" becomes a true sentence. ~95% coverage.
985 characters · 297/985 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
- 不negativeNegative
- 仕attend
- 的bull-s-eyeBull's Eye
- 活alive
- 政govern
- 重heavy
- 度degreesDegrees
- 務taskTask
- 質substance
- 成turn-intoTurn Into
- 車car
- 界boundary
- 協coCo-
- 教teach
- 百hundred
- 考ponder
- 命fate
- 和harmonyHarmony
- 統overallOverall
- 以by-means-ofBy Means Of
- 機loomLoom
- 平evenEven
- 總generalGeneral
- 步walk
- 加addAdd
- 運carry
- 丗generationGeneration
- 送escort
- 都metropolis
- 海sea
- 領jurisdictionJurisdiction
- 續continueContinue
- 個individual
- 強strong
- 進advanceAdvance
- 正correctCorrect
- 安relax
- 終finish
- 想imagine
- 書write
- 公public
- 料fee
- 必must
- 設establishmentEstablishment
- 保protectProtect
- 改reformationReformation
- 數numberNumber
- 記scribeScribe
- 院instInst.
- 乘ride
- 果fruit
- 初first-timeFirst Time
- 近near
- 午noonNoon
- 權authorityAuthority
- 空empty
- 號nickname
- 野plains
- 愛love
- 支branchBranch
- 第noNo.
- 始commence
- 千thousand
- 産productsProducts
- 結tieTie
- 派factionFaction
- 切cut
- 點spotSpot
- 報reportReport
- 濟settle-debt-etcSettle (debt, Etc.)
- 室room
- 畫image
- 原meadowMeadow
- 話tale
- 南south
- 共togetherTogether
- 路road
- 際between-edge
- 得gainGain
- 觧unravelUnravel
- 線thread
- 交mingleMingle
- 資assetsAssets
- 因cause
- 豫beforehandBeforehand
- 向yonderYonder
- 先before
- 査investigateInvestigate
- 勝victoryVictory
- 面maskMask
- 門gate
- 委committeeCommittee
- 京capital
- 告revelationRevelation
- 軍armyArmy
- 反antiAnti-
- 元beginningBeginning
- 區ward
- 助help
- 判judgementJudgement
- 認acknowledgeAcknowledge
- 白white
- 費expense
- 參nonplussedNonplussed
- 組associationAssociation
- 西west
- 信faith
- 策schemeScheme
- 集gatherGather
- 聞hear
- 在exist-2Exist
- 件affairAffair
- 米rice
- 團groupGroup
- 別separateSeparate
- 待wait
- 物thingThing
- 側sideSide
- 任responsibilityResponsibility
- 引pullPull
- 色color
- 歸homecoming
- 求requestRequest
- 何what
- 次nextNext
- 論argumentArgument
- 計plotPlot
- 死deathDeath
- 賣sell
- 黨party
- 紀era
- 增increaseIncrease
- 係person-in-chargePerson In Charge
- 特specialSpecial
- 級grade
- 投throwThrow
- 示showShow
- 變unusualUnusual
- 咑strikeStrike
- 店store
- 基fundamentalsFundamentals
- 私privatePrivate
- 各eachEach
- 食eat
- 美beauty
- 議discuss
- 司manage
- 嶋,嶌,﨩islandIsland
- 直straightawayStraightaway
- 兩bothBoth
- 革leatherLeather
- 夜night
- 服clothes
- 親parent
- 令order
- 案proposal
- 神god
- 修cultivate
- 渡transit
- 段rank
- 式styleStyle
- 確assuranceAssurance
- 邨villageVillage
- 提proposePropose
- 樂music
- 擧,舉raiseRaise
- 勢forcesForces
- 讀read
- 才genius
- 減dwindleDwindle
- 臺pedestalPedestal
- 朝morning
- 廣wideWide
- 試test
- 容containContain
- 應applyApply
- 演performancePerformance
- 週week
- 夫husband
- 廳agency
- 府prefecture
- 爭contendContend
- 能abilityAbility
- 無nothingnessNothingness
- 再againAgain
- 値value
- 置placementPlacement
- 企undertakeUndertake
- 眞trueTrue
- 指finger
- 流currentCurrent
- 早early
- 格statusStatus
- 義righteousness
- 有possessPossess
- 疑doubtDoubt
- 過overdoOverdo
- 局bureauBureau
- 働work-2
- 太thick
- 放set-freeSet Free
- 形shape
- 答answer
- 官official
- 檢examinationExamination
- 藤wisteriaWisteria
- 甼townTown
- 常usualUsual
- 校school
- 古old
- 禮courtesy
- 澤swampSwamp
- 走run
- 裁tailorTailor
- 狀status-quoStatus Quo
- 工craftCraft
- 建buildBuild
- 語wordWord
- 球ballBall
- 營occupationOccupation
- 首neck
- 覺perceive
- 春springtime
- 顏face-2
- 弟younger-brother
- 善good
- 職postPost
- 證evidenceEvidence
- 歲year-end
- 與bestowBestow
- 益profit
- 止stopStop
- 援abetAbet
- 供submitSubmit
- 可canCan
- 役dutyDuty
- 構posturePosture
- 買buy
- 割proportionProportion
- 付adhereAdhere
- 施giveGive
- 由whereforeWherefore
- 急urgent
- 説opinionOpinion
- 音sound
- 轉revolveRevolve
- 比compareCompare
- 難difficultDifficult
- 防ward-offWard Off
- 補supplementSupplement
- 驛station
- 富rich
- 優tendernessTenderness
- 硏polishPolish
- 收incomeIncome
- 斷severanceSeverance
- 井wellWell
- 味flavor
- 布cloth
- 違differenceDifference
- 消extinguishExtinguish
- 油oil
- 規standardStandard
- 域region
- 惡evil
- 術artArt
- 屋roof
- 護safeguardSafeguard
- 展unfoldUnfold
- 態attitudeAttitude
- 肉meat
- 驗verification
- 導guidanceGuidance
- 鮮freshFresh
- 備equipEquip
- 拂pay
- 宅homeHome
- 害harmHarm
- 配distributeDistribute
- 德virtue
- 副viceVice-
- 算calculateCalculate
- 視inspectionInspection
- 條articleArticle
- 幹tree-trunkTree Trunk
- 每every
- 獨singleSingle
- 警admonishAdmonish
- 飛fly
- 漢chinese-han
- 宮shinto-shrineShinto Shrine
- 究researchResearch
- 則law-rule
- 毓bring-upBring Up
- 席seatSeat
- 輸transportTransport
- 訪call-onCall On
- 帶sash
- 述mentionMention
- 限limit
- 殘remainderRemainder
- 率ratioRatio
- 病illIll
- 農agricultureAgriculture
- 州stateState
- 武warriorWarrior
- 座sit
- 酒liquor
- 聲voiceVoice
- 念wishWish
- 降descend
- 苦suffering
- 族tribeTribe
- 象elephantElephant
- 銀silverSilver
- 速fast
- 勞laborLabor
- 例exampleExample
- 衞defenseDefense
- 然sort-of-thingSort Of Thing
- 張lengthenLengthen
- 暎reflectReflect
- 笑laugh
- 税tax
- 階class-step
- 福fortune
- 額foreheadForehead
- 監overseeOversee
- 環ringRing
- 血blood
- 律legal-rule
- 追chaseChase
- 審hearingHearing
- 商make-a-dealMake A Deal
- 寺buddhist-temple
- 傳transmitTransmit
- 景sceneryScenery
- 落fallFall
- 半half
- 歐europeEurope
- 擔shoulderingShouldering
- 好fond
- 退retreatRetreat
- 凖semiSemi-
- 賞prizePrize
- 訴accusationAccusation
- 邊,邉environsEnvirons
- 造createCreate
- 英englandEngland
- 被incurIncur
- 株stocksStocks
- 赤red
- 頭head-2Head
- 技skillSkill
- 低lowerLower
- 衣garment
- 醫doctorDoctor
- 复restoreRestore
- 去goneGone
- 姿figureFigure
- 負defeatDefeat
- 閣towerTower
- 韓koreaKorea
- 失loseLose
- 移shiftShift
- 差distinctionDistinction
- 衆massesMasses
- 紙paper
- 評evaluateEvaluate
- 課chapterChapter
- 末endEnd
- 守guardGuard
- 若youngYoung
- 遠far
- 青blue
- 極polesPoles
- 種speciesSpecies
- 街street-bustle
- 堽mountMount
- 影shadowShadow
- 含contain-2Contain
- 藏storehouseStorehouse
- 量quantityQuantity
- 票vote
- 朢ambitionAmbition
- 枩pine-treePine Tree
- 非un-2Un-
- 擊beatBeat
- 佐assistantAssistant
- 核nucleusNucleus
- 觀outlookOutlook
- 茶tea
- 察guessGuess
- 整organizeOrganize
- 橫sidewaysSideways
- 融dissolveDissolve
- 夢dream
- 型mouldMould
- 深deepDeep
- 字character
- 輕light
- 皮skin
- 歌song
- 製made-inMade In...
- 菜vegetable
- 况conditionCondition
- 申have-the-honor-toHave The Honor To
- 樣esqEsq.
- 戝propertyProperty
- 識discriminatingDiscriminating
- 注pourPour
- 呼callCall
- 涉fordFord
- 逹accomplishedAccomplished
- 響echoEcho
- 坂heightsHeights
- 針needleNeedle
- 專specialtySpecialty
- 推conjectureConjecture
- 谷valleyValley
- 喜rejoice
- 腦brain
- 妻wife
- 史historyHistory
- 程extentExtent
- 滿fullFull
- 敗failureFailure
- 管pipePipe
- 突stabStab
- 兵soldierSoldier
- 接touchTouch
- 請solicitSolicit
- 噐,器utensilUtensil
- 士gentlemanGentleman
- 光rayRay
- 討chastiseChastise
- 魚fish
- 科departmentDepartment
- 坆aggressionAggression
- 昨yesterday
- 埼,碕,嵜promontoryPromontory
- 督coachCoach
- 寒cold
- 授impartImpart
- 催sponsorSponsor
- 夏summer
- 效meritMerit
- 秋autumn
- 圖mapMap
- 寫photo
- 君ruler
- 積volumeVolume
- 丸roundRound
- 馬horse
- 他otherOther
- 及reach-outReach Out
- 季season
- 灣gulfGulf
- 錄recordRecord
- 處disposeDispose
- 省focusFocus
- 舊old-timesOld Times
- 憲constitutionConstitution
- 貨goods
- 橋bridge
- 燒broil
- 離detachDetach
- 𡶜beachBeach
- 客guestGuest
- 激violentViolent
- 否negateNegate
- 背spine
- 周circumferenceCircumference
- 師expertExpert
- 摘pinchPinch
- 材lumberLumber
- 登ascendAscend
- 黑black
- 系lineageLineage
- 批criticismCriticism
- 郞,郒sonSon
- 易easyEasy
- 徤healthyHealthy
- 友friend
- 齡age-years
- 戶doorDoor
- 存existExist
- 花flower
- 仁benevolence
- 招invite
- 損loss
- 祭festival
- 殺killKill
- 央centerCenter
- 龹ticketTicket
- 單simpleSimple
- 盟allianceAlliance
- 破rendRend
- 編compilationCompilation
- 搜searchSearch
- 除excludeExclude
- 完perfectPerfect
- 超transcendTranscend
- 責blameBlame
- 竝rowRow
- 療healHeal
- 從accompanyAccompany
- 捕catchCatch
- 冬winter
- 細thin
- 隊regimentRegiment
- 危dangerousDangerous
- 採pickPick
- 織weaveWeave
- 森forest
- 竸emulateEmulate
- 擴broadenBroaden
- 故happenstanceHappenstance
- 舘buildingBuilding
- 飯meal
- 悲grieve
- 振shakeShake
- 葉leaf
- 候climate
- 港port
- 給salarySalary
- 介jammed-inJammed In
- 辨,辧,瓣,辯,辮valveValve
- 根rootRoot
- 就concerningConcerning
- 迎welcomeWelcome
- 販marketingMarketing
- 薗parkPark
- 具toolTool
- 異uncommonUncommon
- 歷curriculumCurriculum
- 辭resignResign
- 將leaderLeader
- 獻offeringOffering
- 嚴sternStern
- 幅hanging-scrollHanging Scroll
- 休rest
- 晚nightfall
- 維fiberFiber
- 短short
- 濱seacoastSeacoast
- 遺bequeathBequeath
- 彼heHe
- 般carrierCarrier
- 未unUn-
- 壘basesBases
- 貿tradeTrade
- 講lectureLecture
- 邦home-countryHome Country
- 舞danceDance
- 林grove
- 裝attireAttire
- 諸variousVarious
- 素elementaryElementary
- 亡deceasedDeceased
- 劇dramaDrama
- 河river-2River
- 遣dispatchDispatch
- 航navigateNavigate
- 抗confrontConfront
- 糢imitationImitation
- 雄masculineMasculine
- 適suitableSuitable
- 婦ladyLady
- 銕,鐵,鐡ironIron
- 寄draw-nearDraw Near
- 込crowdedCrowded
- 緊tenseTense
- 怒angry
- 類sortSort
- 兒newborn-babeNewborn Babe
- 餘too-muchToo Much
- 禁prohibitionProhibition
- 印stampStamp
- 逆invertedInverted
- 王kingKing
- 皇sovereign
- 返returnReturn
- 標signpostSignpost
- 換interchangeInterchange
- 久long-timeLong Time
- 臣vassal
- 暴outburstOutburst
- 輪wheelWheel
- 占fortune-tellingFortune-telling
- 宣proclaimProclaim
- 昭shiningShining
- 廢abolishAbolish
- 植plantPlant
- 緣connection
- 熱heatHeat
- 宿innInn
- 藥medicineMedicine
- 江creekCreek
- 清purePure
- 習learnLearn
- 險precipitousPrecipitous
- 賴trustTrust
- 僚colleagueColleague
- 吉good-luckGood Luck
- 盛boomBoom
- 舩shipShip
- 倍doubleDouble
- 晝daytime
- 均levelLevel
- 億hundred-millionHundred Million
- 骨bone
- 途routeRoute
- 壓pressurePressure
- 藝techniqueTechnique
- 牛cow
- 脈pulse
- 許permitPermit
- 臨look-toLook To
- 蹈stepStep
- 署signatureSignature
- 拔slip-outSlip Out
- 壞demolitionDemolition
- 債bondBond
- 便convenienceConvenience
- 伸expandExpand
- 畄detainDetain
- 停haltHalt
- 興entertainEntertain
- 爆bombBomb
- 陸landLand
- 玉jewelJewel
- 源sourceSource
- 儀ceremonyCeremony
- 錢coin
- 句phrase
- 波wavesWaves
- 創genesisGenesis
- 障hinderHinder
- 繼inheritInherit
- 筆brush
- 狙aim-atAim At
- 延prolongProlong
- 羽feathersFeathers
- 努toilToil
- 帝emperor
- 固hardenHarden
- 鬪,鬭fightFight
- 精refinedRefined
- 葬intermentInterment
- 亂riotRiot
- 避evadeEvade
- 普universalUniversal
- 散scatterScatter
- 筋muscle
- 罪sin
- 康easeEase
- 測fathomFathom
- 豐bountifulBountiful
- 洋oceanOcean
- 靜quietQuiet
- 逮apprehendApprehend
- 婚marriageMarriage
- 圍surroundSurround
- 卆graduateGraduate
- 迫urgeUrge
- 畧abbreviationAbbreviation
- 承acquiesceAcquiesce
- 浮floatingFloating
- 惑beguileBeguile
- 暗darkness
- 崩crumbleCrumble
- 順obeyObey
- 聽listenListen
- 脱undressUndress
- 旅tripTrip
- 絶discontinueDiscontinue
- 弱weak
- 幸happinessHappiness
- 岩boulderBoulder
- 練practicePractice
- 押pushPush
- 倒overthrowOverthrow
- 了completeComplete
- 愽drDr.
- 城castleCastle
- 患afflictedAfflicted
- 締tightenTighten
- 等etcEtc.
- 救salvationSalvation
- 執tenaciousTenacious
- 層stratumStratum
- 版printing-blockPrinting Block
- 耂old-manOld Man
- 角angleAngle
- 絡entwineEntwine
- 房tasselTassel
- 募recruitRecruit
- 曲bendBend
- 撤removeRemove
- 裡back-2Back
- 削planePlane
- 暑hot
- 密secrecySecrecy
- 庭courtyardCourtyard
- 徒on-footOn Foot
- 措set-asideSet Aside
- 績exploitsExploits
- 築fabricateFabricate
- 志intentionIntention
- 混mixMix
- 祝congratulate
- 載ride-2Ride
- 曻rise-upRise Up
- 池pondPond
- 鳥bird
- 陣campCamp
- 我egoEgo
- 勤diligenceDiligence
- 爲doDo
- 遲slowSlow
- 抑repressRepress
- 幕curtainCurtain
- 居resideReside
- 染dyeDye
- 雜miscellaneousMiscellaneous
- 奈naraNara
- 困quandaryQuandary
- 星starStar
- 傷woundWound
- 永eternityEternity
- 擇chooseChoose
- 秀excelExcel
- 著renownedRenowned
- 徵indicationsIndications
- 誌documentDocument
- 庫warehouseWarehouse
- 彈bulletBullet
- 償reparationReparation
- 刋publishPublish
- 像statueStatue
- 功achievementAchievement
- 據footholdFoothold
- 香incenseIncense
- 缺,缼lackLack
- 更grow-lateGrow Late
- 犬dog
- 祕secretSecret
- 拒repelRepel
- 刑punishPunish
- 阪slopeSlope
- 刻engraveEngrave
- 底bottomBottom
- 贊approveApprove
- 塚hillockHillock
- 雷thunder
- 致dothDoth
- 抱embraceEmbrace
- 繰windingWinding
- 犯crimeCrime
- 忙busy
- 佛buddha
- 尾tailTail
- 描sketchSketch
- 草grass
- 鈴small-bellSmall Bell
- 盤trayTray
- 息breathBreath
- 宇eavesEaves
- 鏡mirror
- 項paragraphParagraph
- 喪missMiss
- 伴consortConsort
- 羪fosterFoster
- 懸state-of-suspensionState Of Suspension
- 戾reRe-
- 巨giganticGigantic
- 震quakeQuake
- 願petitionPetition
- 希hopeHope
- 越surpassSurpass
- 契pledgePledge
- 揭put-up-a-noticePut Up (a Notice)
- 躍leapLeap
- 弃abandonAbandon
- 慾longingLonging
- 痛painPain
- 觸contactContact
- 孫grandchild
- 邸residenceResidence
- 依reliantReliant
- 籍enrollEnroll
- 汚dirtyDirty
- 縮shrinkShrink
- 還send-backSend Back
- 枚sheet-ofSheet Of...
- 屬belongBelong
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