Kanji used in Japanese name research
Browse KANJIDIC2 character records by classification and stroke count. Character glosses and readings are shown as character data, not as automatic whole-name meanings.
buy, tradesman
13 strokes · 0 name readings
despise, low-life, poverty
13 strokes · 0 name readings
guest
13 strokes · 0 name readings
gift
15 strokes · 0 name readings
sell, betray, show off
15 strokes · 0 name readings
despise, low-life, poverty
15 strokes · 0 name readings
levy, ode, prose
15 strokes · 1 name reading
offering, sacrifice
18 strokes · 0 name readings
beautiful
19 strokes · 0 name readings
help, support, assist
19 strokes · 0 name readings
suddenly, brighten, illuminate
14 strokes · 0 name readings
run, go, quick
17 strokes · 0 name readings
barefooted
13 strokes · 0 name readings
be, sit or stand astride, extend over
13 strokes · 0 name readings
crouch, cower
15 strokes · 0 name readings
path
17 strokes · 0 name readings
remains, traces, footprint
18 strokes · 0 name readings
tap with the feet, ruins
20 strokes · 0 name readings
climb
21 strokes · 0 name readings
squat, sit on heels, loiter
22 strokes · 0 name readings
body, self
10 strokes · 0 name readings
body, corpse, tree with rotten core
11 strokes · 0 name readings
the body, substance, object
12 strokes · 0 name readings
training, (kokuji)
16 strokes · 0 name readings
soon after, presently, almost
19 strokes · 1 name reading
rumble, explosion, blast
11 strokes · 0 name readings
sad, revolve
12 strokes · 0 name readings
front railing on a carriage
13 strokes · 0 name readings
numerary adjunct for vehicles
13 strokes · 0 name readings
pull
14 strokes · 0 name readings
light, easy, simple
14 strokes · 0 name readings
wagon, dray, canopied cart
15 strokes · 0 name readings
palanquin
15 strokes · 0 name readings
spoke (wheel)
16 strokes · 0 name readings
palanquin, bier, public opinion
17 strokes · 0 name readings
pulley, roller
18 strokes · 0 name readings
shift, move, turn
18 strokes · 0 name readings
bit (horse)
22 strokes · 0 name readings
pulley
23 strokes · 0 name readings
sin, crime
12 strokes · 0 name readings
manage, do, handle
16 strokes · 0 name readings
discrimination, dispose of, distinguish
16 strokes · 0 name readings
follow (road), pursue
6 strokes · 0 name readings
roundabout way
6 strokes · 0 name readings
some way or other, very, (kokuji)
8 strokes · 1 name reading
far off, distant
9 strokes · 1 name reading
approach, near, close
8 strokes · 1 name reading
edify, way, path
8 strokes · 4 name readings
How to read this directory
Jōyō and jinmeiyō labels here are derived from the KANJIDIC2 grade field for reference. Current child-name character rules should still be checked against the linked Ministry of Justice source. A kanji’s general frequency rank does not establish how popular that character is in personal names.