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Random JLPT Level N4 Kanji  ( PDF version of this Kanji PDF version )

stroke order illustration  
English:
degrees
occurrence
time
counter for occurrences
On-Yomi:


タク
Kun-Yomi:
たび
-た.い
のり
Bushu (Radical) Info: 广 (まだれ) – dotted cliff
Henshall Mnemonic: hand measures twenty-one degrees in building
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #110 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

  •   [ど]
    (n,n-suf) (1) counter for occurrences; (2) (pref) very; totally   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ちょうど]
    (adj-na,adv,n) (uk) just; right; exactly   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

  •   [こんど]
    (n-adv,n-t) now; this time; next time; another time   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [きっと]
    (adv,n) (1) (uk) surely; undoubtedly; certainly; without fail; (2) sternly; severely   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [いちど]
    (n-adv) once; one time; on one occasion   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

  •   [たび]
    (n) times (three times, etc.); degree   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 々   [たびたび]
    (adv) often; repeatedly; frequently   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • う   [おめでとう]
    (ateji) (int) (uk) Congratulations!; an auspicious occasion!   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [おんど]
    (n) temperature   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [たいど]
    (n) attitude; manner   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [せいど]
    (n) system; institution; organization   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [そくど]
    (n) speed; velocity; rate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [てきど]
    (adj-na,n) moderate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ていど]
    (n-adv,n,n-suf) degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [したく]
    (n,vs) preparation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • に   [いちどに]
    (adv) all at once   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

  •   [のうど]
    (n) concentration; brightness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ねんど]
    (n,n-suf) year; fiscal year; school year; term   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 湿   [しつど]
    (n) level of humidity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [いど]
    (n) latitude (nav.)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [げんど]
    (n) limit; bounds   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [こうど]
    (adj-na,n) altitude; height; advanced   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • い   [めでたい]
    (adj) happy; simple soul; propitious; joyous   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [かくど]
    (n) angle   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [けいど]
    (n) longitude   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

    Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

    •   [しんど]
      (n) depth   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [どきょう]
      (n) courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [どあい]
      (n) degree; extent   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    • い   [どあい]
      (n) degree; extent   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [どすう]
      (n) frequency   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [さんじゅうはちどせん]
      the Thirty-eighth Parallel   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [ぜんねんど]
      (n-adv,n) preceding fiscal year   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [いくど]
      (adv,n) (how) many times; (how) often   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [さくねんど]
      (n-adv) previous fiscal year   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [じゅうど]
      (adj-no,n) heavy; severe   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [かど]
      (adj-na,adj-no,n) excess; immoderation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [きょくど]
      (adj-na,n) maximum; extreme; utmost; curvature   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [きょうど]
      (adj-na,n) strength; intensity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [さんど]
      three times   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [せんど]
      (n) (degree of) freshness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [こうど]
      (n) hardness; solidity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [しんど]
      (n) Japanese earthquake scale (level 1: weak to level 7: devastation)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [こんねんど]
      (n-adv,n-t) this year   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [こうそくど]
      (n) high speed   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [かいけいねんど]
      fiscal year   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [きど]
      (n) brightness; clearness; luminance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [さいど]
      (n-adv,n-t) twice; again; second time   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [なんど]
      (n) how many times?; how often?   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    •   [げんどがく]
      (n) credit limit (on a credit card)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    • 度   [ひっぱりせんだんきょうど]
      peel strength (conductor from substrate)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
    Find more details for at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

    Acknowledgments

    The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

    NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

    The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

    Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

    The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

    If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.