Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 子 (こ) – child

Henshall Mnemonic: child learning under ornate roof

Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #63 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 留学生   [りゅうがくせい]
  (n) overseas student   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 大学   [だいがく]
  (n) university   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学校   [がっこう]
  (n) school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学生   [がくせい]
  (n) student   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 大学生   [だいがくせい]
  (n) college student   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入学   [にゅうがく]
  (n,vs) entry to school or university; matriculation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 文学   [ぶんがく]
  (n) literature   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 中学校   [ちゅうがっこう]
  (n) junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 医学   [いがく]
  (n) medical science; medicine   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 小学校   [しょうがっこう]
  (n) primary school; elementary school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 高等学校   [こうとうがっこう]
  senior high school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 数学   [すうがく]
  (n) mathematics; arithmetic   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 科学   [かがく]
  (n) science   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 留学   [りゅうがく]
  (n,vs) studying abroad   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 化学   [かがく]
  (n) chemistry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 進学   [しんがく]
  (n,vs) going on to university   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学   [がく]
  (n) learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学ぶ   [まなぶ]
  (v5b) to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 語学   [ごがく]
  (n) language study   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 奨学金   [しょうがくきん]
  (n) scholarship   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学期   [がっき]
  (n) term (school)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 通学   [つうがく]
  (n) commuting to school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 中学   [ちゅうがく]
  (n) middle school; junior high school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 哲学   [てつがく]
  (n) philosophy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学者   [がくしゃ]
  (n) scholar   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

JLPT N1 Words

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 大衆文学   [たいしゅうぶんがく]
  popular literature   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 気象学   [きしょうがく]
  (n) meteorology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 幾何学   [きかがく]
  (n) geometry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 生態学   [せいたいがく]
  (n) ecology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 天文学   [てんもんがく]
  (n) astronomy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 法医学   [ほういがく]
  (n) legal medicine   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 解剖学   [かいぼうがく]
  (n) anatomy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 高学年   [こうがくねん]
  (n) upper grade or classes (in schools)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 薬学   [やくがく]
  (n) (study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 理学   [りがく]
  (n) physical science   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 理学部   [りがくぶ]
  (n) department of science   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 力学   [りきがく]
  (n) mechanics; dynamics   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 化学肥料   [かがくひりょう]
  chemical fertilizer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 法学部   [ほうがくぶ]
  (n) law department; law school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 美学   [びがく]
  (n) esthetics; aesthetics   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学位   [がくい]
  (n) (university) degree   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 短期大学   [たんきだいがく]
  (n) (two year) junior college   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学院   [がくいん]
  (n) institute; academy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 化学兵器   [かがくへいき]
  chemical weapons   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学園   [がくえん]
  (n) academy; campus   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 理工学部   [りこうがくぶ]
  (n) department of science and engineering   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 生物学   [せいぶつがく]
  (n) biology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 奨学   [しょうがく]
  (n) encouragement to study   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• シュタイナー学校   [シュタイナーがっこう]
  (n) Steiner school   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学界   [がっかい]
  (n) academic or scientific world   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 学 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.