Jinmeiyō Kanji

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The Jinmeiyō Kanji (Chinese characters for use in personal names) are a set of 983 Chinese characters known as the "name kanji" in English. They are a supplementary set of characters which can be legally used in registered personal names in Japan, despite not being in that country's set of "commonly used characters". As a rule, registered personal names may contain only jōyō kanji, jinmeiyō kanji, katakana and hiragana. Jinmeiyō Kanji is sometimes used to mean only the 983 characters, or to mean the 2928 characters in both the Jinmeiyō and Jōyō sets.

蝉【せみ】 cicada; locust / small-sized pulley
録【ろく】 record; transcript
頬【ほお】 cheek (of face)
髪【かみ】 hair (on the head)
斉【せい】 Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
まき《槙》 yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
釉薬【うわぐすり】 glaze; overglaze; enamel
いちご《苺》 strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
蕾【つぼみ】 (flower) bud / promising young person; budding beauty
県【けん】 prefecture (of Japan) / county (of China)
翻【ハン】 double; unit used in calculation of a hand's score
ため《為》 good; advantage; benefit; welfare / sake; purpose; objective; aim / consequence; result; effect / affecting; regarding; concerning
畳【たたみ】 tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
禄【ろく】 stipend; reward
禅【ぜん】 dhyana (profound meditation) / Zen (Buddhism)
稲【いね】 rice plant
穂【ほ】 ear (of plant); head (of plant) / point; tip / scion (in grafting); cion
橙【だいだい】 bitter orange (Citrus aurantium)
櫂【かい】 paddle; oar; scull
桜【さくら】 cherry tree; cherry blossom / decoy; fake buyer; shill / hired applauder / horse meat
気【き】 spirit; mind; heart / nature; disposition / motivation; intention / mood; feelings / ambience; atmosphere; mood
懐【ふところ】 bosom; bust / (breast) pocket; purse; handbag
昼【ひる】 noon; midday / daytime / lunch
暁【あかつき】 dawn; daybreak / event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
なぎ《梛》 nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)
国【くに】 country; state / region / national government; central government / home (i.e. hometown, home country) / province (of Japan) / land; earth
円【えん】 yen; Japanese monetary unit / circle
寿【ことぶき】 congratulations; felicitations; best wishes / longevity; long life
奥【おく】 inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart); recesses; heart
峡【かい】 gorge; ravine
岩【いわ】 rock; boulder / crag; cliff / anchor
帯【おび】 obi; kimono sash / paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.
竹杷【さらい】 farmer's rake
杯【さかずき】 sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
すす《煤》 soot
秤【はかり】 scales; weighing machine
箔【はく】 foil; (gold, etc.) leaf / prestige
晒し【さらし】 bleaching; bleached cotton / public humiliation (punishment)
勿【まな】 must not; may not
はず《筈》 expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be / nock (of a bow) / nock (of an arrow) / nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) / wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
ひさし《庇》 eaves (of roof) / narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building / visor (of a cap); brim; peak / classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
匹【ひき】 counter for small animals / counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size) / counter for horses / roll of cloth
肘【ひじ】 elbow
畢【ひつ】 Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
紐【ひも】 string; cord / man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; pimp
ふくべ《瓠》 Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit / Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)
ひょう《豹》 leopard (Panthera pardus)
斧【おの】 axe; hatchet
葡【ぽ】 Portugal
かぶ《蕪》 turnip (Brassica rapa)
葺き【ぶき】 roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
吻【ふん】 proboscis
ページ《頁》 page
鞭【むち】 whip; lash; scourge / stick; cane; rod; pointer
戊【つちのえ】 5th in rank; fifth sign of the Chinese calendar
蓬【よもぎ】 Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii) / general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood
矛先【ほこさき】 point of spear; spearhead / brunt; aim of attack; force of argument
形【かたち】 form; shape; figure / visage
占い【うらない】 fortune-telling; divination
ほとほと《殆》 quite (usu. negative connotation); utterly; really
泡【あわ】 bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
まで《迄》 until (a time); till; to; up to / to (a place); as far as / to (an extent); up to; so far as; even / only; merely
つる《蔓》 vine; bine; tendril; runner / bow; temple arm; sidepiece; lug arm; earpiece; part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear / connections; contacts; influence; financial supporter
蓑【みの】 straw raincoat
姪【めい】 niece
勿【まな】 must not; may not
尤【ゆう】 superb; outstanding
籾【もみ】 unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy / rice husks; chaff
輿【かご】 palanquin; litter; bier
雇い【やとい】 employee; employment
にし《螺》 small spiral-shelled snail
供【とも】 companion; follower; attendant; retinue
さざなみ《細波》 ripple (on water); wavelets
すだれ《簾》 bamboo screen; rattan blind / bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
櫓【やぐら】 turret; watchtower / high wooden stage; scaffolding / wooden frame (of a kotatsu) / weapons storehouse
肋【あばら】 rib; rib cage
椀【わん】 bowl (wooden)
碗【わん】 bowl (ceramic, porcelain)
値【あたい】 price; cost / value; worth; merit / value
凛【りん】 cold; frigid; bracing / dignified
大鳥【おおとり】 large bird / peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish) / fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
刹【さつ】 temple (Buddhist) / central pillar of a pagoda / kshetra (realm, country); ksetra
剣【けん】 sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade / bayonet / swordsmanship / stinger; ovipositor; dart
うさぎ《兎》 rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
砥【と】 whetstone; grindstone
とび《鳶》 black kite (Milvus migrans) / construction worker; scaffold erector; firefighter / Inverness cape
ひたすら《只管》 intently; single‐mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
汝【うぬ】 blockhead!; you
二十歳【はたち】 20 years old / twenty
野【の】 plain; field / hidden (structural) member / wild / lacking a political post
祝い歌【いわいうた】 festive poem or song / congratulatory form (of waka)
凛【りん】 cold; frigid; bracing / dignified
当て【あて】 aim; object; purpose; end / expectations; prospects; hopes / something that can be relied upon / snack served with alcoholic drink / pad; guard / blow; strike / addressed to / per
いい《謂》 what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
いわし《鰯》 pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
姥【うば】 elderly woman / noh mask of an old woman
厩【うまや】 stable; barn
うるう《閏》 embolism; intercalation
甥【おい】 nephew
襖【ふすま】 fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
にわか《俄》 sudden; abrupt; unexpected; improvised; hasty; offhand / impromptu skit
駕【が】 vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
三十日【みそか】 last day of the month
崖【がけ】 cliff; precipice
鎧【よろい】 armor; armour
のっと《節》 knot (nautical mile per hour)
かばん《鞄》 bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
砧【きぬた】 wooden or stone block for beating cloth
灸【きゅう】 moxibustion
笈【おい】 wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
のこぎり《鋸》 saw / musical saw
幅【はば】 width; breadth / freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude / gap; difference (e.g. in price); range (e.g. of voice)
鳥【とり】 bird / bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
くず《屑》 waste; scrap; garbage; dregs / chad
岩屋【いわや】 cavern; grotto
靴【くつ】 shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
鍬【くわ】 hoe
矛【ほこ】 long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike / weapon; arms / grip of a bow / parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
隙【すき】 gap; space / break; interlude; interval / chink (in one's armor, armour); chance; opportunity; weak spot / breach (of a relationship between people)
桁【けた】 column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard / digit; decade; order of magnitude
船端【ふなばた】 side of a boat; gunwale
ことわざ《諺》 proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
糊【のり】 paste; glue / clothing starch
庚【かのえ】 7th in rank; seventh sign of the Chinese calendar
腔【こう】 cavity
脂【あぶら】 fat; tallow; lard; grease
劫【こう】 kalpa (eon, aeon) / ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
忽【こつ】 one hundred-thousandth
いさら《細小》 small; little
股【また】 crotch; crutch; groin; thigh / fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
肴【さかな】 appetizer or snack served with drinks / performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
柵【さく】 fence; paling; railing
錆【さび】 rust
晒し【さらし】 bleaching; bleached cotton / public humiliation (punishment)
サンチ《糎》 centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)
仔【こ】 young (animal)
事々【ことごと】 everything
盾【たて】 shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
嘗め【なめ】 lick / tasting medicine to see if it contains poison; medicine-taster
裳【も】 ancient skirt
さや《鞘》 scabbard; sheath / cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; sleeve / margin (between two prices); spread; markup; commission / enclosure; outer fence
灯【ひ】 light; lamp; torch
錐【きり】 drill; gimlet; awl; auger
巣【す】 nest; rookery; breeding place; hive / den / haunt / (spider's) web
撰【せん】 anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
甲斐【かい】 effect; result; worth; use; avail
曾【ひい】 great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
楚【すわえ】 switch (long, tender shoot of a plant) / switch (cane used for flogging)
こけ《苔》 moss / short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
滝【たき】 waterfall / rapids
きのこ《茸》 mushroom
嘆【たん】 sigh / grief; lamentation
注【ちゅう】 annotation; explanatory note; comment
酎【ちゅう】 shochu
寵【ちょう】 favor; favour; affection
はりぐわ《針桑》 storehousebush (Cudrania tricuspidata); mandarin melon berry; silkworm thorn; cudrang
鼎【かなえ】 three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China)
纏【まとい】 battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather / fireman's standard (Edo period)
すみれ《菫》 violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
万【まん】 10,000; ten thousand / myriad / everything; all / various
芸【げい】 art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
昴【すばる】 Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
ひのき《檜》 hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
しおり《栞》 bookmark / guidebook
鞠【まり】 ball (for sport, games, etc.) / kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
うがい《嗽》 gargling; rinsing one's mouth
澪【みお】 waterway; channel / wake (of a ship)
瞳【ひとみ】 pupil (of eye) / eye
笙【しょう】 traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
絆【きずな】 bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; connection; link / tether; fetters
綺【き】 thin twilled silk fabric
はす《蓮》 sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus / rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
呂【りょ】 bass range (in Japanese music) / six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale / Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
おおかみ《狼》 wolf (Canis lupus) / wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
ふもと《麓》 foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
禄【ろく】 stipend; reward
和【わ】 sum / harmony; peace / Japan; Japanese-style
脇【わき】 armpit; under one's arm; side; flank / beside; close to; near; by / aside; to the side; away; out of the way / off-track; off-topic / deuteragonist; supporting role / second verse (in a linked series of poems)
わし《鷲》 eagle (Accipitridae family)
わら《藁》 straw
蕨【わらび】 bracken
奎【けい】 Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
諒【りょう】 truth
遼【りょう】 Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
うろこ《鱗》 scale (of fish, snake, etc.) / serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
峰【みね】 peak; summit; ridge; top / back of a blade
淀み【よどみ】 stagnation; deposit; sediment; backwater / faltering; hesitation; pause
嵐【あらし】 storm; tempest / storm; hullaballoo; uproar; winds (e.g. of change)
あい《藍》 dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) / indigo (dye) / indigo (colour)
蘭【らん】 orchid / Holland; The Netherlands
すもも《李》 Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
なし《梨》 nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
竜【りゅう】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) / naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology / promoted rook
梁【はり】 beam; joist
稜【りょう】 edge; angle / ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
柳【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix) / weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
おおざと《邑》 kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
ゆず《柚》 yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
もち《餅》 mochi; (sticky) rice cake
なり《也》 to be / to be (location) / sum of money
冶【や】 melting
弥【いや】 more and more; increasingly / extremely; very
蒙【もう】 ignorance / covering; concealing / Mongolia
儲け【もうけ】 profit; earnings
巳【み】 sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast, April)
箕【き】 Chinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
蜜【みつ】 nectar / honey / honeydew / treacle; molasses / sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
港【みなと】 harbour; harbor; port
むくのき《椋木》 Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera); mukutree
まき《槙》 yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
枕【まくら】 pillow; bolster / introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
正木【まさき】 Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
ます《鱒》 trout; sea trout
また《又》 again; and; also; still (doing something)
股【また】 crotch; crutch; groin; thigh / fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
麿【まろ】 I; me / (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows / affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
峰【みね】 peak; summit; ridge; top / back of a blade
友【とも】 friend; companion; comrade; pal
蜂【はち】 bee; wasp; hornet
鳳【ほう】 feng (male Chinese firebird)
鵬【ほう】 peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish)
とばり《帳》 curtain; hanging; bunting
青【あお】 blue; azure / green / green light (traffic) / black (horse coat color) / immature; unripe; young
編【へん】 compilation (of a text); editing / volume (of a text) / completed literary work
阜【つかさ】 mound; hill
楓【かえで】 maple (tree) (Acer spp.)
ふき《蕗》 giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
淵【ふち】 deep pool; deep water; abyss / depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
箱【はこ】 box; case; chest; package; pack; crate / car (of a train, etc.) / shamisen case; shamisen / public building; community building / man who carries a geisha's shamisen / receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces) / counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
箸【はし】 chopsticks
旗【はた】 flag / pataka (banner)
畑【はたけ】 field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation / field (of specialization); sphere; area / womb; birth; birthplace
鳩【はと】 pigeon; dove
はやぶさ《隼》 falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
ぶち《斑》 spots; speckles; mottles
汎【はん】 pan-
岩【いわ】 rock; boulder / crag; cliff / anchor
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
樋【とい】 trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute / coulisse (of a sword blade)
眉【まゆ】 eyebrow; eyebrows
ひいらぎ《柊》 holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly / holly / spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
彦【ひこ】 boy
ひし《菱》 Trapa japonica (species of plant closely related to water chestnut or water caltrop) / caltrop (weapon); caltrap
ひのき《檜》 hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
姫【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.) / girl / small; cute; lesser (in names of species) / prostitute
廟【びょう】 mausoleum / shrine / the (imperial) court
柏【かしわ】 oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
はぎ《萩》 bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza) / dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn)
くすのき《樟》 camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
匂い【におい】 odour; odor; scent; smell; stench / aura; whiff; smacks of ...; sense; flavour; flavor
虹【にじ】 rainbow
乃【の】 possessive particle
これ《此れ》 this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) / this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) / now / here / I (me) / certainly
巴【ともえ】 tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
瞳【ひとみ】 pupil (of eye) / eye
とちのき《橡》 Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
寅【とら】 third sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Tiger, 3am-5am, east-northeast, January)
酉【とり】 tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Bird, 5pm-7pm, west, August)
凪【なぎ】 calm (at sea); lull
謎【なぞ】 riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery / enigmatic; mysterious
灘【なだ】 open sea
鍋【なべ】 saucepan; pot / stew; hot pot
なら《楢》 oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
島【しま】 island / territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf
灯【とう】 light; lamp / counter for electric lights
藤【ふじ】 wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
森【もり】 forest / shrine grove
帖【じょう】 folding book / counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori) / counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc. / counter for pairs of curtains / counter for tatami mats
蝶【ちょう】 butterfly
しい《椎》 any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
槌【つち】 hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
けやき《欅》 Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
佃【つくだ】 cultivated rice field
辻【つじ】 intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
つた《蔦》 ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
綴り【つづり】 spelling / orthography / patching; binding
つばき《椿》 common camellia; Camellia japonica / tea produced in the mountains
紬【つむぎ】 pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
爪【つめ】 nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof / plectrum; pick / hook; clasp
鶴【つる】 crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
悌【てい】 respect for one's elders / harmony among siblings
挺【ちょう】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
はしご《梯子》 ladder / stairs / going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
渚【なぎさ】 water's edge; beach; shore
ひづめ《蹄》 hoof
釘【くぎ】 nail (i.e. small metal spike)
いのしし《猪》 wild boar
知【ち】 wisdom / jnana (higher knowledge)
凧【たこ】 kite
ただ《唯》 ordinary; common; usual / free of charge / unaffected; as is; safe / only; merely; just; simply / but; however; nevertheless
辰【たつ】 fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Dragon, 7am-9am, east-southeast, March)
巽【そん】 xun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: wind, southeast)
縦【たて】 the vertical; height / front-to-back; length / north-to-south / vertical (relationship); hierarchy / (weaving) warp
樽【たる】 cask; barrel
誰【だれ】 who
眉墨【まゆずみ】 eyebrow pencil / blackened eyebrows / (metaphorically) distant mountain range
たい《鯛》 sea bream (Sparidae); porgy / tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
たか《鷹》 falcon (Falconidae spp.); hawk
舵【かじ】 rudder; helm
堆【たい】 bank (river, lake)
宋【そう】 Song (dynasty of China)
槍【やり】 spear; lance / javelin / lance / jeering
綜【あぜ】 warp controller (on a loom)
青【あお】 blue; azure / green / green light (traffic) / black (horse coat color) / immature; unripe; young
袖【そで】 sleeve / wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
それ《其れ》 that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it / that time; then / there (indicating a place near the listener) / you
酥【そ】 condensed milk / Soviet Union
草むら【くさむら】 the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
こすみ《尖み》 diagonal move (in the game of go)
煎【せん】 infusing (tea); infusion
膳【ぜん】 small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs) / meal; food; serving / counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
曾【ひい】 great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
ひよこ《雛》 young bird; chick / hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival / green; wet behind the ears; juvenile
すげ《菅》 sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
雀【すずめ】 tree sparrow (Passer montanus) / talkative person; knowledgeable person
裾【すそ】 hem; (trouser) cuff; shirttail / bottom edge / foot (of a mountain) / tips (of hair) / downstream
厨【くりや】 kitchen
緑【みどり】 green / greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
瑞【みず】 youth; freshness; purity; luster (lustre); beauty / good omen / Sweden / Switzerland
嵩【かさ】 bulk; volume; quantity
杖【つえ】 cane; walking stick; staff; wand
穣【じょう】 10^28; ten octillion
晋【しん】 Jin (dynasty of China, 265-420 CE)
はしばみ《榛》 Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
秦【しん】 Qin (dynasty of China; 221-206 BCE); Ch'in
芯【しん】 wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith / core; heart; centre; center
壬【じん】 9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar
腎【じん】 kidney
曙【あけぼの】 dawn; daybreak; beginning
渚【なぎさ】 water's edge; beach; shore
荘【しょう】 manor; villa
梢【こずえ】 treetop; tip of a branch
くすのき《樟》 camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
州【しゅう】 state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China) / continent / dear
紗【しゃ】 (silk) gauze
すず《錫》 tin (Sn)
笹【ささ】 bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
柴【しば】 brushwood; firewood
縞【しま】 stripe; bar; streak
潮【しお】 tide; current / sea water / opportunity; chance / thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
鹿【しか】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
滴【しずく】 drop (e.g. of water); drip
汝【なんじ】 thou; you
燦【さん】 brilliant; resplendant
賛【さん】 praise; tribute / inscription (on a painting)
笹【ささ】 bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
冴え【さえ】 clearness; clarity / skillfulness (skilfulness)
坂【さか】 slope; hill
榊【さかき】 sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) / evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
崎【さき】 small peninsula
さぎ《鷺》 heron (Ardeidae)
一日【ついたち】 first day of the month / first ten days of the lunar month
砂【すな】 sand; grit / gold dust; silver dust
かな《哉》 how!; what!; alas!
采【さい】 dice; die / baton (of command)
さい《犀》 rhinoceros
砦【とりで】 fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
ひしくい《鴻》 bean goose (Anser fabalis)
堀【ほり】 moat; fosse / canal; ditch
轟【とどろ】 roaring
こん《此》 this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)
ころ《頃》 (approximate) time; around; about; toward / suitable time (or condition) / time of year; season
杭【くい】 stake; post; pile; picket / stump
巷【ちまた】 the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street") / street; district; quarters / location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage) / divide (e.g. between life and death) / fork (in a road); crossroads
我【われ】 I; me / oneself / you / prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
鯉【こい】 common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
袴【はかま】 hakama; man's formal divided skirt
胡【こ】 barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
虎【とら】 tiger (Panthera tigris) / drunkard; drunk; sot
五【ご】 five
弦【つる】 bowstring / string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.) / bail (arched pot handle) / diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
桂【かつら】 katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
拳【こぶし】 fist
硯【すずり】 inkstone
鍵【かぎ】 key / lock
恵【え】 wisdom; enlightenment / prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
せり《芹》 Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
襟【えり】 collar; lapel; neckband; neck / nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
九【きゅう】 nine
矩【く】 quadrature
駒【こま】 piece (in shogi, chess, etc.) / horse; foal / bridge (of a violin, etc.)
串【くし】 spit; skewer / proxy (computer server)
櫛【くし】 comb
釧【くしろ】 bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
窪【くぼ】 hollow; cavity; sunken place / vagina; female genitalia
熊【くま】 bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
くま《隈》 corner; nook; recess / shadow; shade / dark circles (e.g. around one's eyes)
くり《栗》 Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
饗【きょう】 treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest)
桐【きり】 paulownia tree; Paulownia tomentosa
錦【にしき】 brocade / fine dress; fine clothes
卿【きょう】 Lord; Sir / state minister (under the ritsuryo system) / you (in reference to someone of lower status)
まれ《稀》 rare; seldom
亀【かめ】 tortoise; turtle / heavy drinker / turtle crest; turtle mon
よしみ《誼》 friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
鞠【まり】 ball (for sport, games, etc.) / kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
橘【たちばな】 tachibana (Citrus tachibana)
杵【きね】 mallet; pestle; pounder
唐【から】 China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
岩【いわ】 rock; boulder / crag; cliff / anchor
がん《雁》 wild goose / glans; head of a penis
技【わざ】 technique; art; skill
竿【さお】 rod; pole / neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen / beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance) / single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese) / penis / counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)
ふとい《太藺》 softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
葛【くず】 kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot / Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
かば《樺》 birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
兜【かぶと】 helmet (of armor, armour); headpiece
がま《蒲》 common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
釜【かま】 iron pot; kettle
鎌【かま】 sickle / sickle-and-chain (weapon) / spear with curved cross-blades / gooseneck tenon and mortise joint / noisiness / part of a fish around the gills
かも《鴨》 duck / easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
茅【かや】 grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
茅【かや】 grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
粥【かゆ】 thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
グラム《瓦》 gram; gramme
先駆け【さきがけ】 pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; forerunner; harbinger; herald / leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
ごみ《塵》 rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
かに《蟹》 crab
ふた《蓋》 cover; lid; cap
柿【かき】 kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
笠【かさ】 conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat / something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus
かし《樫》 evergreen oak
舵【かじ】 rudder; helm
からす《烏》 crow (Corvus spp.); raven
卯【う】 fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Hare, 5am-7am, east, February)
鵜【う】 cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
丑【うし】 second sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Ox, 1am-3am, north-northeast, December)
臼【うす】 millstone; mortar
臼【うす】 millstone; mortar
歌【うた】 song / classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) / modern poetry
瓜【うり】 melon; gourd
噂【うわさ】 rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
えのき《榎》 Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree / enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake
堰【せき】 dam; weir; barrier; sluice
つばめ《燕》 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin / barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) / younger man involved with an older woman
艶【つや】 gloss; luster; lustre; shine; sheen; polish / mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin) / interest; appeal; charm; color; colour; feeling / romance; love; sexiness
園【その】 garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation / place; location
おいて《於て》 at; in; on
丘【おか】 hill; height; knoll; rising ground / bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
荻【おぎ】 Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
桶【おけ】 bucket; pail; tub
おす《雄》 male (animal)
俺【おれ】 I; me
伽【とぎ】 nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
なす《茄子》 eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
かえる《蛙》 frog / kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
かすみ《霞》 haze (esp. in spring); mist / dimness (of sight)
牙【きば】 tusk; fang
くま《隈》 corner; nook; recess / shadow; shade / dark circles (e.g. around one's eyes)
あおい《葵》 mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae) / Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger) / hollyhock
あかね《茜》 madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi) / madder (red color)
朝日【あさひ】 morning sun
あし《葦》 common reed (Phragmites australis)
あし《葦》 common reed (Phragmites australis)
あずさ《梓》 Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa) / yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata) / Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus) / printing block / catalpa bow / catalpa medium
あや《綾》 figure; design / twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes / style (of writing); figure (of speech) / design; plot; plan / minor market fluctuation; technical correction / cat's cradle / lease rod (in a loom)
あゆ《鮎》 sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu / salmon
ある《或》 a certain ...; some ...
粟【あわ】 foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
庵【いおり】 hermitage; retreat
闇【やみ】 darkness; the dark; dark / bewilderment; despair; hopelessness / black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table
鞍【くら】 saddle
あんず《杏》 apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
伊【い】 Italy
恵比寿【えびす】 Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
これ《此れ》 this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) / this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) / now / here / I (me) / certainly
かしこ《畏》 yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours
亥【い】 twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Boar, 9pm-11pm, north-northwest, October)
磯【いそ】 (rocky) beach; seashore
茨【いばら】 thorny shrub / wild rose; briar / thorn / cusp
胤【たね】 issue; offspring; paternal blood
陰【かげ】 shade; shadow / other side; back; background