Keyword
Chinese
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig1701
Old form
Readings
かん
(89%)
Composed of
water drops
blades of grass
mouth
husband
Used in vocabulary (176 in total)
kanji; Chinese character
molester; groper; masher; pervert
man among men; man's man
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
hoodlum; ruffian
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
outsider; layman; amateur
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
ruffian; villain; scoundrel
traditional Chinese medicine
drunkard; drunken fellow
Chinese herbal medicine
mean bastard; sneak; heel; despicable person
great eater; glutton
cold-blooded person; heartless; coldhearted person
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
just person; man of justice; righteous person; upright person
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
fine fellow
Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty
Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; (ancient) Chinese language
groping; molestation
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
Chinese numerals; kanji numerals
Chinese book; Chinese classics
Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)
Chinese people; Han race
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
kanji for common use; jōyō kanji; list of 2,136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1,945 established in 1981
doctor of Chinese (herbal) medicine
Chinese poem
Chinese book; book written in Chinese
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
translation into (classical) Chinese; translation into kanbun; kango translation; translation into Japanese using kanji
Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics
shameless man; knave
Chinese name (often of plants and animals)
suspicious man
villain; outlaw; assassin
villain; outlaw; assassin
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
lye water (for making Chinese noodles)
ancient Chinese immigrant
dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
Chinese classical literature; Chinese classics
man among men; manly man; alpha male
Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era (221-263)
test of kanji skills; kanji test
kanji dictionary; character dictionary
kanji test; test of kanji skills
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
daily-use kanji (superseded in 1981)
traditional Chinese clothing
Japan, China and the West; Japanese, Chinese and Western learning
countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
traditional Chinese medicine
Han race; Han people
Eastern Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Later Han dynasty
Chinese traitor (esp. a collaborator with the Japanese)
crook; swindler
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
Japanese and Chinese literature
restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage (recognised)
kanji officially for use in names
China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese (languages); dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
supplementary kanji; 5,801 kanji coded in JIS X 0212 to supplement those in JIS X 0208
the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
Western Han dynasty (of China; 206 BCE-9 CE); Former Han dynasty
Japanese and Chinese medicine; oriental medicine
non-jōyō kanji; kanji outside the common-use kanji list
restricted Chinese characters
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese primary schools
Dai Kanwa Jiten (major Kanji Dictionary, edited by Morohashi Tetsuji)
pleasant fellow
obstinate person; blockhead
kana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.)
Chinese medicine; herbal medicine
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
unified Chinese character
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)
Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes)
(the so-called) kanji culture
kanji dictionary; character dictionary
kanji test; test of kanji skills
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
a real man would (shut up and) ...
dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
Han-dynasty Confucian scholar; Chinese Confucian scholar; Japanese Confucianist; Japanese sinologist
babble; gibberish; gobbledygook; gobbledegook
unfeeling or callous person
prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine
kanji cultural sphere; countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
the three Wuhan Cities
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
reading a classical Chinese text in Japanese
dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region
single-kanji conversion (in an input method)
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)
babble; gibberish; gobbledygook; gobbledegook
Kanji to English (dictionary)
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
kana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.)
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki (variety of yew plum pine)
Chinese person; Korean person
kanji dictionary with English definitions
kanji dictionary with English definitions
Vietnamese reading (of Chinese characters)
the question of limiting the use of Chinese characters
Sino-Tibetan (languages)
kanji printer
kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana
Milky Way
single-kanji dictionary (esp. for use in an input method)
Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies
mastery of Chinese literature; Sinology
traditional Chinese medicine
kanji proficiency test
direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)
kanbun converted into literary Japanese
dictionary of kanbun grammar and usage
regular kanbun (following the rules of classical Chinese grammar)
game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture
Japanized version of classical Chinese (used from Heian period onward)
King of Na gold seal (National Treasure of Japan)
primary school kanji; 1,026 kanji studied in primary school
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
sky; heavens; firmament
countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries
Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements; wasei kango
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
Chinese surname; Chinese family name
Buddha's delight (vegetarian dish)
Buddha's delight (vegetarian dish)
Buddha's delight (vegetarian dish)
Sino-Vietnamese word; Vietnamese word of Chinese origin
luo han guo (Siraitia grosvenorii); herbaceous perennial vine native to China and Thailand; fruit of the Siraita grosvenorii
Examples (30 in total)
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