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Japanese kanji: 2,141 characters, Levels 1–10

These are all 2,141 jōyō kanji (常用漢字), the characters Japanese children learn at school, split into 10 levels by school year: Level 1 is the 80 kanji of grade 1, Level 10 the last ones before the end of high school. Every kanji has its meaning in English and four other languages, on and kun readings, radical, stroke count, stroke order, and words with example sentences for each reading.

It is the same content as the Kanji mode of the Dino Kids app. Type a kanji, a reading or a meaning in the box below, or pick a level.

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Kanji mode in the Dino Kids app

  • Kanji cards: meanings in five languages, on and kun readings, radical, and words with example sentences for each reading.
  • Handwriting in stroke order: your child writes with a finger and the app checks shape, stroke count and order.
  • Practice tests by level: reading, writing, radicals and stroke counts, with the question types of that level.
  • Progress report for parents: the kanji your child knows and the ones they often miss.

Kanji mode in Dino Kids has kanji cards, stroke-order handwriting and practice tests for all 10 levels. Colouring, handwriting, phonics, folk tales, maths and piano are in the same app. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

On and kun readings, radicals and the kanji list: Kanjium (CC BY-SA 4.0). Sino-Vietnamese readings: KANJIDIC2 — EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke order: KanjiVG — Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Korean readings and simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, words and example sentences written by Dino Kids (CC0). Details and data downloads: see Licences.