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List of N4 JLPT kanji - readings and meanings

In this article, we will see a complete list of ideograms or Kanji from N4 used in the JLPT, the 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 include the romanized readings, especially since it doesn't make much sense to do that. If you are already studying N4, your minimum obligation is to know the readings of hiragana and katakana. Fortunately, we will also leave a simplified list with romaji.

List of kanji N4 JLPT - readings and meanings

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 such as in the case of kuchi [口] which means mouth, chikara [力] which means strength, inu [犬] which means 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, and it might not make sense to think of this idea in isolation. The translations may not be 100% accurate, and if you want to dig deeper, we recommend jisho.

TraitsKanjiMeaningKunOn
2power, strength, strong, tension, endure, exert ちから リョク、 リキ、 リイ
3mouth くち コウ、 ク
3craftsmanship, construction, katakana and radical (n. 48)
コウ、 ク、 グ
3afternoon ゆう セキ
4cow うし ギュウ
4dog いぬ、 いぬ- ケン
4beginning, formerly, origin もと ゲン、 ガン
4public, prince, official, governmental おおやけ コウ、 ク
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4⼿ hand て、 て-、 -て、た- シュ、 ズ
4few, little すく.ない、 すこ.し ショウ
4heart, mind, spirit, radical heart (n. 61) こころ、 -ごころ シン
4cut, cut, be sharp The input consists solely of Japanese kanji and kana that do not require translation into English. It appears to list various forms of the verb "切る" (to cut). Therefore, no translation is necessary. セツ、 サイ
4negative, not-, bad, ugly, clumsy
フ、 ブ
4sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67) ふみ、 あや ブン、 モン
4direction, person, alternative かた、 -かた、 -がた ホウ
5by means of, because, in view of, compared to もっ.て
5was, past, leave, leave, occur, eliminate, divorce さ.る、 -さ.る キョ、 コ
5older brother あに ケイ、 キョウ
5old ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
5wide, spacious, spacious wide, to spread, to expand, to widen, to broaden コウ
5participate, make, official, serve つか.える シ、 ジ
5copy, be photographed, describe utsu. su, utsu. ru, utsu-, utsu. shi シャ、 ジャ
5mister, chief, master, main thing, main ぬし、 おも、 あるじ シュ、 ス、 シュウ
5correct, justice, fair, 10 ** 40 just, correct, exactly, precisely セイ、 ショウ
5generation, world, society, audience セイ、 セ、 ソウ
5replace, change, convert, substitute, period, age, counter for decades, eras, etc., generation, charge, fee, rate The provided text consists of Japanese words and kanji. It does not contain any Portuguese content to translate into English. Please provide a string in Portuguese that requires translation. ダイ、 タイ
5pedestal, support, counter for machines and vehicles うてな、 われ、 つかさ ダイ、 タイ
5rice field, paddy rice デン
5winter ふゆ トウ
5eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, please め、 -め、 ま- モク、 ボク
5utilize, business, service, use, employ もち.いる ヨウ
5lift, 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
6relax, cheap, low, calm, rested, happy, peaceful cheap, to rest, cheap, tranquil アン
6meeting, get to know, party, association, interview, participate あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる カイ、 エ
6consider, think about かんが.える、 かんが.え コウ
6death die し.ぬ、 し.に-
6character, letter, word, village section あざ、 あざな、 -な
6yourself みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと ジ、 シ
6cor いろ ショク、 シキ
6early, fast はや.い、 はや、はや-、 はや.まる、 はや.める、さ- ソウ、 サッ
6many, frequent, very おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
6earth, earth
チ、 ジ
6same, agree, same おな.じ ドウ
6meat しし ニク
6to possess, to have, to exist, to happen, to occur, approximately あ.る ユウ、 ウ
7doctor, medicine い.やす、 い.する、 くすし
7flower はな カ、 ケ
7research きわ.める キュウ、 ク
7close, early, similar, equivalent ちか.い キン、 コン
7say word い.う、 こと ゲン、 ゴン
7make, produce, prepare, build つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り サク、 サ
7private me わたくし、 わたし
7company, enterprise, office, association, sanctuary やしろ シャ
7inhabit, reside, live, inhabit す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい ジュウ、 ヂュウ、チュウ
7map, design, plan, extraordinary, audacious え、 はか.る ズ、 ト
7red red, reddish, to become red, to make red セキ、 シャク
7run はし.る ソウ
7leg, foot, to be sufficient, counter for pairs of shoes あし、 た.りる、た.る、 た.す ソク
7body, substance, object, reality, image counter からだ、 かたち タイ、 テイ
7city, village, block, street まち チョウ
7younger brother, faithful service to the elders おとうと テイ、 ダイ、 デ
7to sell う.る、 う.れる バイ
7separate, branch, diverge, fork, other, extra, especially わか.れる、 わ.ける ベツ
8England, English, Hero, Excellent, Chalice はなぶさ エイ
8brushstroke 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
8capital, 10 ** 16 みやこ キョウ、 ケイ、 キン
8void, sky, void, vacant, void Sora, a.k.a, a.k.i, a.k.eru, kara, su.k.u, su.kasu, munashii. クウ
8start, start はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
8使 use, send on a mission, order, messenger, sent, ambassador, cause tsuka.u, tsuka.i, -tsuka.i, -duka.i
8older sister あね、 はは
8subject, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly こと、 つか.う、つか.える ジ、 ズ
8someone person もの シャ
8blue green あお、 あお-、 あお.い セイ、 ショウ
8you know wisdom し.る、 し.らせる
8spill, irrigate, shed (tears), flow in, concentrate, notes, comment, jot down そそ.ぐ、 さ.す、つ.ぐ チュウ
8shop, shop みせ、 たな テン
8clothing, admit, obey, high
フク
8thing, object, subject もの、 もの- ブツ、 モツ
8floor, stairway ある.く、 あゆ.む ホ、 ブ、 フ
8younger sister いもうと マイ
8flavor, flavor あじ、 あじ.わう
8shinning light A. kari, a ka. rui, a ka. rumu, a ka. ramu, a ki. rakana, a. keru, -a. ke, a. ku, a. kuruu, a. kasu メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン
8night night よ、 よる
9reflect, reflection, projection utsubu, utsusu, haeru, -bae エイ
9roof, house, store, dealer, seller オク
9sound, noise おと、 ね オン、 イン、 -ノン
9Sea ocean うみ カイ
9world, limit
カイ
9hurry, emergency, sudden, steep いそ.ぐ、 いそ.ぎ、 せ.く キュウ
9The string "計" translates to "plan" or "scheme" in English. plot, plan, scheme, measure はか.る、 はか.らう ケイ
9polish, study, sharpen と.ぐ ケン
9Build to build, -to build, to establish, to stand ケン、 コン
9The Japanese kanji "思" translates to "thought" or "think" in English. to think おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
9hold, have も.つ、 -も.ち、も.てる
9room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar むろ シツ
9autumn あき、 とき シュウ
9heavy, important, esteem, respect, to pile up, to pile up, nest of boxes Eh, omoi, omori, omonau, kasaneru, kasanaru, omo ジュウ、 チョウ
9spring, spring (season) はる シュン
9escort, send おく.る ソウ
9wait, it depends ま.つ、 -ま.ち タイ
9tea
チャ、 サ
9No translation needed as "昼" means "daytime" in English. day, noon ひる チュウ
9degrees, occurrence, time, occurrence counter, consider, attitude たび、 -た.い ド、 ト、 タク
9departure, download, publication, issuance, departure, disclosure, shot counter ta. tsu, aba. ku, oko. ru, tsuka. wasu, hana. tsu ハツ、 ホツ
9bens, refinement, dignity, article, dining counter しな ヒン、 ホン
9wind, air, style, way かぜ、 かざ- フウ、 フ
9ocean, sea, aliens, western style
ヨウ
10borrow, rent か.りる シャク
10employee, member, number, responsible
イン
10Inst., Institution, Temple, Mansion, School
イン
10summer なつ カ、 ガ、 ゲ
10house, home, family, professional, specialist, artist いえ、 や、 うち カ、 ケ
10The translation of "帰" is "return." return home, arrive, take to, result in kaeru, kaesu, okuru, totsugu
10wake up, wake up, get up Wake up, happen, cause, bring about, stand up.
10paper かみ
10true, reality, buddhist sect ま、 ま-、 まこと シン
10traffic, passage, avenue, displacement, card counter, notes, documents, etc. tooru, toori, -toori, -doori, toosu, tooshi, -dooshi, kayou ツウ、 ツ
10special
トク
10sick や.む、 -や.み、 やまい ビョウ、 ヘイ
10effort, effort, encourage, strive, make an effort, diligent つと.める ベン
10trip たび リョ
10fee, materials
リョウ
11bad, vice, scoundrel, false, evil, wrong bad, evil, unpleasant, hateful, - Oh, where, where on earth, to hate アク、 オ
11fish うお、 さかな、 -ざかな ギョ
11teach faith doctrine おし.える、 おそ.わる キョウ
11Strong strong, become strong, be able to strengthen, be able to, scary キョウ、 ゴウ
11Black くろ、 くろ.ずむ、くろ.い コク
11end, end Finish, -finish, to finish, to end, finally, at last. シュウ
11week
シュウ
11learn なら.う、 なら.い シュウ、 ジュ
11tribe family
ゾク
11bird, chicken とり チョウ
11turn, change ころ.がる、 ころ.げる、 ころ.がす、ころ.ぶ、 まろ.ぶ、うたた、 うつ.る、くる.めく テン
11move, movement, change, confusion, change, shake うご.く、 うご.かす ドウ
11public chamber hall
ドウ
11question ask problem と.う、 と.い、 とん モン
11plains, countryside, rustic, civilian life の、 の- ヤ、 ショ
11logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth ことわり
12drink, smoke, take の.む、 -の.み イン、 オン
12carry, luck, fate, destiny, lot, transport, progress, advancement はこ.ぶ ウン
12open, unfold, not seal open, opening, -open, can open, open, to open カイ
12gather, gather, gather, swarm, herd あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う シュウ
12location ジョウ、 チョウ
12to lend か.す、 か.し-、 かし- タイ
12No, come, use, make a counter for clothes き.る, -ぎ, き.せる, -き.せ, つ.く, つ.ける チャク、 ジャク
12morning, dynasty, regime, era, period, North Korea あさ チョウ
12solution, answer こた.える、 こた.え トウ
12road, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings みち、 いう ドウ、 トウ
12Buy か.う バイ
12meal cooked rice めし ハン
13idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
13music, comfort, ease たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ
13Sino-, China
カン
13business, vocation, arts, performance わざ ギョウ、 ゴウ
13test, attempt, attempt, experiment, ordeal こころ.みる、 ため.す
13New あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい- シン
14station
エキ
14song, sing うた、 うた.う
14silver しろがね ギン
15substance, quality, matter, temperament たち、 ただ.す、もと、 わりふ シツ、 シチ、 チ
16building, mansion, grand building, palace やかた、 たて カン
16father, intimacy, relative, familiarity, card dealer (cards) Oh, oh— dear, to become close. シン
18verification, effect, test あかし、 しるし、ため.す、 ためし ケン、 ゲン
18topic, subject
ダイ
18day 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.

KanjiRomajiMeaning
kaiopen
meishine
hikiarguments
tarice field
tsūthrough
teidown
good
headhead
inudog
shokuryōheat
sakaifield
nofield
tocapital
mochiequity
meatmeat
iehouse
kicause
hayaI give up
gascenario
teatea
towncity
Shikoku-ben:city
kotothing
shūcollection
ricefood
how
chiknowledge
colorcor
heartheart
bodybody
run
so muchshort
ninesuddenly
fustep
zudrawing
separatedifferent
endistant
yamaidisease
helloSunday
"how"
awasewhat if
kashiloan
kariloans
Kuinfirmary
engineering
Shikoku-ben:specifications
townwait
watakushiI
genexperience
faceface
rakueasy
heymovie
endfinal
hayashiforest
setsuforum
todaystrength
jakuweak
kancold
daigeneration
rimanagement
ajilike
futoshibig
zokugroup
Shikoku-ben:hajime
kanhan
hellohiroshi
inhospital
heyEnglish
iintention
winter
little sistersister
anesister
anibrother
younger brotheryounger brother
kenken
kenken
ikelagoon
hirowide
araito wash
baplace, put
tokoroplace, put
keilight
hikarilight
forestwood
imore than
"aku"bad
supermorning
innmansion
seasea
idoctor
lunchnoon
-inmember
hinmerchandise
daitable
even
Shikoku-ben:death
movement
multiply
Hello! How can I assist you today?world
songmusic
funo
nightnight
chūnote
monoobject
thoughtobservations
motoorigin
shūautumn
oyafather
kamipaper
hellofor
tomestop
toribird
I thinkto think
monasking
jicharacter
kinclose
neckneck
weight
kiwamuresearch
monoperson
minpeople
chikarapower
mongate
ginsilver
kencity hall
blackblack
shunspring
sonoprincipal
sanproduction
todayprofessor
jiown
shitsuquality
shitsuquarter
todayKyoto
tokuresources
seiregular
medicinemedicine
saremoved by
answerrespond
tenrolando
fukuclothes
hatsuexit
bunsentence
yes
onsoul
andark
oneluck
susumususumu
afternoon
-ryōrate
meattempts
setsutheory
chiearth
utsushishooting
daititle
doevery time
keitotal
hatarakework
sakujobs
jobs
tsutomutsutomu
使Shikoku-ben:to use
ushicow
urisales
kazewind
natsusummer
shintruth
togreen
nagreens
akared
kidressing
kaitimes
tabitrip
muravillage
live
便binfly
voicevoice
yastore
okusend
kireturn
jyulearning

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!