| A | B |
|---|
| one | 一 |
| two | 二 |
| three | 三 |
| four | 四 |
| five | 五 |
| six | 六 |
| seven | 七 |
| eight | 八 |
| nine | 九 |
| ten | 十 |
| day, sun | 日 |
| moon, month, Monday | 月 |
| fire, Tuesday | 火 |
| water, Wednesday | 水 |
| tree. Thursday | 木 |
| gold, money. (metal), Friday | 金 |
| earth, soil, ground, Saturday | 土 |
| mouth, opening | 口 |
| eye, -th (ordinal counter) | 目 |
| person/people, counter for people | 人 |
| root, source, true, book, this, cylinder-counter | 本 |
| now | 今 |
| year | 年 |
| day of the week | 曜 |
| up, top, over, go up | 上 |
| under, lower, base | 下 |
| big | 大 |
| small | 小 |
| evening | 夕 |
| what? how many? | 何 |
| middle, inside, China | 中 |
| outside, other, undo | 外 |
| go, hold | 行 |
| come, next, forthcoming | 来 |
| child | 子 |
| vehicle, chariot | 車 |
| learning | 学 |
| school, check | 校 |
| look, see, show | 見 |
| good | 良 |
| food, eat | 食 |
| river | 川 |
| mountain | 山 |
| go out, emerge, put out | 出 |
| previous, precede, tip | 先 |
| life, birth, grow | 生 |
| father | 父 |
| mother | 母 |
| each, every | 毎 |
| write | 書 |
| hand | 手 |
| ear | 耳 |
| gate | 門 |
| listen, hear; ask | 聞 |
| woman, female | 女 |
| like, good, fine | 好 |
| rice field/paddy | 田 |
| man, male | 男 |
| word, say, speak | 言 |
| tell, speak, talk, ~language | 語 |
| temple (Buddhist) | 寺 |
| time, hour | 時 |
| space, gap | 間 |
| divide, minute, understand | 分 |
| correct, proper | 正 |
| house, specialist | 家 |
| duplicates the previous kanji | 々 |
| white | 白 |
| hundred | 百 |
| thousand | 千 |
| ten thousand, myriad | 万 |
| side, way, square, direction, person | 方 |
| jewel, ball, __¥ coin | 玉 |
| country, region | 国 |
| restful, ease, cheap | 安 |
| tall, high, sum | 高 |
| cow, bull | 牛 |
| half, middle | 半 |
| friend | 友 |
| return | 帰 |
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