N5
JLPT N5 Kanji List
The foundation: essential kanji for beginners starting their JLPT journey.
N5 is where most learners begin. These essential kanji cover everyday basics like numbers, days, directions, and common verbs, and they form the foundation every later level builds on. At about five a day, you'll have them down in two to three weeks.
The JLPT no longer publishes official kanji lists, so counts vary between sources. Kanjiru's counts map the official Jōyō set to the commonly used JLPT level assignments.
一oneいち、いつ、ひとN51 stroke九nineきゅう、く、ここのN52 strokes七sevenしち、なな、なのN52 strokes十tenじゅう、じっ、じゅっN52 strokes人personじん、にん、ひとN52 strokes二twoに、じ、ふたN52 strokes入enterにゅう、じゅ、いN52 strokes八eightはち、はつ、やN52 strokes下belowか、げ、したN53 strokes三threeさん、ぞう、みN53 strokes山mountainさん、せん、やまN53 strokes子childし、す、つN53 strokes女womanじょ、にょ、にょうN53 strokes小littleしょう、ちい、こN53 strokes上aboveじょう、しょう、しゃんN53 strokes千thousandせん、ちN53 strokes川streamせん、かわN53 strokes大largeだい、たい、おおN53 strokes土soilど、と、つちN53 strokes円circleえん、まる、まどN54 strokes火fireか、ひ、びN54 strokes月monthげつ、がつ、つきN54 strokes五fiveご、いつN54 strokes水waterすい、みずN54 strokes中inちゅう、なか、うちN54 strokes天heavensてん、あまつ、あめN54 strokes日dayにち、じつ、ひN54 strokes木treeぼく、もく、きN54 strokes六sixろく、りく、むN54 strokes右rightう、ゆう、みぎN55 strokes左leftさ、しゃ、ひだりN55 strokes四fourし、よ、よっN55 strokes出exitしゅつ、すい、でN55 strokes生lifeせい、しょう、いN55 strokes白whiteはく、びゃく、しろN55 strokes本bookほん、もとN55 strokes気spiritき、け、いきN56 strokes休restきゅう、やすN56 strokes先beforeせん、さき、まN56 strokes年yearねん、としN56 strokes百hundredひゃく、びゃく、ももN56 strokes名nameめい、みょう、なN56 strokes見seeけん、みN57 strokes車carしゃ、くるまN57 strokes男maleだん、なん、おとこN57 strokes雨rainう、あめ、あまN58 strokes学studyがく、まなN58 strokes金goldきん、こん、ごんN58 strokes校examこう、きょうN510 strokes万ten thousandまん、ばん、よろずN53 strokes午noonご、うまN54 strokes今nowこん、きん、いまN54 strokes父fatherふ、ちちN54 strokes友friendゆう、ともN54 strokes外outsideがい、げ、そとN55 strokes半halfはん、なかN55 strokes母motherぼ、はは、もN55 strokes北northほく、きたN55 strokes行goingこう、ぎょう、あんN56 strokes西westせい、さい、すN56 strokes毎everyまい、ごとN56 strokes何whatか、なに、なんN57 strokes来comeらい、たい、くN57 strokes国countryこく、くにN58 strokes長longちょう、なが、おさN58 strokes東eastとう、ひがしN58 strokes後behindご、こう、のちN59 strokes食eatしょく、じき、くN59 strokes前in frontぜん、まえN59 strokes南southなん、な、みなみN59 strokes高tallこう、たか、だかN510 strokes時timeじ、とき、どきN510 strokes書writeしょ、か、がN510 strokes間intervalかん、けん、あいだN512 strokes電electricityでんN513 strokes話taleわ、はな、はなしN513 strokes語wordご、かたN514 strokes読readどく、とく、とうN514 strokes聞hearぶん、もん、きN514 strokes
Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)