JLPT study guide

JLPT N5 kanji

Explore 90 kanji commonly grouped at JLPT N5. Open any character to see its readings, relationships, vocabulary, and stroke order.

Listed in teaching order: component kanji first, then the most frequent in newspapers first.

Start a 5-minute session at N50 of 90 known

日sun, day4 strokes 一one1 strokes 人person2 strokes 年year, age6 strokes 大big, large3 strokes 十ten2 strokes 二two2 strokes 本book, present5 strokes 中in, inside4 strokes 長long, leader8 strokes 行going, journey6 strokes 見see, look7 strokes 月month, moon4 strokes 後behind, back9 strokes 生life, birth, raw5 strokes 五five4 strokes 今now4 strokes 金gold8 strokes 九nine2 strokes 入enter, insert2 strokes 手hand4 strokes 円circle, yen4 strokes 子child, sign of the rat3 strokes 目eye5 strokes 外outside5 strokes 八eight, eight radical (no. 12)2 strokes 気spirit, air, feeling6 strokes 小small, little3 strokes 七seven2 strokes 山mountain3 strokes 話speak, talk, story13 strokes 女woman, female3 strokes 北north5 strokes 午noon, sign of the horse4 strokes 川stream, river3 strokes 千thousand3 strokes 海sea, ocean9 strokes 水water4 strokes 半half, middle5 strokes 男male7 strokes 西west, spain6 strokes 口mouth3 strokes 土soil, earth3 strokes 木tree, wood4 strokes 食eat, food9 strokes 車car7 strokes 何what7 strokes 足foot, leg, sufficient7 strokes 万ten thousand, 10,0003 strokes 毎every6 strokes 白white5 strokes 火fire4 strokes 花flower7 strokes 読read14 strokes 友friend4 strokes 左left5 strokes 父father4 strokes 寺temple6 strokes 雨rain8 strokes 耳ear6 strokes 国country8 strokes 出exit, leave5 strokes 三three3 strokes 時time, hour10 strokes 前in front, before9 strokes 間interval, space12 strokes 上above, up3 strokes 東east8 strokes 四four5 strokes 学study, learning8 strokes 高tall, high10 strokes 六six4 strokes 下below, down3 strokes 来come, due7 strokes 百hundred6 strokes 書write10 strokes 先before, ahead6 strokes 名name, noted6 strokes 村village7 strokes 電electricity, lightning13 strokes 校school10 strokes 語language, word14 strokes 聞hear, listen, ask14 strokes 南south9 strokes 母mother5 strokes 右right5 strokes 森forest12 strokes 休rest, day off6 strokes 林woods, grove8 strokes 曜day of the week18 strokes