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List of kanji N5 JLPT - Readings and meanings

In this article, we will see a complete list of ideograms or Kanji from N5 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 did not include the romaji readings, as it doesn't make much sense to do so. If you are already studying N5, your minimum obligation is to know the reading of hiragana and katakana. Fortunately, we will also provide a simplified list with romaji.

List of kanji n5 jlpt - readings and meanings

Does Kanji N5 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!

For example, the character of [人] person is used to compose many words related to humanity, population, man, human and anything related. Clearly when we see this ideogram we remember a person, and it literally alone means that, but most ideograms don't have a meaning when they are alone.

For example, the character [食] used to write verbs like eat [食べる] is also present in many food-related words, but alone it means nothing. It just passes the idea and concept of food.

I believe that N5 is one of the few levels in the list of ideograms where most of them form a single word. In this case, the main ones are numbers, colors, positions and others. Still, it conveys more ideas than a single meaning.

List ideograms and Kanji N5

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.

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TraitsKanji N5MeaningKun YomiOn Yomi
1one, a radical (no.1)ひと-、 ひと.つイチ、 イツ
2 personひと、 -り、 -と ジン、 ニン
2 tenとお、 と ジュウ、 ジッ、ジュッ
2two, two radicals (#7)ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび ニ、 ジ
2 nineここの、 ここの.つ キュウ、 ク
2 enter, insertYou provided a list of Japanese words and forms that seem to be related to the verb "to be" or "to exist." However, as they are already in Japanese, no translation is needed for those. If you have any specific content in Portuguese (pt) that you would like translated into English, please provide that text. ニュウ、 ジュ
2eight, eight radicals (nº 12)ya, ya. tsu, ya. tsu, you ハチ
2 Sevenなな、 なな.つ、 なの シチ
3 big, bigおお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに ダイ、 タイ
3 threeみ、 み.つ、 みっ.つ サン、 ゾウ
3 above, aboveue, ue, uwa, kami, ageru, ageru, agaru, agaru, agari, agari, noboru, nobori, noboseru, nobosu, tatematsuru ジョウ、 ショウ、シャン
3child, rat sign, 11:00 PM - 1:00 AM, first sign of the Chinese zodiacこ、 -こ、 ね シ、 ス、 ツ
3 below, low, to descend, to give, low, inferiorshita, shimo, moto, sageru, sagaru, kudaru, kudari, kudasu, -kudasu, kudasaru, orosu, oriru カ、 ゲ
3 small smallちい.さい、 こ-、お-、 さ- ショウ
3 mountainやま サン、 セン
3 woman womanおんな、 め ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ
3current radical, river, river or river of three times (no. 47)かわ セン
3 thousand セン
3 soil, earth, terrain, turkeyつち ド、 ト
3ten thousand, 10,000よろず マン、 バン
4 day, sun, japan, daily counterひ、 -び、 -か ニチ、 ジツ
4 inside, middle, middle, middle, centerなか、 うち、 あた.る チュウ
4 moon monthつき ゲツ、 ガツ
4 fiveいつ、 いつ.つ
4 circle yen roundRound, circle, window, Madoka, mellow エン
4 sixmu, mu.tsu, mu.ttsu, mui ロク、 リク
4 nowいま コン、 キン
4 waterみず、 みず- スイ
4noon, sign of the horse, 11am-1pm, seventh sign of the Chinese zodiacうま
4 tree woodき、 こ- ボク、 モク
4 sky, imperialあまつ、 あめ、 あま- テン
4 fireひ、 -び、 ほ-
4 friendとも ユウ
4 fatherちち
5 book, gift, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical thingsもと ホン
5 leave, leave, leave, leave, erase, stand outThe given strings are not in Portuguese but appear to be Japanese verbs or expressions. Please provide text in Portuguese that needs to be translated to English. シュツ、 スイ
5 life, genuine, birthい.きる, い.かす, い.ける, う.まれる, うま.れる, う.まれ, うまれ, う.む, お.う, は.える, は.やす, き, なま, なま-, な.る, な.す, む.す, -う セイ、 ショウ
5 fourYo, yo. tsu, yottsu, yon
5 outsideそと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、と- ガイ、 ゲ
5 northきた ホク
5 half, half, odd number, semi-, part-なか.ば ハン
5 whiteしろ、 しら-、 しろ.い ハク、 ビャク
5 sureみぎ ウ、 ユウ
5 leftひだり サ、 シャ
5 motherはは、 も
6 year, counter for yearsとし ネン
6 indo, journey, to carry out, conduct, to act, line, line, banki.ku, yu.ku, -yu.ki, -yuki, -i.ki, -iki, okona.u, oko.なう コウ、 ギョウ、 アン
6 spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, moodいき キ、 ケ
6 one hundredもも ヒャク、 ビャク
6 before, ahead, previous, future, precedenceさき、 ま.ず セン
6 name, noted, distinguished, reputationな、 -な メイ、 ミョウ
6 西 west spainにし セイ、 サイ、 ス
6 rest, day off, retire, sleepやす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める キュウ
6 eachごと、 -ごと.に マイ
7 see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look, visibleみ.る、 み.える、み.せる ケン
7 come, due, then, cause, becomeCome, bring, cause, lead, arrive, come, go. ライ、 タイ
7 maleおとこ、 お ダン、 ナン
7 carくるま シャ
7 whatなに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
8 countryくに コク
8 long, leader, superior, seniorなが.い、 おさ チョウ
8 goldかね、 かな-、 -がね キン、 コン、 ゴン
8 study, learning, scienceまな.ぶ ガク
8 lesteひがし トウ
8 rainあめ、 あま-、 -さめ
9 back, afterlater, back, behind, afterward, to fall behind ゴ、 コウ
9 in front, beforeまえ、 -まえ ゼン
9 eat foodく.う、 く.らう、た.べる、 は.む ショク、 ジキ
9 southみなみ ナン、 ナ
10 hora, horaとき、 -どき
10 high, high, expensivetaka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru コウ
10 exam, school, print, test, correction コウ、 キョウ
10 writeか.く、 -が.き、 -がき ショ
12 range, spaceあいだ、 ま、 あい カン、 ケン
13 tale, conversationはな.す、 はなし
13 electricity デン
14 word, speech, languageかた.る、 かた.らう
14 listen, ask, listenき.く、 き.こえる ブン、 モン
14 readよ.む、 -よ.み ドク、 トク、 トウ

Simplified and romanized N5 kanji list

Below is a list of the same ideograms as the simplified N5 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.

This list below was just generated, if you want a more accurate and corrected N5 Kanji list try the previous one which is in hiragana and katakana.

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N5 KanjiRomajiMeaning
RainRain
AnCheap
AshiFoot
AtoBack
BunPart
ChichiFather
ChōChief
ChūMedium
Dai
FromLeaving
Denlightning
DoEarth
Road
StationStation
InIenes
GakuLearning
GatsuMonth
GenWord
GoFive
GoLanguage
GyōLine
HachiEight
HahaMother
HanHalf
HanaFlower
TalkConversation
LeftLeft
EastEast
HitoMan
HonBook
Hyaku100
IchiUm
ImaNow
InDrink
InishieAntiquity
IriEntering
JiHour

Ten
KaTuesday
KaiMeeting
KaiBuying
KawaRio
KiSpirit
KiTree
KikiKiki
KinMoney
KitaNorth
KoChild
School
High
MouthMouth
CountryCountry
CarCar
KyūKyū
KyūNine
Ma1,818 m
MaeThe last
MayEach
Man10.000
MeEye
Meicounter for people
MiSee
RightSure
MimiEar
MinamiSouth
Misemerchant's house
WaterWednesday
Nanwhat
NanaSeven
NenYear
NiTwo
NichiSunday
西NishiSpain
WomanWoman
ManMan
RaiNext
RokuSix
SakanaFish
SakiEarlier
SanThree
SixPure
Sen1.000
ShaCompany
ShinNew
ShiroWhite
ShitaMiserable
ShoDocument
ShōSmall
ShōSmall
ShokuMeal
ShūWeek
SoraEmpty
SotoOut of
HiMulti-
TateOnly
TeaHand
TenSky
TomoFriend
UmaHorse
YamaMt
YomiReading
YonFour

N5 kanji videos

To end the article, I will leave some videos explaining the ideograms studied in the N5 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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK9vW1ZSQs0