JLPT N5 kanji
The 79 kanji for the JLPT N5, with stroke order, readings and example words. Tap a kanji to see it in detail and print a sheet.
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All 79 kanji
Ordered from the most common.
- 日day
- 一one
- 国country
- 人person
- 年year
- 大large
- 十ten
- 二two
- 本book
- 中in
- 長long
- 出exit
- 三three
- 時time
- 行going
- 見see
- 月month
- 後behind
- 前in front
- 生life
- 五five
- 間interval
- 上above
- 東east
- 四four
- 今now
- 金gold
- 九nine
- 入enter
- 学study
- 高tall
- 円circle
- 子child
- 外outside
- 八eight
- 六six
- 下below
- 来come
- 気spirit
- 小little
- 七seven
- 山mountain
- 話tale
- 女woman
- 北north
- 午noon
- 百hundred
- 書write
- 先before
- 名name
- 川stream
- 千thousand
- 水water
- 半half
- 男male
- 西west
- 電electricity
- 校exam
- 語word
- 土soil
- 木tree
- 聞hear
- 食eat
- 車car
- 何what
- 南south
- 万ten thousand
- 毎every
- 白white
- 天heavens
- 母mother
- 火fire
- 右right
- 読read
- 友friend
- 左left
- 休rest
- 父father
- 雨rain
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).