JLPT N4 Kanji List

This is the list of Kanji characters you need to learn for the Japanese
Language Proficiency Test level N4. Click on each character for more
details.

悪 (aku): bad, evil

安 (an): relax, cheap
場 (ba): location, place
売 (bai): sell
買 (bai): buy
勉 (ben): strive, make effort

別 (betsu): separate
文 (bun): sentence, literature
物 (butsu): thing, object
病 (byou): ill, sick

茶 (cha): tea

着 (chaku): arrive, wear

地 (chi): ground, earth

知 (chi): know, wisdom
朝 (chou): morning, dynasty

町 (chou): town, village

鳥 (chou): bird, chicken

注 (chuu): pour, concentrate on

昼 (chuu): daytime, noon

代 (dai): substitute, change

題 (dai): topic, subject
台 (dai): pedestal, a stand

田 (den): rice field

度 (do): degrees
同 (dou): same, equal
動 (dou): move, motion
道 (dou): road-way, course
堂 (dou): public chamber, hall

映 (ei): reflection
英 (ei): England, hero

駅 (eki): station

不 (fu): negative, non-

服 (fuku): clothing, obey
風 (fuu): wind, style
言 (gen): say, word

元 (gen): beginning, origin

銀 (gin): silver

魚 (gyo): fish

業 (gyou): business
牛 (gyuu): cow

飯 (han): meal, boiled rice

発 (hatsu): departure, discharge

品 (hin): goods, article

歩 (ho): walk
方 (hou): direction
意 (i): idea, mind
以 (i): by means of

医 (i): doctor, medicine

員 (in): employee, member
院 (in): institution
飲 (in): drink

事 (ji): matter, thing

自 (ji): oneself
持 (ji): hold, have
字 (ji): character, letter
重 (juu): heavy, important
住 (juu): dwell, reside
家 (ka): home, family
歌 (ka): song, sing

花 (ka): flower
夏 (ka): summer

会 (kai): meeting
開 (kai): open, unfold
界 (kai): world, boundary
海 (kai): sea, ocean
画 (kaku): picture
館 (kan): building

漢 (kan): Sino-, China

計 (kei): plot, plan

兄 (kei): elder brother

建 (ken): build

犬 (ken): dog

研 (ken): polish, study of

験 (ken): verification, effect

起 (ki): rouse, wake up

帰 (ki): homecoming, arrive at
近 (kin): near, early
古 (ko): old

黒 (koku): black

公 (kou): public, official

考 (kou): consider, think over
口 (kou): mouth

広 (kou): wide, broad

工 (kou): craft, construction

空 (kuu): empty, sky

去 (kyo): gone, past

京 (kyou): capital

強 (kyou): strong

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教 (kyou): teach, faith

急 (kyuu): hurry, sudden
究 (kyuu): research, study

妹 (mai): younger sister

味 (mi): flavor, taste

明 (mei): bright, light
目 (moku): eye, look

問 (mon): question, ask

無 (mu): nothingness, none
肉 (niku): meat
屋 (oku): roof, house
音 (on): sound, noise
楽 (raku): music, comfort

理 (ri): logic, reason

立 (ritsu): stand up

旅 (ryo): trip, travel

料 (ryou): fee, materials

力 (ryoku): power, strength
作 (saku): make, build
世 (se): generation, world

正 (sei): correct, justice

青 (sei): blue, green

赤 (seki): red

夕 (seki): evening

切 (setsu): cut, cutoff

社 (sha): company, firm
者 (sha): person, someone
写 (sha): copy, be photographed

借 (shaku): borrow, rent

思 (shi): think
使 (shi): use, envoy
紙 (shi): paper

死 (shi): death, die

私 (shi): private, me

始 (shi): begin, commence

止 (shi): stop, halt
試 (shi): test, try
仕 (shi): attend, doing
姉 (shi): elder sister
新 (shin): new
心 (shin): heart, mind
真 (shin): true, reality
親 (shin): parent, intimacy
質 (shitsu): substance, quality

室 (shitsu): room, chamber

色 (shoku): color
少 (shou): few, little
手 (shu): hand
主 (shu): lord, chief
春 (shun): springtime, spring

集 (shuu): gather, meet

終 (shuu): end, finish
週 (shuu): week

秋 (shuu): autumn

習 (shuu): learn
足 (soku): leg, be sufficient
送 (sou): escort, send
早 (sou): early, fast
走 (sou): run
多 (ta): many, much
体 (tai): body, object
待 (tai): wait, depend on
貸 (tai): lend

弟 (tei): younger brother

転 (ten): revolve, turn around

店 (ten): store, shop
特 (toku): special
答 (tou): solution, answer
冬 (tou): winter

通 (tsuu): pass through

運 (un): carry, luck

野 (ya): plains, field
夜 (ya): night, evening
用 (you): utilize, use
洋 (you): sea, Western style

曜 (you): weekday

有 (yuu): possess, have

族 (zoku): tribe, family
図 (zu): map, drawing