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JLPT Kanji

Here's the books I used to study kanji, both at SOAS and Yamasa. They're not super thrilling, but they're as thorough as they come and there's lots of activities (writing / guess the reading / fill the blanks etc). The White Rabbit flashcards rock heavily too. (5 Amazon stars)

Example Japanese sentences

Not sure how to use a kanji?

Use this Japanese example sentences tool to see how a kanji is used in Japanese.

Note: If you're wondering how to use a particular grammar, maybe it's better to use this grammar tool, and for vocab, this vocab tool.

Stroke order

Do you know your stroke order?

Choose any JLPT kanji, and see its stroke order.

KanjiBox

KanjiBox is an application for Facebook to help drill and test your kanji. I'm studying for JLPT 2 now. Add me and challenge my scores!

Try Kanji box

JLPT N1

N1 kanji list

KanjiList.N1.doc (1.8 MB)

KanjiList.N1.pdf (2.1 MB)

n1-kanji-char-eng.anki (1.1 MB)

n1-kanji-char-eng.mem (277.5 KB)

...with Japanese grade

In these files, the numbers are the Japanese school grade in which the kanji is learnt. The katakana is the onyomi reading and the hiragana is the kunyomi reading.

jlpt_kanji_level_1_base.zip (34.8 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_1_base_jis_order.zip (15.4 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_1_cumulative.zip (64.4 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_1_cumulative_jis_order.zip (23 KB)

JLPT N2

N2 kanji list

KanjiList.N2.doc (587 KB)

KanjiList.N2.pdf (715.2 KB)

n2-kanji-char-eng.anki (492 KB)

n2-kanji-char-eng.mem (83.1 KB)

...with Japanese grade

In these files, the numbers are the Japanese school grade in which the kanji is learnt. The katakana is the onyomi reading and the hiragana is the kunyomi reading.

jlpt_kanji_level_2_base.zip (24.5 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_2_base_jis_order.zip (10.9 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_2_cumulative.zip (31.1 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_2_cumulative_jis_order.zip (12.7 KB)

JLPT N3

N3 kanji list

KanjiList.N3.doc (597.5 KB)

KanjiList.N3.pdf (762.2 KB)

n3-kanji-char-eng.anki (500 KB)

n3-kanji-char-eng.mem (84.7 KB)

JLPT N4

N4 kanji list

KanjiList.N4.doc (284.5 KB)

KanjiList.N4.pdf (369.5 KB)

n4-kanji-char-eng.anki (316 KB)

n4-kanji-char-eng.mem (36.4 KB)

...with Japanese grade

In these files, the numbers are the Japanese school grade in which the kanji is learnt. The katakana is the onyomi reading and the hiragana is the kunyomi reading.

jlpt_kanji_level_4_base.zip (5.4 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_4_base_jis_order.zip (3.9 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_4_cumulative.zip (7.5 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_4_cumulative_jis_order.zip (4.6 KB)

JLPT N5

N5 kanji list

KanjiList.N5.doc (149 KB)

KanjiList.N5.pdf (200.6 KB)

n5-kanji-char-eng.anki (204 KB)

n5-kanji-char-eng.mem (16.8 KB)

...with Japanese grade

In these files, the numbers are the Japanese school grade in which the kanji is learnt. The katakana is the onyomi reading and the hiragana is the kunyomi reading.

jlpt_kanji_level_5_base.zip (2.5 KB)

jlpt_kanji_level_5_base_jis_order.zip (1.9 KB)

Jouyou kanji (常用漢字):

jouyou_kanji_selftest.doc (642.9 KB) Jouyou Kanji list - Meanings and characters separated so you can test yourself.