JLPT N3 Kanji List — All 367 Kanji

The intermediate bridge. N3 introduces more abstract vocabulary and the compound kanji that appear throughout newspapers and everyday reading.

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The JLPT publishes no official kanji list. This is a widely used unofficial study list for N3, ordered roughly by how common each kanji is.

政 politics; government 9 strokes 議 deliberation; consultation 20 strokes 民 people; nation 5 strokes 連 take along; lead 10 strokes 対 vis-a-vis; opposite 7 strokes 部 section; bureau 11 strokes 合 fit; suit 6 strokes 市 market; city 5 strokes 内 inside; within 4 strokes 相 inter-; mutual 9 strokes 定 determine; fix 8 strokes 回 -times; round 6 strokes 選 elect; select 15 strokes 米 rice; USA 6 strokes 実 reality; truth 8 strokes 関 connection; barrier 14 strokes 決 decide; fix 7 strokes 全 whole; entire 6 strokes 表 surface; table 8 strokes 戦 war; battle 13 strokes 経 sutra; longitude 11 strokes 最 utmost; most 12 strokes 現 present; existing 11 strokes 調 tune; tone 15 strokes 化 change; take the form of 4 strokes 当 hit; right 6 strokes 約 promise; approximately 9 strokes 首 neck; counter for songs and poems 9 strokes 法 method; law 8 strokes 性 sex; gender 8 strokes 要 need; main point 9 strokes 制 system; law 8 strokes 治 reign; be at peace 8 strokes 務 task; duties 11 strokes 成 turn into; become 6 strokes 期 period; time 12 strokes 取 take; fetch 8 strokes 都 metropolis; capital 11 strokes 和 harmony; Japanese style 8 strokes 機 loom; mechanism 16 strokes 平 even; flat 5 strokes 加 add; addition 5 strokes 受 accept; undergo 8 strokes 続 continue; series 13 strokes 進 advance; proceed 11 strokes 数 number; strength 13 strokes 記 scribe; account 10 strokes 初 first time; beginning 7 strokes 指 finger; point to 9 strokes 権 authority; power 15 strokes 支 branch; support 4 strokes 産 products; bear 11 strokes 点 spot; point 9 strokes 報 report; news 12 strokes 済 settle (debt, etc.); relieve (burden) 11 strokes 活 lively; resuscitation 9 strokes 原 meadow; original 10 strokes 共 together; both 6 strokes 得 gain; get 11 strokes 解 unravel; notes 13 strokes 交 mingle; mixing 6 strokes 資 assets; resources 13 strokes 予 beforehand; previous 4 strokes 向 yonder; facing 6 strokes 際 occasion; side 14 strokes 勝 victory; win 12 strokes 面 mask; face 9 strokes 告 revelation; tell 7 strokes 反 anti- 4 strokes 判 judgement; judgment 7 strokes 認 acknowledge; witness 14 strokes 参 nonplussed; three (in documents) 8 strokes 利 profit; advantage 7 strokes 組 association; braid 11 strokes 信 faith; truth 9 strokes 在 exist; outskirts 6 strokes 件 affair; case 6 strokes 側 side; lean 11 strokes 任 responsibility; duty 6 strokes 引 pull; tug 4 strokes 求 request; want 7 strokes 所 place; extent 8 strokes 次 next; order 6 strokes 昨 yesterday; previous 9 strokes 論 argument; discourse 15 strokes 官 bureaucrat; the government 8 strokes 増 increase; add 14 strokes 係 person in charge; connection 9 strokes 感 emotion; feeling 13 strokes 情 feelings; emotion 11 strokes 投 throw; discard 7 strokes 示 show; indicate 5 strokes 変 unusual; change 9 strokes 打 strike; hit 5 strokes 直 straightaway; honesty 8 strokes 両 both; old Japanese coin 6 strokes 式 style; ceremony 6 strokes 確 assurance; firm 15 strokes 果 fruit; reward 8 strokes 容 contain; form 10 strokes 必 invariably; certain 5 strokes 演 performance; act 14 strokes 歳 year-end; age 13 strokes 争 contend; dispute 6 strokes 談 discuss; talk 15 strokes 能 ability; talent 10 strokes 位 rank; grade 7 strokes 置 placement; put 13 strokes 流 current; a sink 10 strokes 格 status; rank 10 strokes 疑 doubt; distrust 14 strokes 過 overdo; exceed 12 strokes 局 bureau; board 7 strokes 放 set free; release 8 strokes 常 usual; ordinary 11 strokes 状 status quo; conditions 7 strokes 球 ball; sphere 11 strokes 職 post; employment 18 strokes 与 bestow; participate in 3 strokes 供 submit; offer 8 strokes 役 duty; war 7 strokes 構 posture; stance 14 strokes 割 proportion; comparatively 12 strokes 費 expense; cost 12 strokes 付 adhere; attach 5 strokes 由 wherefore; a reason 5 strokes 説 opinion; theory 14 strokes 難 difficult; impossible 18 strokes 優 tenderness; excel 17 strokes 夫 husband; man 4 strokes 収 income; obtain 4 strokes 断 severance; decline 11 strokes 石 stone 5 strokes 違 difference; differ 13 strokes 消 extinguish; blow out 10 strokes 神 gods; mind 9 strokes 番 turn; number in a series 12 strokes 規 standard; measure 11 strokes 術 art; technique 11 strokes 備 equip; provision 12 strokes 宅 home; house 6 strokes 害 harm; injury 10 strokes 配 distribute; spouse 10 strokes 警 admonish; commandment 19 strokes 育 bring up; grow up 8 strokes 席 seat; mat 10 strokes 訪 call on; visit 11 strokes 乗 ride; power 9 strokes 残 remainder; leftover 10 strokes 想 idea; thought 13 strokes 声 voice 7 strokes 念 wish; sense 8 strokes 助 help; rescue 7 strokes 労 labor; thank for 7 strokes 例 example; custom 8 strokes 然 sort of thing; so 12 strokes 限 limit; restrict 9 strokes 追 chase; drive away 9 strokes 商 make a deal; selling 11 strokes 葉 leaf; plane 12 strokes 伝 transmit; go along 6 strokes 働 work; (kokuji) 13 strokes 形 shape; form 7 strokes 景 scenery; view 12 strokes 落 fall; drop 12 strokes 好 fond; pleasing 6 strokes 退 retreat; withdraw 9 strokes 頭 head; counter for large animals 16 strokes 負 defeat; negative 9 strokes 渡 transit; ford 12 strokes 失 lose; error 5 strokes 差 distinction; difference 10 strokes 末 end; close 5 strokes 守 guard; protect 6 strokes 若 young; if 8 strokes 種 species; kind 14 strokes 美 beauty; beautiful 9 strokes 命 fate; command 8 strokes 福 blessing; fortune 13 strokes 望 ambition; full moon 11 strokes 非 un-; mistake 8 strokes 観 outlook; look 18 strokes 察 guess; presume 14 strokes 段 grade; steps 9 strokes 横 sideways; side 15 strokes 深 deep; heighten 11 strokes 申 have the honor to; sign of the monkey 5 strokes 様 Esq.; way 14 strokes 財 property; money 10 strokes 港 harbor 12 strokes 識 discriminating; know 19 strokes 呼 call; call out to 8 strokes 達 accomplished; reach 12 strokes 良 good; pleasing 7 strokes 候 climate; season 10 strokes 程 extent; degree 12 strokes 満 full; fullness 12 strokes 敗 failure; defeat 11 strokes 値 price; cost 10 strokes 突 stab; protruding 8 strokes 光 ray; light 6 strokes 路 path; route 13 strokes 科 department; course 9 strokes 積 volume; product (x*y) 16 strokes 他 other; another 5 strokes 処 dispose; manage 5 strokes 太 plump; thick 4 strokes 客 guest; visitor 9 strokes 否 negate; no 7 strokes 師 expert; teacher 10 strokes 登 ascend; climb up 12 strokes 易 easy; ready to 8 strokes 速 quick; fast 10 strokes 存 exist; suppose 6 strokes 飛 fly; skip (pages) 9 strokes 殺 kill; murder 10 strokes 号 nickname; number 5 strokes 単 simple; one 9 strokes 座 squat; seat 10 strokes 破 rend; rip 10 strokes 除 exclude; division (x/3) 10 strokes 完 perfect; completion 7 strokes 降 descend; precipitate 10 strokes 責 blame; condemn 11 strokes 捕 catch; capture 10 strokes 危 dangerous; fear 6 strokes 給 salary; wage 12 strokes 苦 suffering; trial 8 strokes 迎 welcome; meet 7 strokes 園 park; garden 13 strokes 具 tool; utensil 8 strokes 辞 resign; word 13 strokes 因 cause; factor 6 strokes 馬 horse 10 strokes 愛 love; affection 13 strokes 富 wealth; enrich 12 strokes 彼 he; that 8 strokes 未 un-; not yet 5 strokes 舞 dance; flit 15 strokes 亡 deceased; the late 3 strokes 冷 cool; cold (beer, person) 7 strokes 適 suitable; occasional 14 strokes 婦 lady; woman 11 strokes 寄 draw near; stop in 11 strokes 込 crowded; mixture 5 strokes 顔 face; expression 18 strokes 類 sort; kind 18 strokes 余 too much; myself 7 strokes 王 king; rule 4 strokes 返 return; answer 7 strokes 妻 wife; spouse 8 strokes 背 stature; height 9 strokes 熱 heat; temperature 15 strokes 宿 inn; lodging 11 strokes 薬 medicine; chemical 16 strokes 険 precipitous; inaccessible place 11 strokes 頼 trust; request 16 strokes 覚 memorize; learn 12 strokes 船 ship; boat 11 strokes 途 route; way 10 strokes 許 permit; approve 11 strokes 抜 slip out; extract 7 strokes 便 convenience; facility 9 strokes 留 detain; fasten 10 strokes 罪 guilt; sin 13 strokes 努 toil; diligent 7 strokes 精 refined; ghost 14 strokes 散 scatter; disperse 12 strokes 静 quiet 14 strokes 婚 marriage 11 strokes 喜 rejoice; take pleasure in 12 strokes 浮 floating; float 10 strokes 絶 discontinue; sever 12 strokes 幸 happiness; blessing 8 strokes 押 push; stop 8 strokes 倒 overthrow; fall 10 strokes 等 etc.; and so forth 12 strokes 老 old man; old age 6 strokes 曲 bend; music 6 strokes 払 pay; clear out 5 strokes 庭 courtyard; garden 10 strokes 徒 on foot; junior 10 strokes 勤 diligence; become employed 12 strokes 遅 slow; late 12 strokes 居 reside; to be 8 strokes 雑 miscellaneous 14 strokes 招 beckon; invite 8 strokes 困 quandary; become distressed 7 strokes 欠 lack; gap 4 strokes 更 grow late; night watch 7 strokes 刻 engrave; cut fine 8 strokes 賛 approve; praise 15 strokes 抱 embrace; hug 8 strokes 犯 crime; sin 5 strokes 恐 fear; dread 10 strokes 息 breath; respiration 10 strokes 遠 distant; far 13 strokes 戻 re-; return 7 strokes 願 petition; request 19 strokes 絵 picture; drawing 12 strokes 越 surpass; cross over 12 strokes 欲 longing; covetousness 11 strokes 痛 pain; hurt 12 strokes 笑 laugh 10 strokes 互 mutually; reciprocally 4 strokes 束 bundle; sheaf 7 strokes 似 becoming; resemble 7 strokes 列 file; row 6 strokes 探 grope; search 11 strokes 逃 escape; flee 9 strokes 遊 play 12 strokes 迷 astray; be perplexed 9 strokes 夢 dream; vision 13 strokes 君 mister; you 7 strokes 閉 closed; shut 11 strokes 緒 thong; beginning 14 strokes 折 fold; break 7 strokes 草 grass; weeds 9 strokes 暮 evening; twilight 14 strokes 酒 sake; alcohol 10 strokes 悲 grieve; sad 12 strokes 晴 clear up 12 strokes 掛 hang; suspend 11 strokes 到 arrival; proceed 8 strokes 寝 lie down; sleep 13 strokes 暗 darkness; disappear 13 strokes 盗 steal; rob 11 strokes 吸 suck; imbibe 6 strokes 陽 sunshine; yang principle 12 strokes 御 honorable; manipulate 12 strokes 歯 tooth; cog 12 strokes 忘 forget 7 strokes 雪 snow 11 strokes 吹 blow; breathe 7 strokes 娘 daughter; girl 10 strokes 誤 mistake; err 14 strokes 洗 wash; inquire into 9 strokes 慣 accustomed; get used to 14 strokes 礼 salute; bow 5 strokes 窓 window; pane 11 strokes 昔 once upon a time; antiquity 8 strokes 貧 poverty; poor 11 strokes 怒 angry; be offended 9 strokes 泳 swim 8 strokes 祖 ancestor; pioneer 9 strokes 杯 counter for cupfuls; wine glass 8 strokes 疲 exhausted; tire 10 strokes 皆 all; everything 9 strokes 鳴 chirp; cry 14 strokes 腹 abdomen; belly 13 strokes 煙 smoke 13 strokes 眠 sleep; die 10 strokes 怖 dreadful; be frightened 8 strokes 耳 ear 6 strokes 頂 place on the head; receive 11 strokes 箱 box; chest 15 strokes 晩 nightfall; night 12 strokes 寒 cold 12 strokes 髪 hair of the head 14 strokes 忙 busy; occupied 6 strokes 才 genius; years old 3 strokes 靴 shoes 13 strokes 恥 shame; dishonor 10 strokes 偶 accidentally; even number 11 strokes 偉 admirable; greatness 12 strokes 猫 cat 11 strokes 幾 how many; how much 12 strokes

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Kanji meanings and stroke counts from KANJIDIC2 © James William Breen and The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The N3 list is derived from the davidluzgouveia/kanji-data project (MIT), restricted to jōyō kanji.