Jōyō Kanji Grade 4

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The jōyō kanji is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 1,945 characters issued on October 10, 1981. It is a slightly modified version of the tōyō kanji, which was the initial list of secondary school-level kanji standardized after World War II.

歴【れき】 history of; experience of
連【れん】 two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets of paper / stanza; verse / tribe (in taxonomy) / quinella; quiniela / party; company; group; set / counter for things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc. / counter for falcons
労【ろう】 labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work; effort; striving
老【ろう】 old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
録【ろく】 record; transcript
良【りょう】 good / B grade (in an A, B, C ... system)
量【りょう】 quantity; amount; volume; portion (of food)
輪【わ】 ring; circle; loop / hoop / wheel / circle (e.g. of friends)
たぐい《類い》 kind; sort; type / equal; match; peer
令【れい】 command; order; dictation
例【れい】 custom; practice; habit; usual / said; aforementioned / instance; example; case; illustration; usage / precedent
冷や【ひや】 cold water / cold sake / cold; cool; chilled; unheated
かなめ《要》 pivot / vital point; cornerstone; keystone / Japanese photinia
利【り】 advantage; benefit; profit; interest
六【ろく】 six
料【りょう】 fee; charge; rate / material
勇【ゆう】 bravery; courage; heroism
約【やく】 approximately; about / promise / shortening; reduction; simplification / contraction (in phonetics)
満【まん】 full (years, etc.) / whole; all / fully enough; not lacking / Manchuria
未【ひつじ】 eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Ram, 1pm-3pm, south-southwest, June)
脈【みゃく】 pulse / vein / chain (of mountains, etc.) / hope / thread (of an argument)
民【たみ】 people; citizens; subjects; folk
無【む】 nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero / un-; non-
末【すえ】 tip; top / end; close (e.g. close of the month) / youngest child / descendants; offspring; posterity / future / finally / trivialities
包【パオ】 yurt
法【ほう】 law; act; principle / method / mood / dharma
望【ぼう】 full moon / 15th day of the lunar month
牧【まき】 pasture; grazing land
便【びん】 flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); service / mail; post; letter / opportunity; chance
戦【いくさ】 war; battle; campaign; fight / troops; forces
別【べつ】 distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception
変【へん】 strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy / unexpected / change / incident; disturbance; disaster; accident / flat
辺【へん】 area; vicinity; region / side; edge / circumstances
副【ふく】 assistant; associate; vice-; sub-; deputy; substitute; auxiliary; supplementary; additional; collateral / duplicate; copy / adverb
粉【こな】 flour; meal; powder; dust
不【ふ】 un-; non-; negative prefix
付き【つき】 furnished with; including / attached to / impression; appearance / luck / sociality / under; assistant (e.g. to a manager) / soup base
妻【つま】 wife / my dear; dear; honey / garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) / embellishment
府【ふ】 (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto) / the centre or seat (of) (center) / (government) office
飯【めし】 cooked rice / meal; food / one's livelihood
費【ひ】 cost; expense
飛【ひ】 rook
必【ひつ】 definiteness; certainty
印【しるし】 mark; sign / symbol; emblem / badge; crest; flag / evidence; proof / token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)
票【ひょう】 vote; ballot / label; ticket; tag; stub
博【はく】 doctor; PhD / exposition; fair; exhibition
熱【ねつ】 heat / fever; temperature / zeal; passion; enthusiasm / mania; craze; rage
念【ねん】 sense; idea; thought; feeling / desire; concern / attention; care
敗【はい】 loss; defeat / counter for losses
梅【うめ】 Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum / lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
堂【どう】 temple; shrine; chapel / hall / company / front room
得【とく】 profit; advantage; benefit; gain / rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
毒【どく】 poison; toxicant / harm; evil influence / ill will; spite; malice / abusive language
灯【ひ】 light; lamp; torch
ゆめ《努》 never; by no means
無駄【むだ】 futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
兆【ちょう】 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion / sign; omen; indication; portent
腸【ちょう】 guts; bowels; intestines
底【そこ】 bottom; sole
的【てき】 -like; typical
典【てん】 ceremony; celebration; law code
つて《伝》 means of making contact; intermediary; go-between / connections; influence; pull; good offices
仲【なか】 relation; relationship
たち《達》 pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific)
一重【ひとえ】 one layer; single layer
隊【たい】 party; group; crew; team; body / company (of troops); corps; unit; squad
帯【おび】 obi; kimono sash / paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.
巣【す】 nest; rookery; breeding place; hive / den / haunt / (spider's) web
そば《側》 near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while / third person
束【たば】 bundle; bunch; sheaf
続【ぞく】 continuation; sequel
卒【そつ】 low-ranking soldier / graduation; outgrowing; moving on (from) / low-ranking samurai (1870-1872) / death (of a noble, etc.)
孫【まご】 grandchild
蔵【くら】 warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
席【せき】 seat / location (of a gathering, etc.); place / position; post
積【せき】 product / volume; area
折【おり】 opportunity; chance; occasion; time / folding; fold; pleat; crease / small food box (wooden or cardboard) / counter for folds / counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
節【ふし】 joint; knuckle / tune; melody / knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem / part; notable characteristic
説【せつ】 theory; doctrine / opinion; view / rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay
戦【いくさ】 war; battle; campaign; fight / troops; forces
選【せん】 selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
然【ぜん】 -like
清【しん】 Qing (dynasty of China, 1616-1912); Ch'ing
静【せい】 stillness / quiet; peacefulness
信【しん】 honesty; sincerity; fidelity / trust; reliance; confidence / (religious) faith; devotion / counter for received messages
臣【おみ】 retainer; attendant / Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight) / I; me
順【じゅん】 order; turn / obedient; docile; submissive; meek
初【はつ】 first; new
松【まつ】 pine tree (Pinus spp.) / highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
焼き【やき】 cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating / tempering / -ware
省【しょう】 ministry; department / province (of China) / saving; conserving
ｗ【わら】 LOL; haha
象【ぞう】 elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
賞【しょう】 prize; award
祝い【いわい】 congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift
周【しゅう】 Zhou (dynasty of China); Chou / perimeter / counter for laps or circuits
種【たね】 seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone / material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy / ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi / cause; source / trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story / paternal blood; lineage / breed (of a stock); sperm; semen
言葉【ことば】 language; dialect / word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark / speech; (manner of) speaking / learning to speak; language acquisition
子【こ】 child / young (animal) / young woman; young geisha / offshoot / interest / new shares / player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.) / bird egg / -er (often of young women)
氏【し】 Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss / clan / he; him / counter for people
史【し】 history
侍【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai / man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer
三【さん】 three / tri-
ばら《散》 loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items / coins; small change
うぶ《初》 innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears / birth-
残【ざん】 remaining; left-over; excess
官【つかさ】 office; official / chief; head / (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
さつ《察》 cops; police
札【さつ】 note; paper money
刷り【すり】 printing
菜【な】 greens; vegetables / rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
材【ざい】 wood; lumber; timber / man of talent / (raw) material; ingredients
昨【さく】 last (year); yesterday
差【さ】 difference; variation / difference
最【さい】 the most; the extreme / prime; conspicuous
いたわり《労り》 sympathy; consideration; carefulness; attention / service; labor; labour; trouble; meritorious deed / illness; disease; sickness
よしみ《誼》 friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
候【こう】 season; weather
芸【げい】 art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
あくび《欠伸》 yawn; yawning / kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
建て【たて】 contract; commitment
試し【ためし】 trial; test
道【みち】 road; path; street; lane; passage / route; way / distance; journey / road (e.g. to victory); course / way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles / teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma / field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality / means; way; method
影【かげ】 shadow; silhouette; figure; shape / reflection; image / ominous sign / light (stars, moon) / trace; shadow (of one's former self)
訓【くん】 native Japanese reading of a Chinese character / precept; lesson; one's teachings
軍【ぐん】 army; force; troops
郡【ぐん】 district; county / district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
型【かた】 model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.) / type; style; pattern / mold (mould); template; model / kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) / form (i.e. customary procedure) / size (i.e. clothing, shoes) / inch (in diagonal display size) / (taxonomical) form
鏡【かがみ】 mirror; looking-glass / barrel head
極【きょく】 pole / climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir
漁【りょう】 fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed) / catch (e.g. of fish); haul
競【くら】 contest; match
ごと《共》 including...; with ...; inclusive of; ...and all
季【き】 season / seasonal word or phrase (in haiku) / year
紀【き】 period / Nihon-shoki
議【ぎ】 discussion; deliberation / thought; opinion
給【きゅう】 wage; recompense
まれ《稀》 rare; seldom
旗【はた】 flag / pataka (banner)
機【はた】 loom
器【うつわ】 bowl; vessel; container / ability; capacity; calibre; caliber
関【せき】 barrier; gate / seki (in go); mutual life
願【がん】 prayer; wish; vow
管【かん】 pipe; tube
観【かん】 look; appearance / spectacle; sight / observation meditation / outlook on ...; view of ...
完【かん】 The End; Finis / completion; conclusion; end / providing fully
官【かん】 government service; the bureaucracy
改【かい】 revision
害【がい】 injury; harm; evil influence; damage
町【まち】 town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood / street; road / 109.09 m / 0.99 hectares / downtown; main street
各々【おのおの】 each / you (plural)
さとり《覚》 Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
ロン《栄》 winning by picking up a discarded tile
花房【はなぶさ】 calyx; corolla
塩【しお】 salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt / salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.) / hardship; toil; trouble / saltiness
億【おく】 10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
加【か】 addition; increase / Canada
果【か】 phala (attained state, result) / enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) / fruit / counter for pieces of fruit
課【か】 lesson / section (in an organization); division; department / counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
宝【たから】 treasure
芽【め】 sprout
愛【あい】 love; affection; care / attachment; craving; desire
机【つくえ】 desk
位【くらい】 throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat / government position; court rank / social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung / grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank / digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place / degree; extent; amount
胃【い】 stomach / Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
衣【ころも】 clothes; garment / gown; robe / coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
印【しるし】 mark; sign / symbol; emblem / badge; crest; flag / evidence; proof / token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)