Japanese Hiragana Katakana Kanji

Japanese language learning information including:

Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
Katakana - pronunciation and writing
Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji - Grade 1

The 80 kanji characters Japanese elementary school students learn in 1st grade.

The table below shows the kanji numbers as listed by the Japanese Ministry of Education. The table also shows the number of strokes for writing each kanji, the meaning of each kanji, and the onyomi and kunyomi readings for each kanji.

Note: There are two columns of clickable kanji character links.
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  • Wiki column - These links go directly to the Wiktionary pages for each kanji for additional information. Each Wiktionary link opens to a new window.
  • Note: the individual kanji pages state the following: "Click the writing practice application link on either sidebar if you want to try writing this kanji character online." The writing application link is no longer working.
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# Kanji Wiki Strokes Meaning Onyomi Kunyomi
1 1 one ichi, itsu hito-tsu
2 2 two ni, ji futa-tsu
3 3 three san mit-tsu
4 5 four shi yot-tsu, yon
5 4 five go itsu-tsu
6 4 six roku mut-tsu
7 2 seven shichi nana-tsu
8 2 eight hachi yat-tsu
9 2 nine ku, kyū kokono-tsu
10 2 ten
11 6 hundred hyaku momo
12 3 thousand sen chi
13 3 top, above ue
14 3 bottom, below ka, ge shita, shimo, moto
15 5 left sa hidari
16 5 right u, yū migi
17 4 inside, middle chū, jū naka
18 3 large dai, tai ō-kii
19 3 small shō chii-sai, ko, o
20 4 month; moon gatsu, getsu tsuki
21 4 day; sun nichi, jitsu hi, ka
22 6 year nen toshi
23 6 early sō, sa haya-i
24 4 tree moku, boku ki
25 8 woods rin hayashi
26 3 mountain san, zan yama
27 3 river sen kawa
28 3 soil do, to tsuchi
29 8 sky sora, a-ku, kara
30 5 rice field den da, ta
31 4 heaven, sky ten ame, ama
32 5 living, birth, raw sei, shō i-kiru, u-mu, nama
33 7 flower ka hana
34 9 grass kusa
35 6 insect chū mushi
36 4 dog ken inu
37 2 person jin, nin hito
38 6 name mei, myō na
39 3 female jo, nyo on'na
40 7 male dan, nan otoko
41 3 child shi, su ko
42 5 eye moku me
43 6 ear ji, ni mimi
44 3 mouth kou kuchi
45 4 hand shu te
46 7 foot soku ashi
47 7 see ken, gen mi-ru
48 9 sound on ne, oto
49 2 power riki, ryoku chikara
50 6 spirit; air ki, ke iki
51 4 yen; circle en maru
52 2 enter nyū hai-ru, i-ru
53 5 exit shutsu de-ru
54 5 stand up ritsu ta-tsu
55 6 rest kyū yasu-mu
56 6 previous sen saki
57 3 evening seki
58 5 book hon moto
59 4 text bun, mon fumi
60 6 character ji aza
61 8 study gaku mana-bu
62 10 school kase
63 7 village son mura
64 7 town chō machi
65 12 forest shin mori
66 5 correct sei, shō tada-shii, masa
67 4 water sui mizu
68 4 fire ka hi
69 5 ball gyoku tama
70 4 king ou kimi
71 5 stone seki, koku ishi
72 6 bamboo chiku take
73 6 thread shi ito
74 7 shellfish bai kai
75 7 vehicle sha kuruma
76 8 gold, money kin kane, kana
77 8 rain u ame, ama
78 7 red seki aka
79 8 blue sei, shō ao
80 5 white haku shiro, shira