Kanji Meanings
Look up the kanji for a word, from love and courage to dragon and storm. Every page shows the meaning, readings, stroke count and English names written with that kanji.
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Beauty 美綺娃Blade 刃Blossom 梅桜梨Cherry blossom 桜櫻Courage 勇Darkness 闇Dawn 黎晨曙Dragon 龍竜辰Dream 夢Eternity 永Faith 教信Family 家氏Fire 火煉熾Flower 花華Forever 久永Fortune 運福禄God 神祇奎Happiness 幸祉祥Harmony 和睦融Heart 心Honor 彰誉Hope 希望Joy 慶欣歓Kindness 渥優慈King 王舜Life 生命寿Light 光明灯Love 愛恋Loyalty 忠Luck 運吉倖Moon 月望朔Night 夜晩Ocean 洋海Patience 忍Peace 安平靖Phoenix 凰鳳梧Power 力権Sea 海洋沖Shadow 影Sky 空天晴Snow 雪Soul 魂霊Spirit 気霊闘Star 星奎Storm 嵐Strength 力剛Strong 強壮毅Sun 日旭Sword 刀剣刃Tiger 虎寅Truth 真洵眞Warrior 士武Water 水潮芹Wind 風Wisdom 怜知智Wolf 狼
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balance 均衡ball 毬鞠bamboo 竹bamboo blind 簾bamboo grass 笹banana plant 芭banner 旗bay 浦湾beach 浜bear 熊beast 獣beauty 美綺娃bedrock 磐beginning 序甫始bell 鈴鐘benefit 益benevolence 仁bewitching 妖beyond 外big dipper 斗bind 維birch 樺bird 鳥bitter orange 橙biwa 琵black 黒black jade 玖blade 刃blaze 熾焔blessing 恵禎祐bloom 咲blossom 梅桜梨blow 吹blue 青blue-green 碧boar 亥boat 舟bodhi 菩bold 太bond 緒絆仲bookmark 栞bow 弓bowstring 弦branch 枝breeze 颯bridge 橋bright 晃昭晟brightness 明brilliance 煌英brilliant 爛brimming 湛broad 弘広廣broad knowledge 博brocade 錦brows 眉brush 筆bud 蕾build 建bush clover 萩butterbur 蕗butterfly 蝶
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calamity 禍calligraphy 書calm 鎮calm sea 凪camellia 椿camphor 楠cape 岬capital 都京careful 慎caress 撫carp 鯉carry on 継承carry through 貫castle 城catalpa 梓cattail 蒲cedar 杉celebration 賀祝celestial reed pipes 笙center 央中ceremony 儀chant 謡唱chapter 章charm 艶cheer 朗cherry blossom 桜櫻chestnut 栗chic 粋chick 雛child 子chime 玲chinquapin tree 椎chronicle 紀chrysanthemum 菊circle 環輪円citrus 柑clarity 澄瞭classic 典clean 潔clear 亮clear mind 冴clear serenity 淡clear sky 晴clever 俐close 親cloth 布cloud 雲cocoon 繭collar 衿color 彩色combine 兼come true 叶comet 彗comfort 慰coming 来來companion 伴侶compassion 慈complete 了completion 竣connect 連constant 常恒cool breeze 涼coral 瑚珊core 芯corner 阿cotton 綿counsel 諏courage 勇court 廷courtesy 礼crag 巌crane 鶴create 創作造crest 紋crimson 紅crossbow 弩crossing 渡crossroads 岐crown 冠crystal 晶瑛cultivate 耕培curse 呪cypress 檜
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ear of rice 穂early 早earth 土地east 東easygoing 暢edge 辺effort 努勉eight 八eldest 孟elegance 麗斐eloquence 弁emerge 出eminent 碩emperor 皇empress 后encounter 逢encourage 励endurance 忍enlighten 啓enlightenment 悟equal 斉essence 醍精醐esteem 尚eternity 永ethics 倫Europe 欧evening 夕宵晩ever more 弥彌evergreen podocarp 槇everlasting 久everyone 皆excellence 佳秀exclamation 哉exist 存explore 探exquisite 妙extend 延eyebrow ink 黛eyes 瞳眸
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face 臨fair 公fairy tale 伽faith 教信faithful 遵falcon 隼family 家氏fang 牙far-reaching 遼faraway 遥遠fate 縁feast 宴feather 羽festival 祭field 野fierce 猛fighting spirit 闘figure 姿figured silk 綾fine detail 緻fine silk 羅fire 火煉熾firefly 蛍first 初甲fist 拳fitting 宜five 五flame 炎flash 閃flight 飛float 浮flourish 盛蕃flow 流flower 花華flute 笛flutter 翻folding fan 扇fondness 好forest 林森forever 久永forge 煉forgive 宥forgiveness 恕赦formation 陣fortune 運福禄foundation 礎基four 四fox 狐fragrance 香郁薫fragrant 芳fragrant mugwort herb 蓬friend 友朋friendship 誼frost 霜fruit 果実fulfilled 充fullness 満
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gallop 駆garden 庭苑園garment 衣gate 門gather 集general 将generation 代generosity 寛gentle 妥柔gentle calm 穏gentle sir 麿gentleman 紳gentleness 優gift 授賦give 与施glass 璃glow 燐go smoothly 亨god 神祇奎gold 黄金good fortune 倖禄good luck 吉good omen 祥goodness 良善govern 政grace 那楚令graceful 曼gradually 漸grand 豪grandchild 孫grape 葡grass 草gratitude 謝great 大巨祁great swan 鴻greatness 偉green 緑greens 菜grove 杜grudge 怨guardian 護guide 導迪諭
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hall 堂殿Han 漢happiness 幸祉祥harbor 津湊harmony 和睦融harvest zodiac 酉have 有hawk 鷹haze 朧hazel 榛heal 愈healing 癒healthy 健heart 心heaven 天heir 嗣hell 獄helm 舵help 助佑援helper 輔丞hemp 麻hermitage 庵heroic 雄heron 鷺high 高hill 丘陵history 史hold 持holly 柊hollyhock 葵holy 聖home 家home nest 栖homeland 郷邦hometown 里honest 直honor 彰誉honorable 御honorable dais 壇hope 希望horizon 涯horse 馬humility 謙譲hundred 百hunt 狩
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painting 画pair 双parasol tree 梧pass through 経通pasture 牧path 路途patience 忍paulownia 桐peace 安平靖peach 桃peak 峰岳峯pear blossom 梨pearl 珠peony 牡people 民perform 演person 人phantom 幽philosophy 哲phoenix 凰鳳梧picture 絵pine 松pioneer 魁拓plain 原plan 図案play 遊戯play music 奏Pleiades 昴plum 李plum blossom 梅podocarp 槙poem 詩polish 磨研琢pond 池pongee silk 紬pony 駒pottery 陶power 力権praise 讃頌賛prayer 祈祷precious jade 瑶princess 姫媛principle 憲proclaim 宣prosper 昌prosperity 栄榮protector 守pupil 牟pure 純醇pure-hearted 淳purification 斎purity 浄清purple 紫
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rabbit 卯兎race 馳radiance 輝燦耀radiant flame 丙rain 雨rainbow 虹rapids 瀬rare 稀珍readiness 備reason 理由reasoning 論receive 享recite 詠吟record 記red 赤reed 芦refine 汰錬refinement 雅彬reflection 映refreshing 爽rely 依remembrance 偲renew 更resolute 毅resonance 響respect 敬恭retainer 臣revere 崇reverence 欽revival 蘇revive 興reward 得rhyme 韻rhythm 律rice 稲rice field 田rich harvest 穣ride 駕ridge 稜righteous 正righteousness 義ring out 鳴ripen 稔ripples 漣rise 揚起上rising 隆rising sun 旭river 河川riverbank 皐roar 轟rock 岩rocky shore 磯romance 恋root 根round 丸run free 奔
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sacred 梵sage 仙sage-king 舜sail 帆samurai 侍sand 沙砂sandalwood 檀sandbar 洲scarlet 緋scenery 景scent 芬scorching 灼score 譜scroll 巻sea 海洋沖sea bream 鯛sea mile 浬seal 印season 季節second 乙secret 秘see 見seed 種seedling 苗seek 尋求self 我serene 泰serenity 寧寂set right 匡seven 七shadow 影share 分sharp 鋭sheep 羊shelter 庇shield 盾shine 照燿曜shine forth 顕shore 渚汀shrine 祢宮禰shrine maiden 巫side by side 並silk 絹silk gauze 紗silk thread 綸silver 銀simple 素朴sincere 敦惇sincere gift 呈sincerity 允誠sit 坐skill 技巧sky 空天晴slash 斬smile 笑莞smooth 順snow 雪so it is 也soar 翔soldier 兵son 郎song 歌唄soul 魂霊sound 音source 源south 南southeast 巽sovereign 帝sow 蒔播space 宙間span 亘sparkling water 洸sparrow 雀sphere 球spin yarn 紡spiral 螺spirit 気霊闘spirited 奮splendid 絢splendor 華spread 敷spring 弾泉春sprout 芽萌square 矩stand tall 立star 星奎stay 留steadfast 貞堅steady 定steel 鋼steel will 剛steep slope 陀step 歩段stern 厳stillness 静stone 石storehouse 蔵庫storm 嵐story 話stout and bold 逞straight grain 柾strawberry 苺strength 力剛stretch 伸string 絃striped 彪strong 強壮毅stronghold 塁study 修sturdy 丈subtle 微summer 夏summer silk 絽summit 嶺sun 日旭sunlight 陽support 扶毘補surpass 越swallow 燕sweep 薙sweet 甘sweetfish 鮎swift 迅疾swift horse 駿swift victory 捷swing 振swirl 巴sword 刀剣刃synthesis 綜
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talent 能俊才tall 喬tassel 房tea 茶teaching 教temple 寺ten 十ten thousand 万tenacious green ivy 蔦tenderness 憐that one 伊thatch 茅the only one 唯the way 道this 之thorough 徹thou 爾thought 惟思thousand 千thread 糸縷three 三thrive 繁thunder 雷tide 汐潮tie 結tiger 虎寅time 時together 協共tortoise 亀toward 向tower 楼towering 峨tranquil 晏transparency 透treasure 宝treasure store 倉tree 樹木treetop 梢tribute 貢tripod 鼎triumph 凱trunk 幹trust 頼信truth 真洵眞turn 番twilight 暮two 二弐
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wanderer 浪warm 厚warmth 暖温warrior 士武watchtower 櫓water 水潮芹water parsley 芹waterfall 滝waterway 澪wave 波wealth 富冨weave 織weight 重welcome 徠well 井well-being 康well up 湧whale 鯨wheat 麦whirl 旋white 白white jade 珂white light 皓whole 全wild field 埜wild goose 雁will 意willow 柳楊wind 風wings 翼winter 冬wisdom 怜知智wise 賢聡wish 願念wisteria 藤wolf 狼words 語world 世worth 値Wu 呉