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Free Online Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary
(The most comprehensive Free Online Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary of Official Use Characters on the Web)

An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto

– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –

Comprehensive Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary
Japanese English Kanji Word DictionaryKanji Stroke Order Count Word DictionaryKanji Radical Word DictionaryKanji (Hiragana & Katakana) ON Word DictionaryKanji (Hiragana & Katakana) KUN Word DictionaryChinese Kanji Character Word Family DictionaryJapanese (Nihongo) Kanji Character Word Dictionary Glossary


     
   
     
 

* There are no KUN readings beginning with ら・り・る・れ・ろ.
This glossary is inclusive for KUN readings of the 1,945 Official Use Characters



Glossary Search Results
fire
lamp; light
sun; day
ice; be frozen; freezing cold
ひい(でる) excel; surpass; superior; prominent
ひ(える・や・やかす・やす) cold; chilly; cool; refrigerate; coldhearted; surly; calm; quiet; tease; window shopping
ひか(え・える) hold back; draw in; refrain; wait; await; keep from; be near at hand; copy down; write down; note; memo; a duplicate
ひがし east; eastern Japan
ひかり light; shine; ray; beam; flash; glimmer; glitter; glare; sparkle
ひか(る) light; shine; ray; beam; flash; glimmer; glitter; glare; sparkle
ひき one (of a pair); counter
ひき(いる) proportion; ratio; command; lead
ひ(く) projectile; bullet; shell; cannonball; rebound; bounce; bound; spring (up); winded; stimulated; excited; in high spirits; free with money
ひ(く・ける) draw; pull; draw out; lead; subtract; deduct; connect; recede; subside; attract; cite; look up (a word); be finished; close; catch (a cold)
ひく(い・まる・める) low; short; lower
ひざ knee; lap
ひさ(しい) long (time)
ひじ elbow
ひし(ぐ) drag; pull; draw; carry off; crush
ひそ(まる・む・める) dive; submerge; lurk; hide; conceal; secret; latent; hush; lower one's voice; get into; crawl into
ひたい forehead; notice board; amount
ひた(す・る) immersion; soak; flood; steep; moisten; wet
ひだり left
ひつぎ coffin
ひつじ sheep
ひと one
ひと person; human
ひと(しい) equal; equivalent; grade; rank; et cetera
ひと(つ) one
ひとみ pupil
ひと(り) alone; lone; Germany
ひね(る) twist; turn; twirl
ひび(き・く) sound; resonance; reverberation
ひま leisure
ひま fissure; crack; crevice; discord; spare time
ひめ princess, honorific title for a woman of high rank
ひめ beautiful woman; princess
ひ(める) mysterious; secret
ひや(やか) cold; chilly; cool; refrigerate; coldhearted; surly; calm; quiet; tease; window shopping
ひら level; flat; fair; calm; usual; common; ordinary
ひら(く・ける) open; make/drill a hole; be space between; develop; begin; hold (a party/meeting etc.); release
ひら(たい) level; flat; fair; calm; usual; common; ordinary
ひる noon; afternoon; daytime
ひ(る) thrust; thick bar; defense; dry; ebb; draw/drain off; empty (a glass)
ひるがえ(す・る) flutter; wave; dodge; leap up; change (one's mind); turn over
ひろ(い・がる・げる・まる・める・やか) extensive; spacious; vast; spread; widespread; stretch; enlarge; be popular
ひろ(う) pick up; gather; find; select; catch (a taxi); escape hardship


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