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Kanji taught in Grade 4 of Japanese elementary school

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Kanji taught in Grade 4 of Japanese elementary school

English	Kanji	Strokes	Grade	Frequency
love, affection, favourite	愛	13	4	640	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry	案	10	4	206	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
by means of, because, in view of, compared with	以	5	4	126	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some	位	7	4	276	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep	囲	7	4	771	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
stomach, paunch, crop, craw	胃	9	4	1647	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
garment, clothes, dressing	衣	6	4	1214	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India	印	6	4	682	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor	栄	9	4	920	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
England, English	英	8	4	430	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
salt	塩	13	4	1148	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
hundred million, 10**8	億	15	4	716	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada	加	5	4	130	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed	果	8	4	258	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)	課	15	4	455	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
freight, goods, property	貨	11	4	822	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
bud, sprout, spear, germ	芽	8	4	1691	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search	改	7	4	147	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
contraption, fetter, machine, instrument	械	11	4	1321	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
harm, injury	害	10	4	358	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
boulevard, street, town	街	12	4	891	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
each, every, either	各	6	4	243	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up	覚	12	4	710	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
perfect, completion, end	完	7	4	595	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
bureaucrat, the government	官	8	4	230	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk	管	14	4	517	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
outlook, look, appearance, condition, view	観	18	4	476	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning	関	14	4	70	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
petition, request, vow, wish, hope	願	19	4	894	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
rejoice, take pleasure in	喜	12	4	769	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set	器	15	4	525	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal	希	7	4	896	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
national flag, banner, standard	旗	14	4	1190	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane	機	16	4	127	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
seasons	季	8	4	842	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period	紀	9	4	780	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration	議	20	4	25	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim	救	11	4	799	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
request, want, wish for, require, demand	求	7	4	220	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
cry, weep, moan	泣	8	4	1380	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on	給	12	4	615	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
raise, plan, project, behavior, actions	挙	10	4	257	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
fishing, fishery	漁	14	4	1094	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race	競	20	4	610	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with	共	6	4	174	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
co-, cooperation	協	8	4	121	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering	鏡	19	4	1506	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48	極	13	4	460	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read	訓	10	4	1134	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
army, force, troops, war, battle	軍	9	4	189	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
county, district	郡	10	4	965	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
mould, type, model	型	9	4	482	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
diameter, path, method	径	8	4	1435	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
scenery, view	景	12	4	419	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt	芸	7	4	719	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
lack, gap, fail	欠	4	4	860	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten	結	12	4	162	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
healthy, health, strength, persistence	健	11	4	572	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
build	建	9	4	300	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
verification, effect, testing	験	18	4	410	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
harden, set, clot, curdle	固	8	4	750	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
climate, season, weather	候	10	4	510	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
achievement, merits, success, honor, credit	功	5	4	857	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
fond, pleasing, like something	好	6	4	423	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
ease, peace	康	11	4	760	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
navigate, sail, cruise, fly	航	10	4	665	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
revelation, tell, inform, announce	告	7	4	188	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance	差	10	4	449	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
utmost, most, extreme	最	12	4	82	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
vegetable, side dish, greens	菜	11	4	1327	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
lumber, log, timber, wood, talent	材	7	4	565	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
yesterday, previous	昨	9	4	226	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
printing, print	刷	8	4	1352	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand	察	14	4	477	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid	札	5	4	921	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil	殺	10	4	581	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love	参	8	4	201	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
scatter, disperse, spend, squander	散	12	4	758	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property	産	11	4	161	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
remainder, leftover, balance	残	10	4	380	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
director, official, govt office, rule, administer	司	5	4	759	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
history, chronicle	史	5	4	511	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
gentleman, samurai	士	3	4	526	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
family name, surname, clan	氏	4	4	84	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal	試	13	4	392	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
newborn babe, child, young of animals	児	7	4	679	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve	治	8	4	109	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
resign, word, term, expression	辞	13	4	633	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss	失	5	4	447	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
borrow, rent	借	10	4	932	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
species, kind, class, variety, seed	種	14	4	461	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
circumference, circuit, lap	周	8	4	562	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
celebrate, congratulate	祝	9	4	1184	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion	順	12	4	779	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
first time, beginning	初	7	4	152	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
chant, recite, call upon, yell	唱	11	4	1123	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
pine tree	松	8	4	471	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
bake, burning	焼	12	4	982	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
illuminate, shine, compare, bashful	照	13	4	1004	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
focus, government ministry, conserve	省	9	4	548	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
laugh	笑	10	4	913	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)	象	12	4	394	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
prize, reward, praise	賞	15	4	426	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
faith, truth, fidelity, trust	信	9	4	208	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
retainer, subject	臣	7	4	1249	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach	成	6	4	116	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty	清	11	4	705	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
quiet	静	14	4	764	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
seat, mat, occasion, place	席	10	4	370	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass	積	16	4	541	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit	折	7	4	962	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody	節	13	4	934	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
rumor, opinion, theory	説	14	4	326	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
war, battle, match	戦	13	4	78	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful	浅	9	4	1253	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
elect, select, choose, prefer	選	15	4	57	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well	然	12	4	401	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury	倉	10	4	1114	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den	巣	11	4	1588	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
contend, dispute, argue	争	6	4	271	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
side, lean, oppose, regret	側	11	4	216	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control	束	7	4	918	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
continue, series, sequel	続	13	4	141	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
graduate, soldier, private, die	卒	8	4	772	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
grandchild, descendants	孫	10	4	1388	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
sash, belt, obi, zone, region	帯	10	4	746	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
regiment, party, company, squad	隊	12	4	605	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
accomplished, reach, arrive, attain	達	12	4	500	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
simple, one, single, merely	単	9	4	586	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn	置	13	4	277	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
go-between, relationship	仲	6	4	919	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache	貯	12	4	1100	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms	兆	6	4	1174	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
intestines, guts, bowels, viscera	腸	13	4	1807	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
lower, short, humble	低	7	4	435	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
halt, stopping	停	11	4	733	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort	底	8	4	867	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
	的	8	4	105	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
code, ceremony, law, rule	典	8	4	1055	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition	伝	6	4	416	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people	徒	10	4	817	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
toil, diligent, as much as possible	努	7	4	749	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
lamp, a light, light, counter for lights	灯	6	4	1605	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
work, (kokuji)	働	13	4	417	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
public chamber, hall	堂	11	4	1010	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit	得	11	4	175	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
special	特	10	4	234	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite	毒	8	4	1419	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion	熱	15	4	700	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention	念	8	4	390	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
failure, defeat, reversal	敗	11	4	516	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
plum	梅	10	4	1232	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair	博	12	4	794	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
meal, boiled rice	飯	12	4	1046	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
expense, cost, spend, consume, waste	費	12	4	321	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
fly, skip (pages), scatter	飛	9	4	580	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
invariably, certain, inevitable	必	5	4	265	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target	標	15	4	686	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
ballot, label, ticket, sign	票	11	4	489	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy	不	4	4	101	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
adhere, attach, refer to, append	付	5	4	322	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
husband, man	夫	4	4	335	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse	府	8	4	170	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
vice-, duplicate, copy	副	11	4	360	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
flour, powder, dust	粉	10	4	1484	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics	兵	7	4	522	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially	別	7	4	214	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
unusual, change, strange	変	9	4	238	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
environs, boundary, border, vicinity	辺	5	4	428	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
convenience	便	9	4	729	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
wrap, pack up, cover, conceal	包	5	4	954	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
method, law, rule, principle, model, system	法	8	4	100	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect	望	11	4	470	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture	牧	8	4	1360	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
end, close, tip, powder, posterity	末	5	4	456	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
full, enough, pride, satisfy	満	12	4	515	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac	未	5	4	650	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
vein, pulse, hope	脈	10	4	1477	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
people, nation, subjects	民	5	4	28	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not	無	12	4	274	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
promise, approximately, shrink	約	9	4	94	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism	勇	9	4	1319	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
need, main point, essence, pivot, key to	要	9	4	106	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture	養	15	4	888	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
bathe, be favored with, bask in	浴	10	4	1136	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
profit, advantage, benefit	利	7	4	203	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
land, six	陸	11	4	736	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
fee, materials	料	10	4	295	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
good, pleasing, skilled	良	7	4	501	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise	量	12	4	469	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers	輪	15	4	693	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
sort, kind, variety, class, genus	類	18	4	678	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
orders, ancient laws, command, decree	令	5	4	804	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
example, custom, usage, precedent	例	8	4	399	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
cool, cold (beer, person), chill	冷	7	4	667	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
curriculum, continuation, passage of time	歴	14	4	632	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique	連	10	4	30	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble	労	7	4	398	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
old man, old age, grow old	老	6	4	803	Kanji Details	Example Sentences
record	録	16	4	546	Kanji Details	Example Sentences

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