TIER · By frequency
Top 100 most frequent
The 100 kanji that cover ~50% of Japanese newspapers and textbooks. Maximum coverage for minimum effort.
96 characters
- 國countrycountry
- 事mattermatter
- 本bookbook
- 年yearyear
- 時timetime
- 出exitexit
- 自oneselfself
- 行goinggo
- 見seesee
- 社companycompany
- 家househouse
- 會meetingmeet
- 來comecome
- 分partpart
- 氣spiritspirit
- 主lordlord
- 地groundground
- 經scripturescripture
- 生lifelife
- 員employeemember
- 業businessbusiness
- 發departuredeparture
- 間intervalinterval
- 對vis-a-visvis-a-vis
- 高talltall
- 要needneed
- 東easteast
- 用utilizeuse
- 者someoneperson
- 同samesame
- 合fitfit
- 内insideinside
- 相intermutual
- 方directiondirection
- 性naturenature
- 法methodlaw
- 定determinedetermine
- 新newnew
- 今nownow
- 情feelingsfeeling
- 文writingwriting
- 長longlong
- 所placeplace
- 回timesturn
- 治rulegovern
- 萬ten-thousandten thousand
- 金goldgold
- 縣countyprefecture
- 學studystudy
- 著donwear
- 開openopen
- 代substitutesubstitute
- 明brightbright
- 思thinkthink
- 場locationplace
- 實realityreality
- 期periodperiod
- 立stand-upstand
- 部sectionsection
- 作makemake
- 決decidedecide
- 天heavensheaven
- 問questionquestion
- 取taketake
- 持holdhold
- 全wholewhole
- 表surfacesurface
- 言saysay
- 北northnorth
- 起riserise
- 市citycity
- 知knowknow
- 動movemove
- 外outsideoutside
- 多manymany
- 力powerpower
- 民peoplepeople
- 制systemsystem
- 理logiclogic
- 調tunetune
- 體body-2body
- 化changechange
- 受acceptreceive
- 感emotionfeel
- 當hithit
- 道wayway
- 名namename
- 使erranduse
- 住livelive
- 題topictopic
- 圓circlecircle
- 入enterenter
- 少fewfew
- 番turnturn
- 意ideaidea
- 通trafficpass through