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In this article, we are going to see a complete list of N4 ideograms or Kanji used in the JLPT, Japanese language proficiency test. A total of 167 Kanji organized by the number of strokes and with their kun and on readings.
We didn't put the romanized readings, because it doesn't make much sense to do that. If you are already studying N4, your minimum obligation is to know how to read hiragana and katakana. Luckily, we'll also leave a simplified list with romaji.
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Does Kanji N4 have meanings?
First of all, we don't want you to get caught up in the idea that Japanese characters have meanings of their own. Most of the time they just convey a certain idea or concept according to the words in which they compose.
An ideogram alone will not convey the idea of absolutely anything, the meanings that you will see in this article are just some of the words and similar in which they compose. Get out of your head that ideograms have meanings!
There are exceptions where isolated ideograms are used literally as words as in the case of kuchi [口] which means mouth, chikara [力] which means strength, inu [犬] meaning dog and many other exceptions.
After all, most ideograms cannot have a single meaning, or they only convey the idea of the combination of other words. Most of the meanings you will see in this article are just the meaning of a common word composed with such an ideogram.
List ideograms and Kanji N4
The translation is done from English to Japanese and has several meanings in a single ideogram. This doesn't necessarily mean that this kanji means that, but that perhaps a compound word with that kanji has that meaning.
Japanese ideograms usually convey the idea of something, it may not make sense to imagine this idea in isolation. The translations may not be 100% accurate, if you want to dig further we recommend the jisho.
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| traits | Kanji | Meaning | Kun | on |
| 2 | 力 | power, strength, strong, tension, bear, exert | ちから | リョク、 リキ、 リイ |
| 3 | 口 | mouth | くち | コウ、ク |
| 3 | 工 | crafts, construction, katakana and radical (n. 48) | コウ、 ク、 グ | |
| 3 | 夕 | afternoon | ゆう | セキ |
| 4 | 牛 | cow | うし | ギュウ |
| 4 | 犬 | puppy | いぬ、いぬ- | ケン |
| 4 | 元 | beginning, formerly, origin | もと | ゲン、ガン |
| 4 | 公 | public, prince, official, governmental | おおやけ | コウ、ク |
| 4 | 止 | stop, stop | と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、とど.まる、 や.め、、、や.め、、、、や.め、、、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し | シ |
| 4 | 手 | hand | て、 て-、 -て、た- | シュ、ズ |
| 4 | 少 | few, little | すく.ない、 すこ.し | ショウ |
| 4 | 心 | heart, mind, spirit, radical heart (n. 61) | こころ、 -ごころ | シン |
| 4 | 切 | cut, cut, be sharp | き.る、 -き.る、き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ | セツ、 サイ |
| 4 | 不 | negative, not-, bad, ugly, clumsy | フ、ブ | |
| 4 | 文 | sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (nº 67) | ふみ、あや | ブン、 モン |
| 4 | 方 | direction, person, alternative | かた、 -かた、 -がた | ホウ |
| 5 | 以 | through, because, in view of, compared with | もっ.て | イ |
| 5 | 去 | was, past, leave, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce | さ.る、 -さ.る | キョ、コ |
| 5 | 兄 | older brother | あに | ケイ、 キョウ |
| 5 | 古 | old | ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す | コ |
| 5 | 広 | wide, spacious, spacious | ひろ.い、 ひろ.まる、 ひろ.める、 ひろ.がる、 ひろ.げる | コウ |
| 5 | 仕 | participate, make, official, serve | つか.える | シ、ジ |
| 5 | 写 | copy, be photographed, describe | うつ.す、うつ.る、うつ-、うつ.し | シャ、 ジャ |
| 5 | 主 | lord, chief, master, main thing, main | ぬし、おも、あるじ | シュ、 ス、 シュウ |
| 5 | 正 | correct, justice, fair, 10**40 | ただ.しい、 ただ.す、 まさ、 まさ.に | セイ、ショウ |
| 5 | 世 | generation, world, society, audience | よ | セイ、セ、ソウ |
| 5 | 代 | replace, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, rate | か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、よ、 しろ | ダイ、タイ |
| 5 | 台 | pedestal, support, counter for machines and vehicles | うてな、 われ、 つかさ | ダイ、タイ |
| 5 | 田 | rice field, paddy rice | た | デン |
| 5 | 冬 | Winter | ふゆ | トウ |
| 5 | 目 | eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor | め、 -め、 ま- | モク、ボク |
| 5 | 用 | utilize, business, service, use, employ | もち.いる | ヨウ |
| 5 | 立 | lift, lift, mount, lift | た.つ、 -た.つ、た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる | リツ、 リュウ、リットル |
| 6 | 安 | relax, cheap, low, calm, rested, content, peaceful | やす.い、 やす.まる、 やす、 やす.らか | アン |
| 6 | 会 | meeting, meet, party, association, interview, participate | あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる | カイ、エ |
| 6 | 考 | consider, think about | かんが.える、 かんが.え | コウ |
| 6 | 死 | death die | し.ぬ、 し.に- | シ |
| 6 | 字 | character, letter, word, village section | あざ、 あざな、 -な | ジ |
| 6 | 自 | To yourself | みずから、おの.ずから、おの.ずと | ジ、シ |
| 6 | 色 | color | いろ | ショク、 シキ |
| 6 | 早 | early, fast | はや.い、 はや、はや-、 はや.まる、 はや.める、さ- | ソウ、サッ |
| 6 | 多 | many, frequent, very | おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る | タ |
| 6 | 地 | earth, earth | チ、ジ | |
| 6 | 同 | same, agree, same | おな.じ | ドウ |
| 6 | 肉 | meat | しし | ニク |
| 6 | 有 | possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approximately | あ.る | ユウ、ウ |
| 7 | 医 | doctor, medicine | い.やす、 い.する、 くすし | イ |
| 7 | 花 | flower | はな | カ、ケ |
| 7 | 究 | search | きわ.める | キュウ、ク |
| 7 | 近 | close, early, similar, equivalent | ちか.い | キン、コン |
| 7 | 言 | say word | い.う、 こと | ゲン、ゴン |
| 7 | 作 | make, produce, prepare, build | つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り | サク、サ |
| 7 | 私 | private me | わたくし、 わたし | シ |
| 7 | 社 | company, enterprise, office, association, sanctuary | やしろ | シャ |
| 7 | 住 | inhabit, reside, live, inhabit | す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい | ジュウ、 ヂュウ、チュウ |
| 7 | 図 | map, design, plan, extraordinary, audacious | え、 はか.る | ズ、ト |
| 7 | 赤 | red | あか、あか-、あか.い、あか.らむ、あか.らめる | セキ、 シャク |
| 7 | 走 | run | はし.る | ソウ |
| 7 | 足 | leg, foot, be enough, counter for pairs of shoes | あし、た.りる、た.る、た.す | ソク |
| 7 | 体 | body, substance, object, reality, image counter | からだ、かたち | タイ、 テイ |
| 7 | 町 | city, village, block, street | まち | チョウ |
| 7 | 弟 | younger brother, faithful service to the elders | おとうと | テイ、ダイ、デ |
| 7 | 売 | sell | う.る、う.れる | バイ |
| 7 | 別 | separate, branch, diverge, fork, other, extra, especially | わか.れる、 わ.ける | ベツ |
| 8 | 英 | England, English, Hero, Excellent, Chalice | はなぶさ | エイ |
| 8 | 画 | brushstroke photo | えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る | ガ、 カク、 エ、カイ |
| 8 | 京 | capital, 10 ** 16 | みやこ | キョウ、 ケイ、 キン |
| 8 | 空 | void, sky, void, vacant, void | そら、あ.く、あ.き、 あ.ける、 | クウ |
| 8 | 始 | start, start | はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる | シ |
| 8 | 使 | use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause | つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い | シ |
| 8 | 姉 | eldest sister | あね、はは | シ |
| 8 | 事 | matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly | こと、つか.う、つか.える | ジ、ズ |
| 8 | 者 | someone person | もの | シャ |
| 8 | 青 | blue green | あお、あお-、あお.い | セイ、ショウ |
| 8 | 知 | you know wisdom | し.る、 し.らせる | チ |
| 8 | 注 | pour, irrigate, pour (tears), flow in, concentrate, notes, comment, annotate | そそ.ぐ、さ.す、つ.ぐ | チュウ |
| 8 | 店 | shop, shop | みせ、たな | テン |
| 8 | 服 | clothing, admit, obey, high | フク | |
| 8 | 物 | thing, object, subject | もの、もの- | ブツ、 モツ |
| 8 | 歩 | floor, stairway | ある.く、 あゆ.む | ホ、ブ、フ |
| 8 | 妹 | younger sister | いもうと | マイ |
| 8 | 味 | flavor, flavor | あじ、あじ.わう | ミ |
| 8 | 明 | shinning light | あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 | メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン |
| 8 | 夜 | night night | よ、よる | ヤ |
| 9 | 映 | reflect, reflection, projection | うつ.る、 うつ.す、 は.える、 -ば.え | エイ |
| 9 | 屋 | roof, house, store, dealer, seller | や | オク |
| 9 | 音 | sound, noise | おと、ね | オン、 イン、 -ノン |
| 9 | 海 | Sea ocean | うみ | カイ |
| 9 | 界 | world, limit | カイ | |
| 9 | 急 | hurry, emergency, sudden, steep | いそ.ぐ、いそ.ぎ、せ.く | キュウ |
| 9 | 計 | plot, plan, scheme, measure | はか.る、 はか.らう | ケイ |
| 9 | 研 | polish, study, sharpen | と.ぐ | ケン |
| 9 | 建 | Ramp up | た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ | ケン、 コン |
| 9 | 思 | think | おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す | シ |
| 9 | 持 | hold, have | も.つ、 -も.ち、も.てる | ジ |
| 9 | 室 | room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar | むろ | シツ |
| 9 | 秋 | autumn | あき、とき | シュウ |
| 9 | 重 | heavy, important, esteem, respect, pile up, pile up, nest of boxes | え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、おも | ジュウ、 チョウ |
| 9 | 春 | spring, spring (season) | はる | シュン |
| 9 | 送 | escort, send | おく.る | ソウ |
| 9 | 待 | wait, it depends | ま.つ、 -ま.ち | タイ |
| 9 | 茶 | tea | チャ、サ | |
| 9 | 昼 | day, noon | ひる | チュウ |
| 9 | 度 | degrees, occurrence, time, occurrence counter, consider, attitude | たび、 -た.い | ド、ト、タク |
| 9 | 発 | departure, discharge, publication, issue, departure, disclosure, shot counter | た.つ、 あば.く、おこ.る、 つか.わす、 | ハツ、 ホツ |
| 9 | 品 | goods, refinement, dignity, article, dining counter | しな | ヒン、ホン |
| 9 | 風 | wind, air, style, way | かぜ、かざ- | フウ、 フ |
| 9 | 洋 | ocean, sea, aliens, western style | ヨウ | |
| 10 | 借 | borrow, rent | か.りる | シャク |
| 10 | 員 | employee, member, number, responsible | イン | |
| 10 | 院 | Inst., Institution, Temple, Mansion, School | イン | |
| 10 | 夏 | summer | なつ | カ、ガ、ゲ |
| 10 | 家 | house, home, family, professional, specialist, artist | いえ、や、うち | カ、ケ |
| 10 | 帰 | return home, arrive, lead to, result in | かえ.る、 かえ.す、 おく.る、 とつ.ぐ | キ |
| 10 | 起 | wake up, wake up, get up | お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ | キ |
| 10 | 紙 | paper | かみ | シ |
| 10 | 真 | true, reality, buddhist sect | ま、 ま-、 まこと | シン |
| 10 | 通 | traffic, passage, avenue, displacement, letter counter, bills, documents, etc. | とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う | ツウ、ツ |
| 10 | 特 | Special | トク | |
| 10 | 病 | sick | や.む、 -や.み、 やまい | ビョウ、 ヘイ |
| 10 | 勉 | effort, effort, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent | つと.める | ベン |
| 10 | 旅 | travel | たび | リョ |
| 10 | 料 | fee, materials | リョウ | |
| 11 | 悪 | bad, vice, rogue, false, evil, wrong | わる.い、 わる-、あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む | アク、オ |
| 11 | 魚 | fish | うお、 さかな、 -ざかな | ギョ |
| 11 | 教 | teach faith doctrine | おし.える、 おそ.わる | キョウ |
| 11 | 強 | Strong | つよ.い、 つよ.まる、 つよ.める、し.いる、 こわ.い | キョウ、 ゴウ |
| 11 | 黒 | Black | くろ、くろ.ずむ、くろ.い | コク |
| 11 | 終 | end, end | お.わる、 -お.わる、 おわ.る、 お.える、 つい、 つい.に | シュウ |
| 11 | 週 | week | シュウ | |
| 11 | 習 | learn | なら.う、 なら.い | シュウ、 ジュ |
| 11 | 族 | tribe family | ゾク | |
| 11 | 鳥 | bird, chicken | とり | チョウ |
| 11 | 転 | turn, turn, change | ころ.がる、 ころ.げる、 ころ.がす、ころ.ぶ、 まろ.ぶ、うたた、 | テン |
| 11 | 動 | move, motion, shift, confusion, shift, shake | うご.く、 うご.かす | ドウ |
| 11 | 堂 | public chamber hall | ドウ | |
| 11 | 問 | question ask problem | と.う、 と.い、 とん | モン |
| 11 | 野 | plains, countryside, rustic, civilian life | の、の- | ヤ、ショ |
| 11 | 理 | logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth | ことわり | リ |
| 12 | 飲 | drink, smoke, take | の.む、 -の.み | イン、 オン |
| 12 | 運 | take, luck, destination, destination, batch, transport, progress, advancement | はこ.ぶ | ウン |
| 12 | 開 | open, unfold, not seal | ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、あ.ける | カイ |
| 12 | 集 | gather, gather, gather, swarm, herd | あつ.まる、あつ.める、つど.う | シュウ |
| 12 | 場 | location, location | ば | ジョウ、チョウ |
| 12 | 貸 | lend | か.す、 か.し-、 かし- | タイ |
| 12 | 着 | No, arrive, use, make a clothes counter | き.る、 -ぎ、 き.せる、 -き.せ、 つ.く、 つ.ける | チャク、 ジャク |
| 12 | 朝 | morning, dynasty, regime, season, period, north korea | あさ | チョウ |
| 12 | 答 | solution, answer | こた.える、 こた.え | トウ |
| 12 | 道 | road, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings | みち、いう | ドウ、トウ |
| 12 | 買 | Purchase | か.う | バイ |
| 12 | 飯 | meal cooked rice | めし | ハン |
| 13 | 意 | idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking | イ | |
| 13 | 楽 | music, comfort, ease | たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む | ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ |
| 13 | 漢 | Sino-, China | カン | |
| 13 | 業 | business, vocation, arts, performance | わざ | ギョウ、 ゴウ |
| 13 | 試 | test, attempt, attempt, experiment, ordeal | こころ.みる、 ため.す | シ |
| 13 | 新 | Young | あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい- | シン |
| 14 | 駅 | season | エキ | |
| 14 | 歌 | song, sing | うた、うた.う | カ |
| 14 | 銀 | silver | しろがね | ギン |
| 15 | 質 | substance, quality, matter, temperament | たち、 ただ.す、もと、 わりふ | シツ、シチ、チ |
| 16 | 館 | building, mansion, grand building, palace | やかた、 たて | カン |
| 16 | 親 | father, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards) | おや、おや-、した.しい、した.しむ | シン |
| 18 | 験 | verification, effect, test | あかし、しるし、ため.す、ためし | ケン、 ゲン |
| 18 | 題 | topic, subject | ダイ | |
| 18 | 曜 | day of the week | ヨウ |
Simplified and romanized n4 kanji list
Below is a list of the same simplified N4 ideograms with just a common meaning and a standard romanization as reading. You might want to start with this list, although we recommend the previous one.
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| Kanji | Romaji | Meaning |
| 開 | kai | open |
| 明 | mei | shine |
| 引 | hiki | arguments |
| 田 | OK | paddy field |
| 通 | tsuu | through |
| 低 | here | low |
| 好 | kō | Good |
| 頭 | atama | head |
| 犬 | inu | puppy |
| 暑 | sho | heat |
| 界 | sakai | field |
| 野 | no | field |
| 都 | to | capital |
| 持 | mochi | equity |
| 肉 | niku | meat |
| 家 | ie | House |
| 起 | ki | cause |
| 早 | haya | early |
| 画 | ga | scenery |
| 茶 | tea | tea |
| 町 | machi | City |
| 市 | shi | City |
| 事 | koto | thing |
| 集 | shū | collection |
| 飯 | mesh | food |
| 方 | ho | as |
| 知 | chi | knowledge |
| 色 | go | color |
| 心 | kokoro | heart |
| 体 | karada | body |
| 走 | only | run |
| 短 | tan | I enjoy |
| 急 | kyū | suddenly |
| 歩 | fu | step |
| 図 | zu | drawing |
| 別 | betsu | different |
| 遠 | in | distant |
| 病 | yamai | illness |
| 曜 | yō | Sunday |
| 堂 | of | I give |
| 合 | awase | what if |
| 貸 | kashi | loan |
| 借 | kari | loans |
| 区 | ku | nursery |
| 工 | kō | engineering |
| 仕 | shi | specifications |
| 待 | machi | wait |
| 私 | watakushi | I |
| 験 | gene | experience |
| 顔 | kao | face |
| 楽 | raku | easy |
| 映 | Hey | movie |
| 終 | owari | Final |
| 林 | hayashi | forest |
| 切 | setsu | outside |
| 強 | kyō | force |
| 弱 | jaku | weak |
| 寒 | kan | cold |
| 代 | so | generation |
| 理 | laughs | management |
| 味 | aji | taste |
| 太 | futoshi | thick |
| 族 | zoku | group |
| 始 | shi | hajime |
| 漢 | kan | huh |
| 洋 | yō | hiroshi |
| 院 | in | hospital |
| 英 | Hey | English |
| 意 | i | intention |
| 冬 | I'm | Winter |
| 妹 | still | sister |
| 姉 | ane | sister |
| 兄 | ani | brother |
| 弟 | ototo | younger brother |
| 研 | ken | ken |
| 建 | ken | ken |
| 池 | ike | lagoon |
| 広 | hiro | wide |
| 洗 | arai | to wash |
| 場 | ba | place, put |
| 所 | tokoro | place, put |
| 軽 | kei | light |
| 光 | hikari | light |
| 森 | died | woods |
| 以 | i | more than |
| 悪 | aku | bad |
| 朝 | choo | morning |
| 館 | yakata | mansion |
| 海 | umi | sea |
| 医 | i | doctor |
| 昼 | hiru | noon |
| 員 | -in | member |
| 品 | hin | goods |
| 台 | so | table |
| 同 | of | same |
| 死 | shi | death |
| 動 | of | movement |
| 乗 | jō | multiply |
| 世 | yo | world |
| 歌 | uta | song |
| 不 | fu | no |
| 夜 | yoru | night |
| 注 | chū | note |
| 物 | mono | object |
| 考 | kangae | comments |
| 元 | motorcycle | origin |
| 秋 | shū | autumn |
| 親 | hey | dad |
| 紙 | kami | paper |
| 用 | yō | for |
| 止 | take | Stop |
| 鳥 | tori | Bird |
| 思 | omo | think |
| 問 | mon | asking |
| 字 | ji | character |
| 近 | kin | near |
| 首 | kubi | neck |
| 重 | jū | Weight |
| 究 | kiwamu | search |
| 者 | mono | person |
| 民 | me | people |
| 力 | chikara | power |
| 門 | mon | gate |
| 銀 | gin | silver |
| 県 | ken | town hall |
| 黒 | kuro | black |
| 春 | shun | spring |
| 主 | shu | main |
| 産 | san | production |
| 教 | kyō | teacher |
| 自 | ji | own |
| 質 | shitsu | quality |
| 室 | shitsu | bedroom |
| 京 | kyō | Kyoto |
| 特 | toku | resources |
| 正 | know | regular |
| 薬 | kusuri | medicine |
| 去 | sa | removed by |
| 答 | kotae | reply |
| 転 | have | rolling |
| 服 | fuku | clothes |
| 発 | hatsu | exit |
| 文 | bun | verdict |
| 有 | yū | yea |
| 音 | on | sound |
| 暗 | an | dingy |
| 運 | un | luck |
| 進 | susumu | susumu |
| 夕 | yū | afternoon |
| 料 | -ryō | rate |
| 試 | mi | attempts |
| 説 | setsu | theory |
| 地 | chi | Earth |
| 写 | utsushi | shooting |
| 題 | so | title |
| 度 | of | every time |
| 計 | kei | total |
| 働 | hatarake | job |
| 作 | saku | works |
| 業 | go | works |
| 勉 | tsutomu | tsutomu |
| 使 | shi | to use |
| 牛 | ushi | cow |
| 売 | uri | sales |
| 風 | kaze | wind |
| 夏 | natsu | summer |
| 真 | shin | truth |
| 青 | to | green |
| 菜 | na | greens |
| 赤 | aka | red |
| 着 | ki | dressing |
| 回 | kai | times |
| 旅 | tabi | travel |
| 村 | wall | village |
| 住 | jū | alive |
| 便 | bin | to fly |
| 声 | koe | voice |
| 屋 | yes | store |
| 送 | ok | submit |
| 帰 | ki | return |
| 習 | jyu | learning |
N4 kanji videos
To end the article, I will leave some videos explaining the ideograms studied in the N4 of the JLPT. Some videos are in English or Japanese, but they are easy to understand. I hope you enjoyed the article, if you liked it share and leave your comments. Thank you and see you next time!
