Jōyō Kanji Grade 6

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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.

論【ろん】 argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate / theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine / essay; treatise; comment
欲【よく】 greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants
翌【よく】 the following; next
乱【らん】 revolt; rebellion; war
卵【たまご】 eggs; egg; spawn; roe / hen egg / (an expert) in the making / beginning; origin; infancy
裏【うら】 opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side / rear; back; behind / lining; inside / in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back / more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side / proof / opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary / inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.) / bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)
律【りつ】 law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation / vinaya (rules for the monastic community) / Ritsu (school of Buddhism) / lushi (style of Chinese poem) / (musical) pitch / six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale / Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) / (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)
いと《幼》 young child (esp. a young girl) / young
優【やさ】 gentle; affectionate
わけ《訳》 conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
形木【かたぎ】 wooden printing block
密【みつ】 density; thickness / secrecy / minute; fine / esoteric Buddhism; secret Buddhist teachings
枚【まい】 counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)
幕【まく】 curtain; bunting / act (in play)
補【ほ】 assistant ...; probationary ...
暮れ【くれ】 sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk / end; close / year-end; end of the year
宝【たから】 treasure
棒【ぼう】 pole; rod; stick
並【なみ】 average; medium; common; ordinary / mid-grade (item); regular grade / same level as; equal to; equivalent to; on par with / each (e.g. month); every / row of (teeth, houses, etc.); line of
片【かた】 one (of a pair) / incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary / few; little / off-centre; remote / side; problem; question; matters
腹【はら】 abdomen; belly; stomach / womb / one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive / courage; nerve; willpower / generosity; magnanimity / feelings; emotions / wide middle part; bulging part / inside; interior; inner part / anti-node / counter for hard roe / counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.)
班【はん】 group; party; team / squad; section
晩【ばん】 evening / counter for nights
いいえ《否》 no; nay / well; er; why / you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
難【なん】 difficulty; trouble; hardship / accident; disaster; danger / fault; defect / criticism
乳【ちち】 milk / breast / loop / decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
脳【のう】 brain / brains; mind
派【は】 clique; faction; school
拝【はい】 bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship / respectfully yours
背【せ】 back; spine / reverse; rear side / height; stature / ridge (of a mountain)
肺【はい】 lung
届【とどけ】 report; notification; registration
党【とう】 party (political) / faction; -ite
糖【とう】 sugar
庁【ちょう】 government office; agency; board
潮【しお】 tide; current / sea water / opportunity; chance / thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
頂【いただき】 crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire / easy win for one / something received
痛【いた】 ouch; ow; that hurt
展【てん】 exhibition; exhibit
著【ちょ】 work; book / (a book) by / obvious; striking
段【だん】 step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print) / grade; rank; level / counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.) / dan; senior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
値【ね】 price; cost / value; worth; merit
宙【ちゅう】 space; air; midair / (from) memory; (by) heart
忠【ちゅう】 loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness / inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
暖【だん】 warming; warmth
宅【たく】 house; home / one's husband
層【そう】 layer; seam; bed; stream; class; stratum / sheaf / storey (of a building); story; floor
操【みさお】 fidelity; honour; honor; constancy / chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
窓【まど】 window
装【そう】 clothing / binding (of a book)
臓【ぞう】 viscera; bowels
蔵【くら】 warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
尊【そん】 zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze) / honorific prefix referring to the listener / counter for buddhas
傷【きず】 wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar / chip; crack; scratch; nick / flaw; defect; weakness; weak point / stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour / (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings
専【せん】 having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; majoring in ... / first; foremost; number one priority / doing as one pleases; acting selfishly / fired brick
泉【いずみ】 spring; fountain
澄まし【すまし】 primness; prim person / clear soup / water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
染め【そめ】 dyeing; printing
善【ぜん】 good; goodness; right; virtue
盛り【もり】 serving (of food); helping / chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
聖【せい】 Saint; St.; S. / sacred; holy; pure
誠【まこと】 truth; reality / sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity / that's right
寸【すん】 sun (approx. 3.03 cm)
四手【しで】 zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects / hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
針【はり】 needle; pin / hook / stinger; thorn / hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer / staple (for a stapler) / needlework; sewing / malice / counter for stitches
仁【じん】 benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity / human / kernel / nucleolus
城【しろ】 castle
純【じゅん】 innocent; chaste; naive / pure; genuine
ところ《所》 place; spot; scene; site / address / district; area; locality / one's house / point; aspect; side; facet / passage (in text); part / space; room / thing; matter / whereupon; as a result / about to; on the verge of / was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
署【しょ】 station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
諸【しょ】 various; many; several
傷【きず】 wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar / chip; crack; scratch; nick / flaw; defect; weakness; weak point / stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour / (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings
将【しょう】 commander; general; leader
縮【しゅく】 wearing armour (armor) / counter for suits of armour
つくづく《熟》 deeply; keenly; severely; completely; utterly / intently; carefully; closely; attentively
衆【しゅう】 great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses / people; folk; clique; bunch
従【じゅう】 subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
縦【たて】 the vertical; height / front-to-back; length / north-to-south / vertical (relationship); hierarchy / (weaving) warp
木【き】 tree; shrub; bush / wood; timber
宗【しゅう】 sect
射【しゃ】 archery / mapping / map; morphism; arrow
尺【しゃく】 shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm) / rule; measure; scale / length
若【わか】 youth / child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing) / young; new
視【し】 visual; vision
言葉【ことば】 language; dialect / word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark / speech; (manner of) speaking / learning to speak; language acquisition
誌【し】 magazine
私【わたし】 I; me / private affairs; personal matter; secrecy / selfishness
至【し】 to ...
姿【すがた】 figure; form; shape / appearance; dress; guise / state; condition; picture; image / form (of a waka) / dressed in ...; wearing ...
蚕【かいこ】 silkworm (Bombyx mori)
冊【さつ】 counter for books / volume
裁【さい】 judge
策【さく】 plan; policy; means; measure; stratagem; scheme
砂【すな】 sand; grit / gold dust; silver dust
座【ざ】 seat; place; position / status / gathering; group / stand; pedestal; platform / (historical) trade guild / attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations / counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
済み【ずみ】 arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
鋼【はがね】 steel
時【とき】 time; hour; moment / occasion; case / chance; opportunity; season / the times; the age; the day / tense
骨【ほね】 bone / frame / outline; core / backbone; spirit; fortitude / laborious; troublesome; difficult
赤【あか】 red; crimson; scarlet / red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange) / Red (i.e. communist) / red light (traffic) / red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red / complete; total; perfect; obvious / copper
後【ご】 after
孝【こう】 filial piety
誤【ご】 mistake; error
俺【おれ】 I; me
系【けい】 system; lineage; group / corollary / system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) / (taxonomical) series
劇【げき】 drama; play / powerful drug
激【げき】 extremely ...
穴【あな】 hole / deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.) / vacancy; opening / flaw / profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others / upset victory (with a large payoff) / pit (of a theater) / hiding place / underbelly (of society, etc.)
権【けん】 right (to do something) / authority; power
絹【きぬ】 silk
厳【げん】 strict; stern
源【みなもと】 source (of a river); fountainhead / source; origin; root
敬【けい】 reverence; respect
筋【すじ】 muscle; tendon; sinew / vein; artery / fiber; fibre; string / line; stripe; streak / reason; logic / plot; storyline / lineage; descent / school (e.g. of scholarship or arts) / aptitude; talent / source (of information, etc.); circle; channel / well-informed person (in a transaction) / logical move (in go, shogi, etc.) / ninth vertical line / seam on a helmet / gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) / social position; status / on (a river, road, etc.); along / counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions / (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
胸【むね】 chest; breast / breasts; bosom; bust / heart / lungs / stomach / heart; mind; feelings
里【さと】 village; hamlet / countryside; country / home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown / one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
供【とも】 companion; follower; attendant; retinue
尊【とうと】 value; preciousness; nobility
疑【ぎ】 doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
机【つくえ】 desk
危【き】 danger / Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
札【ふだ】 ticket; token; check; receipt / label; tag / sign; card; plate / playing card / charm; talisman / slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims
株【かぶ】 stock; share / stump / root; rootstock / strain (of bacteria, etc.) / tradeable rank; goodwill / one's forte
巻【まき】 roll (e.g. of cloth) / winding / volume (of book)
干し【ほし】 drying; dried
灰【はい】 ash; ashes
革【かわ】 leather
割【わり】 rate; ratio; proportion; percentage / profit / assignment / 10%; unit of ten percent / match; schedule of matches / diluted with (of drinks); mixed with
軒【のき】 eaves / narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
我が【わが】 my; our; one's own
異【い】 difference (of opinion) / strange; odd; unusual / different
域【いき】 region; limits; stage; level