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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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