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JLPT N1 Kanji List

1,205 kanji

JLPT N1 kanji question practice 167 vocabulary tests · real exam questions N1 kanji flashcards 1,205 cards · readings & meanings
氏 family name 統 overall 派 faction 策 scheme 提 propose 挙 raise 企 undertake 藤 wistaria 沢 swamp 裁 tailor 証 evidence 援 abet 施 alms 井 well 護 safeguard 態 attitude 鮮 fresh 視 inspection 幹 tree-trunk 宮 Shinto shrine 衛 defense 監 oversee 審 hearing 義 righteousness 訴 accusation 株 stocks 姿 figure 閣 tower 衆 masses 影 shadow 松 pine tree 撃 beat 佐 assistant 核 nucleus 融 dissolve 票 ballot 渉 ford 響 echo 推 conjecture 請 solicit 士 gentleman 討 chastise 攻 aggression 崎 promontory 督 coach 催 sponsor 及 reach out 憲 constitution 離 detach 激 violent 摘 pinch 系 lineage 郎 son 盟 alliance 従 accompany 隊 regiment 織 weave 振 shake 弁 valve 就 concerning 献 offering 厳 stern 維 fiber 浜 seacoast 遺 bequeath 塁 bases 邦 home country 素 elementary 遣 dispatch 抗 confront 模 imitation 雄 masculine 益 benefit 緊 tense 宣 proclaim 昭 shining 廃 abolish 伊 Italy 江 creek 僚 colleague 吉 good luck 盛 boom 皇 emperor 臨 look to 踏 step 壊 demolition 債 bond 興 entertain 源 source 儀 ceremony 創 genesis 障 hinder 継 inherit 筋 muscle 闘 fight 葬 interment 避 evade 逮 apprehend 迫 urge 惑 beguile 崩 crumble 紀 chronicle 聴 listen 脱 undress 博 Dr. 患 afflicted 締 tighten 執 tenacious 房 tassel 撤 remove 削 plane 密 secrecy 措 set aside 載 load 陣 camp 我 ego 為 do 抑 repress 幕 curtain 染 dye 奈 Nara 傷 wound 択 choose 秀 excel 徴 indications 弾 bullet 償 reparation 功 achievement 拠 foothold 秘 secret 拒 repel 刑 punish 塚 hillock 致 doth 繰 winding 尾 tail 描 sketch 鈴 small bell 盤 tray 項 paragraph 喪 miss 伴 consort 養 foster 懸 suspend 街 boulevard 契 pledge 掲 put up (a notice) 躍 leap 棄 abandon 邸 residence 籍 enroll 縮 shrink 還 send back 属 belong 慮 prudence 枠 frame 露 dew 沖 open sea 緩 slacken 需 demand 射 shoot 購 subscription 揮 brandish 充 allot 跡 tracks 貢 tribute 鹿 deer 却 instead 端 edge 獲 seize 郡 county 併 join 徹 penetrate 貴 precious 衝 collide 焦 char 奪 rob 災 disaster 浦 bay 析 chop 譲 defer 称 appellation 納 settlement 樹 timber trees 挑 challenge 誘 entice 紛 distract 至 climax 宗 religion 促 stimulate 慎 humility 控 withdraw 智 wisdom 握 grip 俊 sagacious 銭 coin 渋 astringent 銃 gun 携 portable 診 checkup 託 consign 撮 snapshot 誕 nativity 侵 encroach 括 fasten 謝 apologize 孝 filial piety 駆 drive 透 transparent 津 haven 稲 rice plant 裂 split 敏 cleverness 是 just so 排 repudiate 裕 abundant 堅 strict 訳 translate 芝 turf 綱 hawser 典 code 賀 congratulations 扱 handle 顧 look back 弘 vast 訟 sue 戒 commandment 祉 welfare 誉 reputation 歓 delight 奏 play music 勧 persuade 騒 boisterous 閥 clique 甲 armor 縄 straw rope 郷 home town 揺 swing 免 excuse 既 previously 薦 recommend 隣 neighboring 華 splendor 範 pattern 隠 conceal 徳 benevolence 哲 philosophy 杉 cedar 里 ri 釈 explanation 己 self 妥 gentle 威 intimidate 豪 overpowering 熊 bear 滞 stagnate 微 delicate 隆 hump 症 symptoms 暫 temporarily 忠 loyalty 倉 godown 彦 lad 肝 liver 喚 yell 沿 run alongside 妙 exquisite 唱 chant 阿 Africa 索 cord 誠 sincerity 襲 attack 懇 sociable 俳 haiku 柄 design 驚 wonder 麻 hemp 李 plum 浩 wide expanse 剤 dose 瀬 rapids 趣 gist 陥 collapse 斎 purification 貫 pierce 仙 hermit 慰 consolation 序 preface 旬 decameron 兼 concurrently 聖 holy 旨 delicious 即 instant 柳 willow 舎 cottage 偽 falsehood 覇 hegemony 詳 detailed 抵 resist 脅 threaten 茂 overgrown 犠 sacrifice 旗 national flag 距 long-distance 雅 gracious 飾 decorate 網 netting 竜 dragon 詩 poem 繁 luxuriant 翼 wing 潟 lagoon 敵 enemy 魅 fascination 嫌 dislike 斉 adjusted 敷 spread 擁 hug 圏 sphere 酸 acid 罰 penalty 滅 destroy 礎 cornerstone 腐 rot 脚 skids 潮 tide 梅 plum 尽 exhaust 僕 me 桜 cherry tree 滑 slippery 孤 orphan 炎 inflammation 賠 compensation 句 phrase 寿 longevity 鋼 steel 頑 stubborn 鎖 chain 彩 coloring 摩 chafe 励 encourage 縦 vertical 輝 radiance 蓄 amass 軸 axis 巡 patrol 稼 earnings 瞬 wink 砲 cannon 噴 erupt 誇 boast 祥 auspicious 牲 animal sacrifice 秩 regularity 帝 sovereign 宏 wide 唆 tempt 阻 thwart 泰 peaceful 賄 bribe 撲 slap 堀 ditch 菊 chrysanthemum 絞 strangle 縁 affinity 唯 solely 膨 swell 矢 dart 耐 -proof 塾 cram school 漏 leak 慶 jubilation 猛 fierce 芳 perfume 懲 penal 剣 sabre 彰 patent 棋 chess piece 丁 street 恒 constancy 揚 hoist 冒 risk 之 of 倫 ethics 陳 exhibit 憶 recollection 潜 submerge 梨 pear tree 仁 humanity 克 overcome 岳 point 概 outline 拘 arrest 墓 grave 黙 silence 須 ought 偏 partial 雰 atmosphere 遇 interview 諮 consult with 卓 eminent 亀 tortoise 糧 provisions 簿 register 炉 hearth 牧 breed 殊 particularly 殖 augment 艦 warship 輩 comrade 穴 hole 奇 strange 慢 ridicule 鶴 crane 謀 conspire 昌 prosperous 拍 clap 朗 melodious 丈 length 寛 tolerant 覆 capsize 胞 placenta 隔 isolate 浄 clean 没 drown 暇 spare time 肺 lungs 貞 upright 靖 peaceful 鑑 specimen 飼 domesticate 陰 shade 銘 inscription 随 follow 烈 ardent 尋 inquire 稿 draft 丹 rust-colored 啓 disclose 也 to be (classical) 丘 hill 棟 ridgepole 壌 lot 漫 cartoon 玄 mysterious 粘 sticky 悟 enlightenment 舗 shop 妊 pregnancy 熟 mellow 旭 rising sun 恩 grace 騰 inflation 往 journey 豆 beans 遂 consummate 狂 lunatic 岐 branch off 陛 highness 緯 horizontal 培 cultivate 衰 decline 艇 rowboat 屈 yield 径 diameter 淡 thin 抽 pluck 披 expose 廷 courts 錦 brocade 准 quasi- 磯 seashore 奨 exhort 浸 immersed 剰 surplus 胆 gall bladder 繊 slender 駒 pony 虚 void 霊 spirits 帳 notebook 悔 repent 諭 rebuke 惨 wretched 虐 tyrannize 翻 flip 墜 crash 沼 marsh 据 set 肥 fertilizer 徐 gradually 糖 sugar 搭 board 盾 shield 脈 vein 滝 waterfall 軌 rut 俵 bag 妨 disturb 擦 grate 鯨 whale 荘 villa 諾 consent 雷 thunder 漂 drift 懐 pocket 勘 intuition 栽 plantation 拐 kidnap 駄 burdensome 添 annexed 冠 crown 斜 diagonal 鏡 mirror 聡 wise 浪 wandering 亜 Asia 覧 perusal 詐 lie 壇 podium 勲 meritorious deed 魔 witch 酬 repay 紫 purple 曙 dawn 紋 family crest 卸 wholesale 奮 stirred up 欄 column 逸 deviate 涯 horizon 拓 clear (the land) 眼 eyeball 瓶 flower pot 獄 prison 尚 esteem 彫 carve 穏 calm 顕 appear 巧 adroit 矛 halberd 垣 hedge 欺 deceit 釣 angling 缶 tin can 萩 bush clover 粧 cosmetics 隻 vessels 粛 solemn 栗 chestnut 愚 foolish 嘉 applaud 遭 encounter 架 erect 鬼 ghost 庶 commoner 稚 immature 滋 nourishing 幻 phantasm 煮 boil 姫 princess 誓 vow 把 grasp 践 tread 呈 display 疎 alienate 仰 face-up 剛 sturdy 疾 rapidly 征 subjugate 砕 smash 謡 noh chanting 嫁 marry into 謙 self-effacing 后 empress 嘆 sigh 菌 germ 鎌 sickle 巣 nest 頻 repeatedly 琴 harp 班 squad 棚 shelf 潔 undefiled 酷 cruel 宰 superintend 廊 corridor 寂 loneliness 辰 sign of the dragon 霞 be hazy 伏 prostrated 碁 Go 俗 vulgar 漠 vague 邪 wicked 晶 sparkle 墨 black ink 鎮 tranquilize 洞 den 履 footgear 劣 inferiority 那 what? 殴 assault 娠 with child 奉 observance 憂 melancholy 朴 crude 亭 pavilion 淳 pure 怪 suspicious 鳩 pigeon 酔 drunk 惜 pity 穫 harvest 佳 excellent 潤 wet 悼 lament 乏 destitution 該 above-stated 赴 proceed 桑 mulberry 桂 Japanese Judas-tree 髄 marrow 虎 tiger 盆 basin 晋 advance 穂 ear 壮 robust 堤 dike 飢 hungry 傍 bystander 疫 epidemic 累 accumulate 痴 stupid 搬 conveyor 晃 clear 癒 healing 桐 paulownia 寸 measurement 郭 enclosure 尿 urine 凶 villain 吐 spit 宴 banquet 鷹 hawk 賓 V.I.P. 虜 captive 陶 pottery 鐘 bell 憾 remorse 猪 boar 紘 large 磁 magnet 弥 all the more 昆 descendants 粗 coarse 訂 revise 芽 bud 庄 level 傘 umbrella 敦 industry 騎 equestrian 寧 rather 循 sequential 忍 endure 怠 neglect 如 likeness 寮 dormitory 祐 help 鵬 phoenix 鉛 lead 珠 pearl 凝 congeal 苗 seedling 獣 animal 哀 pathetic 跳 hop 匠 artisan 垂 droop 蛇 snake 澄 lucidity 縫 sew 僧 Buddhist priest 眺 stare 唐 T'ang 亘 呉 give 凡 mediocre 憩 recess 媛 beautiful woman 溝 gutter 恭 respect 刈 reap 睡 drowsy 錯 confused 伯 chief 笹 bamboo grass 穀 cereals 陵 mausoleum 霧 fog 魂 soul 弊 abuse 妃 queen 舶 liner 餓 starve 窮 hard up 掌 manipulate 麗 lovely 綾 design 臭 stinking 悦 ecstasy 刃 blade 縛 truss 暦 calendar 宜 best regards 盲 blind 粋 chic 辱 embarrass 毅 strong 轄 control 猿 monkey 弦 bowstring 稔 harvest 窒 plug up 炊 cook 洪 deluge 摂 vicarious 飽 sated 冗 superfluous 桃 peach tree 狩 hunt 朱 vermilion 渦 whirlpool 紳 sire 枢 hinge 碑 tombstone 鍛 forge 刀 sword 鼓 drum 裸 naked 猶 furthermore 塊 clod 旋 rotation 弓 bow 幣 cash 膜 membrane 扇 fan 腸 intestines 槽 vat 慈 mercy 楊 willow 伐 fell 駿 a good horse 漬 pickling 糾 twist 亮 clear 墳 tomb 坪 two-mat area 紺 dark blue 慌 disconcerted 娯 recreation 吾 I 椿 camellia 舌 tongue 羅 gauze 峡 gorge 俸 stipend 厘 rin 峰 summit 圭 square jewel 醸 brew 蓮 lotus 弔 condolences 乙 the latter 汁 soup 尼 nun 遍 everywhere 衡 equilibrium 薫 fragrant 猟 game-hunting 羊 sheep 款 goodwill 閲 review 偵 spy 喝 hoarse 敢 daring 胎 womb 酵 fermentation 憤 aroused 豚 pork 遮 intercept 扉 front door 硫 sulphur 赦 pardon 窃 stealth 泡 bubbles 瑞 congratulations 又 or again 慨 rue 紡 spinning 恨 regret 肪 obese 扶 aid 戯 frolic 伍 5 忌 mourning 濁 voiced 奔 bustle 斗 Big Dipper 蘭 orchid 迅 swift 肖 resemblance 鉢 bowl 朽 decay 殻 husk 享 receive 秦 Manchu dynasty 茅 miscanthus reed 藩 clan 沙 sand 輔 help 媒 mediator 鶏 chicken 禅 Zen 嘱 entrust 胴 trunk 迭 transfer 挿 insert 嵐 storm 椎 oak 絹 silk 陪 obeisance 剖 divide 譜 musical score 郁 cultural progress 悠 permanence 淑 graceful 帆 sail 暁 daybreak 傑 greatness 楠 camphor tree 笛 flute 玲 sound of jewels 奴 guy 錠 lock 拳 fist 翔 soar 遷 transition 拙 bungling 侍 waiter 尺 shaku 峠 mountain peak 篤 fervent 肇 beginning 渇 thirst 叔 uncle 雌 feminine 亨 undergo 堪 withstand 叙 confer 酢 vinegar 吟 versify 逓 relay 嶺 peak 甚 tremendously 喬 high 崇 adore 漆 lacquer 岬 headland 癖 mannerism 愉 pleasure 寅 sign of the tiger 礁 reef 乃 from 洲 continent 屯 barracks 樺 birch 槙 twig 姻 matrimony 巌 rock 擬 mimic 塀 fence 唇 lips 睦 intimate 閑 leisure 胡 barbarian 幽 seclude 峻 high 曹 cadet 詠 recitation 卑 lowly 侮 scorn 鋳 casting 抹 rub 尉 military officer 槻 Zelkova tree 隷 slave 禍 calamity 蝶 butterfly 酪 dairy products 茎 stalk 帥 commander 逝 departed 汽 vapor 琢 polish 匿 hide 襟 collar 蛍 lightning-bug 蕉 banana 寡 widow 琉 lapis lazuli 痢 diarrhea 庸 commonplace 朋 companion 坑 pit 藍 indigo 賊 burglar 搾 squeeze 畔 paddy-ridge 遼 distant 唄 songs with samisen 孔 cavity 橘 mandarin orange 漱 gargle 呂 spine 拷 torture 嬢 lass 苑 garden 巽 southeast 杜 woods 渓 mountain stream 翁 venerable old man 廉 bargain 謹 discreet 瞳 pupil 湧 boil 欣 take pleasure in 窯 kiln 褒 praise 醜 ugly 升 measuring box 殉 martyrdom 煩 anxiety 巴 comma-design 禎 happiness 劾 censure 堕 degenerate 租 tariff 稜 angle 桟 scaffold 倭 婿 bridegroom 慕 pining 斐 beautiful 罷 quit 矯 rectify 某 so-and-so 囚 captured 魁 charging ahead of others 虹 rainbow 鴻 large bird 泌 ooze 於 at 赳 strong and brave 漸 steadily 蚊 mosquito 葵 hollyhock 厄 unlucky 藻 seaweed 禄 fief 孟 chief 嫡 legitimate wife 尭 嚇 menacing 巳 sign of the snake 凸 convex 暢 stretch 韻 rhyme 霜 frost 硝 nitrate 勅 imperial order 芹 parsley 杏 apricot 棺 coffin 儒 Confucian 鳳 male mythical bird 馨 fragrant 慧 wise 愁 distress 楼 watchtower 彬 refined 匡 correct 眉 eyebrow 欽 respect 薪 fuel 褐 brown 賜 grant 嵯 steep 綜 rule 繕 darning 栓 plug 翠 鮎 freshwater trout 榛 hazelnut 凹 concave 艶 glossy 惣 all 蔦 vine 錬 tempering 隼 falcon 渚 strand 衷 inmost 逐 pursue 斥 reject 稀 rare 芙 lotus 詔 imperial edict 皐 swamp 雛 chick 惟 consider 佑 help 耀 shine 黛 blackened eyebrows 渥 kindness 憧 yearnafter 宵 wee hours 妄 delusion 惇 sincere 脩 dried meat 甫 酌 bartending 蚕 silkworm 嬉 glad 蒼 blue 暉 shine 頒 partition 只 only 肢 limb 檀 cedar 凱 victory song 彗 comet 謄 mimeograph 梓 catalpa tree 丑 嗣 heir 叶 grant 汐 eventide 絢 kimono design 朔 conjunction (astronomy) 伽 nursing 畝 furrow 抄 extract 爽 refreshing 黎 dark 惰 lazy 蛮 barbarian 冴 be clear 旺 flourishing 萌 show symptoms of 偲 recollect 壱 I (one) 瑠 lapis lazuli 允 license 侯 marquis 蒔 sow (seeds) 鯉 carp 弧 arc 遥 far off 矩 舜 type of morning glory 瑛 sparkle of jewelry 附 affixed 彪 卯 sign of the hare 但 however 綺 figured cloth 芋 potato 茜 madder 凌 endure 皓 white 洸 sparkling water 毬 burr 婆 old woman 緋 scarlet 鯛 sea bream 怜 wise 邑 village 倣 emulate 碧 blue 啄 peck 穣 good crops 酉 sign of the bird 悌 倹 frugal 柚 citron 繭 cocoon 謁 audience 箇 counters for things 且 moreover 伎 deed 斤 axe 虞 fear 墾 ground-breaking 采 dice 璽 emperor's seal 爵 baron 遵 abide by 塑 model 汰 luxury 旦 nightbreak 朕 majestic plural 痘 pox 弐 II 賦 levy 丙 third class 耗 decrease 冶 peace 濫 excessive 吏 officer 璃 glassy 瞭 clear 丞 help 亥 亦 伶 侃 strong 侑 urge to eat 倖 happiness 凜 凪 勁 strong 勺 匁 叡 intelligence 哉 how 奎 star 宥 soothe 崚 嵩 be aggravated 恕 excuse 捷 victory 捺 press 昂 昴 晏 晟 晨 柊 holly 柾 straight grain 栞 梢 treetops 梧 椋 type of deciduous tree 椰 coconut tree 楓 maple 汀 water's edge 洵 滉 澪 熙 bright 燎 燦 brilliant 燿 爾 you 玖 beautiful black jewel 琳 瑚 瑳 瑶 眸 碩 large 竣 end 笙 紗 gauze 紬 pongee (a knotted silk cloth) 絃 string 綸 thread 耶 question mark 胤 脹 茄 eggplant 茉 jasmine 莉 jasmine 莞 菖 iris 菫 蓉 lotus 蕗 butterbur 衿 袈 a coarse camlet 裟 Buddhist surplice 詢 consult with 誼 諄 諒 fact 迪 edify 醇 pure sake' 銑 錘 鞠 頌 颯 suddenly 麟 麿 I

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