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102 kanji · JLPT N5

JLPT N5 kanji

Part 1

Kanji 1–10

N5#1

day / sun

N5
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Strokes
4

Today is Sunday.

💡 A picture of the sun with a line through it. 日 means sun or day — the sun marks each day.

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N5#2

person

N5
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Strokes
2

There are many people in front of the station.

💡 Two legs of a walking figure. 人 is a person — the simplest picture of someone standing on two legs.

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N5#3

time / hour

N5
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Strokes
10

The clock in my room has stopped.

💡 The sun (日) beside a temple measuring the hours. 時 means time or hour.

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N5#5

see / look

N5
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Strokes
7

I watch TV at night.

💡 An eye (目) on legs, going out to look. 見 means to see or look.

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N5#6

eat / food

N5
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Strokes
9

I eat breakfast.

💡 A roof over a table of food. 食 means to eat or food.

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N5#7

meet / association

N5
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Strokes
6

I will meet my friend at the station.

💡 People gathering under one roof to meet. 会 means to meet, or an association/company.

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N5#8

company / shrine

N5
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Strokes
7

Work at the company starts at nine.

💡 An altar (示) beside the earth — a shrine, and by extension a company. 社 means company or shrine.

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N5#9

interval / between

N5
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Strokes
12

I do not have time today.

💡 The sun (日) seen through a gate (門) — the space and interval between. 間 means interval, space, or between.

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N5#10

electricity

N5
Onyomi
Strokes
13

I call my mother.

💡 Rain (雨) with lightning streaking below. 電 means electricity.

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