JLPT N4

The 166 JLPT N4 kanji: full list

Complete list of the 166 kanji in JLPT level N4, from the most frequent to the rarest. Every kanji has its own page: meaning, readings, stroke order and example words.

会meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join 同same, agree, equal 事matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly 自oneself 社company, firm, office, association, shrine 発departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose 者someone, person 地ground, earth 業business, vocation, arts, performance 方direction, person, alternative 新new 場location, place 員employee, member, number, the one in charge 立stand up, rise, set up, erect 開open, unfold, unseal 手hand 力power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert 問question, ask, problem 代substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age 明bright, light 動move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake 京capital, 10**16 目eye, class, look, insight, experience, care 通traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.言say, word 理logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth 体body, substance, object, reality, counter for images 田rice field, rice paddy 主lord, chief, master, main thing, principal 題topic, subject 意idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire 不negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy 作make, production, prepare, build 用utilize, business, service, use, employ 度degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude 強strong 公public, prince, official, governmental 持hold, have 野plains, field, rustic, civilian life 以by means of, because, in view of, compared with 思think 家house, home, family, professional, expert, performer 世generation, world, society, public 多many, frequent, much 正correct, justice, righteous, 10**40 安relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented 院Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school 心heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)界world, boundary 教teach, faith, doctrine 文sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures 元beginning, former time, origin 重heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up 近near, early, akin, tantamount 考consider, think over 画brush-stroke, picture 海sea, ocean 売sell 知know, wisdom 道road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral 集gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock 別separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra 物thing, object, matter 使use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador 品goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses 計plot, plan, scheme, measure 死death, die 特special 私private, I, me 始commence, begin 朝morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea 運carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport 終end, finish 台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles 広wide, broad, spacious 住dwell, reside, live, inhabit 真true, reality, Buddhist sect 有possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx 口mouth 少few, little 町town, village, block, street 料fee, materials 工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)建build 空empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum 急hurry, emergency, sudden, steep 止stop, halt 送escort, send 切cut, cutoff, be sharp 転revolve, turn around, change 研polish, study of, sharpen 足leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear 究research, study 楽music, comfort, ease 起rouse, wake up, get up 着don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing 店store, shop 病ill, sick 質substance, quality, matter, temperament 待wait, depend on 試test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal 族tribe, family 銀silver 早early, fast 映reflect, reflection, projection 親parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)験verification, effect, testing 英England, English, hero, outstanding, calyx 医doctor, medicine 仕attend, doing, official, serve 去gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate 味flavor, taste 写copy, be photographed, describe 字character, letter, word, section of village 答solution, answer 夜night, evening 音sound, noise 注pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes 帰homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in 古old 歌song, sing 買buy 悪bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong 図map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious 週week 室room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar 歩walk, counter for steps 風wind, air, style, manner 紙paper 黒black 花flower 春springtime, spring (season)赤red 青blue, green 館building, mansion, large building, palace 屋roof, house, shop, dealer, seller 色color 走run 秋autumn 夏summer 習learn 駅station 洋ocean, sea, foreign, Western style 旅trip, travel 服clothing, admit, obey, discharge 夕evening 借borrow, rent 曜weekday 飲drink, smoke, take 肉meat 貸lend 堂public chamber, hall 鳥bird, chicken 飯meal, boiled rice 勉exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent 冬winter 昼daytime, noon 茶tea 弟younger brother, faithful service to elders 牛cow 魚fish 兄elder brother, big brother 犬dog 妹younger sister 姉elder sister 漢Sino-, China

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