JLPT N5 Kanji List — All 80 Kanji

The beginner level. These are the characters you meet first: numbers, days of the week, directions, and the most common verbs and nouns of daily life.

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The JLPT publishes no official kanji list. This is a widely used unofficial study list for N5, ordered roughly by how common each kanji is.

日 day; sun 4 strokes 一 one; one radical (no.1) 1 stroke 国 country 8 strokes 人 person 2 strokes 年 year; counter for years 6 strokes 大 large; big 3 strokes 十 ten 2 strokes 二 two; two radical (no. 7) 2 strokes 本 book; present 5 strokes 中 in; inside 4 strokes 長 long; leader 8 strokes 出 exit; leave 5 strokes 三 three 3 strokes 時 time; hour 10 strokes 行 going; journey 6 strokes 見 see; hopes 7 strokes 月 month; moon 4 strokes 分 part; minute of time 4 strokes 後 behind; back 9 strokes 前 in front; before 9 strokes 生 life; genuine 5 strokes 五 five 4 strokes 間 interval; space 12 strokes 上 above; up 3 strokes 東 east 8 strokes 四 four 5 strokes 今 now 4 strokes 金 gold 8 strokes 九 nine 2 strokes 入 enter; insert 2 strokes 学 study; learning 8 strokes 高 tall; high 10 strokes 円 circle; yen 4 strokes 子 child; sign of the rat 3 strokes 外 outside 5 strokes 八 eight; eight radical (no. 12) 2 strokes 六 six 4 strokes 下 below; down 3 strokes 来 come; due 7 strokes 気 spirit; mind 6 strokes 小 little; small 3 strokes 七 seven 2 strokes 山 mountain 3 strokes 話 tale; talk 13 strokes 女 woman; female 3 strokes 北 north 5 strokes 午 noon; sign of the horse 4 strokes 百 hundred 6 strokes 書 write 10 strokes 先 before; ahead 6 strokes 名 name; noted 6 strokes 川 stream; river 3 strokes 千 thousand 3 strokes 水 water 4 strokes 半 half; middle 5 strokes 男 male 7 strokes 西 west; Spain 6 strokes 電 electricity 13 strokes 校 exam; school 10 strokes 語 word; speech 14 strokes 土 soil; earth 3 strokes 木 tree; wood 4 strokes 聞 hear; ask 14 strokes 食 eat; food 9 strokes 車 car 7 strokes 何 what 7 strokes 南 south 9 strokes 万 ten thousand; 10,000 3 strokes 毎 every 6 strokes 白 white 5 strokes 天 heavens; sky 4 strokes 母 mother 5 strokes 火 fire 4 strokes 右 right 5 strokes 読 read 14 strokes 友 friend 4 strokes 左 left 5 strokes 休 rest; day off 6 strokes 父 father 4 strokes 雨 rain 8 strokes

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Tap any kanji above to watch it drawn one stroke at a time, with numbered strokes and speed control. Ready to write them by hand? Open the practice-sheet maker with N5 loaded, or print two-sided flashcards for N5. Use the Print A4 checklist button to tick off each kanji as you learn it.

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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 N5 list follows the study lists shared with our Kanji Practice Sheets.