List of kanji by concept

This Kanji index method groups together kanji that describe things that deal with the same concept, for example kanji for numbers or kanji for directions.

Kanji with multiple meanings may appear more than once.

Listed in alphabetical order.

Physical Attributes and Properties[]

Colours (色)[]

黒 black; 青 blue; 紅 crimson; 棕 / 褐 brown; 紺 dark blue; 金 gold; 緑 green; 灰 grey; 藍 indigo; 橙 orange; 粉 pink; 赤 red; 緋 scarlet; 銀 silver; 朱 vermilion; 紫 violet; 白 white; 黄 yellow; 彩 brightly coloured.

Form and Shape (形)[]

角 angle; 弧 arc; 玉 ball; 枠 border, frame; 境 boundary; 円 circle; 丸 circular; 凹 concave; 凸 convex; 隅 corner; 曲 curve; 柄 design, pattern; 斜 diagonal; 縁 / 端 edge or border; 端 end, tip; 姿 figure; 巨 huge; 大 large; 線 line; 列 line, row; 並 line up; 長 long; 微 minute; 狭 narrow; 模 pattern; 周 perimeter; 環 / 輪 ring, surround; 短 short; 側 side; 小 small; 球 / 圏 sphere; 高 tall; 広 wide; 幅 width

Miscellaneous properties[]

浄 clean; 冷 / 寒 cold; 濃 concentrated; 湿 damp; 深 deep; 微 delicate; 薄 dilute or thin; 汚 dirty; 干 / 乾 dry; 太 fat or thick; 緻 fine; 固 firm or solid; 艶 glossy; 重 heavy; 硬 hard; 暑 / 熱 hot; 軽 light (weight); 液 liquid; 潤 moist; 浅 shallow; 鋭 sharp; 細 slender; 軟 soft; 粘 sticky; 強 strong; 厚 thick; 温 / 暖 warm; 弱 weak.

Directions (方) and Spatial Relationships[]

央 Centre; 東 East; 北 North; 南 South; 西 West;
後 back; 間 between; 底 bottom; 遠 distant; 下 down; 前 front; 入 in; 内 inside; 奥 interior; 左 left; 中 middle; 近 near; 出 out; 外 outside; 裏 rear; 右 right; 向 toward; 上 up; 浩 vast.

Movement[]

来 to come; 离 to depart or to leave; 圜 to encircle; 落 / 墜 to fall; 行 to go or to perform; 往 to go to; 越 to pass or go beyond; 揚 to raise; 帰 to return; 倒 to reverse; 搬 to transport; 旅 to travel; 赴 to visit;

Numbers (数)[]

零 0; 一 1; 二 2; 三 3; 四 4; 五 5; 六 6; 七 7; 八 8; 九 9; 十 10; 百 100; 千 1,000; 万 10,000; 億 100,000,000; 兆 1,000,000,000,000.

Calculations (算)[]

加 to add; 耗 to consume; 減 to decrease, to subtract; 分 / 除 to divide; 倍 to double, times; 剖 to halve, split in two; 増 / 殖 to increase; 乘 to multiply; 縮 to reduce, shrink.

Counters (個)[]

匹 counter for animals; 羽 counter for animals, birds and rabbits; 頭 counter for animals, large; 疋 counter for animals, small or insects; 個 counter for articles; 札 counter for bonds or tickets; 冊 counter for books; 斤 counter for bread, loaves; 杯 counter for cupfuls; 本 counter for cylindrical things; 枚 counter for flat things; 輪 counter for flowers or wheels; 足 counter for footwear, pairs; 軒 / 戸 counter for houses; 台 counter for machines and vehicles; 人 counter for people; 隻 counter for ships; 畳 counter for tatami mats; 基 counter for stable structures; 丁 miscellaneous counter.

Counting (計) & Sequence (序)[]

番 numerical order; 初 first; 乙 second; 丙 third; 第 ordinal marker.
両 both; 桁 digit; 各 each; 毎 every; 少 few; 翌 the following; 半 half; 多 many; 次 next; 双 pair; 順 sequence.

Units of Measurement (測)[]

Units of Area: 坪 two-mat area (around 3.3 m²); 畝 30 tsubo (99 m²).
Units of Length: 尺 Japanese foot (around 30 cm); 寸 1/10 Japanese foot (around 3 cm); 厘 (around 0.3 mm); 里 league (around 3.9 km).
Units of Volume: 勺 ladle (around 18 ml); 升 (around 1.8 L); 斗 (around 18 L); 石 (around 180 L).
Units of Weight: 匁 (around 3.75 grams); 斤 (around 600 g)

Time (時)[]

後 after; 先 ahead, previous; 昔 antiquity; 前 before; 始 begin; 早 early; 終 end; 紀 era; 永 eternity; 旧 former; 曽 formerly; 間 interval of time; 遅 late; 久 long ago; 際 moment, occasion; 新 new 今 now; 回 / 度 number of times; 古 / 老 old; 昨 previous time; 近 recent; 頃 time, about; 期 time period; 暫 a while; 若 young;

Days of the Week (曜)[]

日 Sunday; 月 Monday; 火 Tuesday; 水 Wednesday; 木 Thursday; 金 Friday; 土 Saturday

Divisions of the Day[]

鐘 clock; 昼 daytime; 宵 early evening; 夕 / 晩 evening; 時 hour; 分 minute; 朝 morning; 夜 night; 午 noon; 旭 rising sun; 秒 second; 暁 / 旦 sunrise; 暮 sunset.

Divisions of the Year[]

暦 calendar; 日 day; 曜 day of week; 月 month; 旬 period of 10 days; 週 week; 年 year;

Seasons (季 / 候)[]

節 season, period; 春 Spring; 夏 Summer; 秋 Autumn; 冬 Winter

Nature[]

Sky[]

欃 comet; 食 eclipse; 天 heaven, sky; 月 moon; 星 star; 日 sun; 宇 universe; 空 void, sky.

Natural Substances[]

Gas (气) 気 air; 窒 nitrogen; 氧 oxygen; 汽 steam or vapour.
Liquid (液) 酸 acid or vinegar; 脂 fat or resin; 油 oil; 水 water.
Solid (固) 灰 ash; 丹 cinnabar; 炭 coal; 銅 copper; 晶 crystal; 土 earth; 地 ground; 氷 ice; 鉄 iron; 玉 jewel; 鉛 lead; 金 metal or gold; 泥 mud; 鉱 ore; 珠 pearl or jewel; 銑 pig iron; 塩 salt; 砂 / 沙 sand; 銀 silver; 鋼 steel; 石 stone; 硫 sulphur; 材 timber or material; 錫 tin; 鋅 zinc.

Weather[]

晴 clear or fine weather; 候 climate; 雲 cloud; 曇 cloudy; 冷 cold; 霧 fog; 霞 haze; 霜 frost; 雹 hail; 熱 heat; 閃 lightning; 靄 mist; 災 natural disaster; WIKI