JLPT N4 kanji
The 166 kanji for the JLPT N4, with stroke order, readings and example words. Tap a kanji to see it in detail and print a sheet.
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All 166 kanji
Ordered from the most common.
- 会meeting
- 同same
- 事matter
- 自oneself
- 社company
- 発departure
- 者someone
- 地ground
- 業business
- 方direction
- 新new
- 場location
- 員employee
- 立stand up
- 開open
- 手hand
- 力power
- 問question
- 代substitute
- 明bright
- 動move
- 京capital
- 目eye
- 通traffic
- 言say
- 理logic
- 体body
- 田rice field
- 主lord
- 題topic
- 意idea
- 不negative
- 作make
- 用utilize
- 度degrees
- 強strong
- 公public
- 持hold
- 野plains
- 以by means of
- 思think
- 家house
- 世generation
- 多many
- 正correct
- 安relax
- 院Inst.
- 心heart
- 界world
- 教teach
- 文sentence
- 元beginning
- 重heavy
- 近near
- 考consider
- 画brush-stroke
- 海sea
- 売sell
- 知know
- 道road-way
- 集gather
- 別separate
- 物thing
- 使use
- 品goods
- 計plot
- 死death
- 特special
- 私private
- 始commence
- 朝morning
- 運carry
- 終end
- 台pedestal
- 広wide
- 住dwell
- 真true
- 有possess
- 口mouth
- 少few
- 町town
- 料fee
- 工craft
- 建build
- 空empty
- 急hurry
- 止stop
- 送escort
- 切cut
- 転revolve
- 研polish
- 足leg
- 究research
- 楽music
- 起rouse
- 着don
- 店store
- 病ill
- 質substance
- 待wait
- 試test
- 族tribe
- 銀silver
- 早early
- 映reflect
- 親parent
- 験verification
- 英England
- 医doctor
- 仕attend
- 去gone
- 味flavor
- 写copy
- 字character
- 答solution
- 夜night
- 音sound
- 注pour
- 帰homecoming
- 古old
- 歌song
- 買buy
- 悪bad
- 図map
- 週week
- 室room
- 歩walk
- 風wind
- 紙paper
- 黒black
- 花flower
- 春springtime
- 赤red
- 青blue
- 館building
- 屋roof
- 色color
- 走run
- 秋autumn
- 夏summer
- 習learn
- 駅station
- 洋ocean
- 旅trip
- 服clothing
- 夕evening
- 借borrow
- 曜weekday
- 飲drink
- 肉meat
- 貸lend
- 堂public chamber
- 鳥bird
- 飯meal
- 勉exertion
- 冬winter
- 昼daytime
- 茶tea
- 弟younger brother
- 牛cow
- 魚fish
- 兄elder brother
- 犬dog
- 妹younger sister
- 姉elder sister
- 漢Sino-
The Japan Foundation has not published official kanji lists for the JLPT since 2010. This list follows the widely used lists by Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk).