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Browse kanji grouped by KANJI-Link’s most frequent radicals, from the most common groups to the least common, with ON and KUN readings available on demand.

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Kanji grouped by frequent radical

These lists are based on grades 10 through 2 of the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Test (日に本ほん漢かん字じ能のう力りょく検けん定てい, nihon kanji nōryoku kentei), commonly abbreviated as 漢かん検けん (kanken).

The characters are sorted first by radical, from the most frequent to the least frequent; then by school grade; and finally by ON reading, or KUN reading when no ON reading exists.

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ON = katakana · KUN = hiragana · ▲ = special or less common reading

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水(氵・氺) Water 118 kanji 人(亻・𠆢) Person 100 kanji 手(扌) Hand 95 kanji 木 Tree 86 kanji 心(忄・㣺) Heart 76 kanji 口 Mouth 70 kanji 言 To say 68 kanji 糸 Thread 63 kanji 辶 Path 51 kanji 土 Ground 50 kanji 艹 Plant 46 kanji 肉(月) Meat 44 kanji 阜 / 邑 City wall 43 kanji 日 Sun 38 kanji 女 Woman 36 kanji 宀 Roof 36 kanji 貝 Shell 35 kanji 金 Metal 33 kanji 刀(刂) Sword 32 kanji 火(灬) Fire 26 kanji 竹 Bamboo 25 kanji 行(彳) To go 25 kanji 力 Power 23 kanji 禾 Grain 23 kanji 頁 Head 22 kanji 衣 Cloak 21 kanji 田 Rice field 19 kanji 目 Eye 19 kanji 大 Big 17 kanji 巾 Cloth 17 kanji 广 Building 17 kanji 犬(犭) Dog 17 kanji 一 One 16 kanji 山 Mountain 16 kanji 攵 Action 16 kanji 石 Stone 16 kanji 尸 Corpse 15 kanji 玉(王) Jewel/King 15 kanji 疒 Illness 15 kanji 示(礻) Altar 15 kanji 車 Vehicle 15 kanji 酉 Bottle 14 kanji 雨 Rain 13 kanji 囗 Enclosure 12 kanji 寸 Inch 12 kanji 食 To eat 12 kanji 十 Ten 11 kanji 弓 Bow 11 kanji 足 Foot 11 kanji 門 Gate 11 kanji 馬 Horse 11 kanji

Water 水(氵・氺) 118 kanji

Person 人(亻・𠆢) 100 kanji

Hand 手(扌) 95 kanji

Tree 木 86 kanji

Heart 心(忄・㣺) 76 kanji

Mouth 口 70 kanji

To say 言 68 kanji

Thread 糸 63 kanji

Path 辶 51 kanji

Ground 土 50 kanji

Plant 艹 46 kanji

Meat 肉(月) 44 kanji

City wall 阜(阝) or 邑(阝) 43 kanji

Sun 日 38 kanji

Woman 女 36 kanji

Roof 宀 36 kanji

Shell 貝 35 kanji

Metal 金 33 kanji

Sword 刀(刂) 32 kanji

Fire 火(灬) 26 kanji

Bamboo 竹 25 kanji

To go 行(彳) 25 kanji

Power 力 23 kanji

Grain 禾 23 kanji

Head 頁 22 kanji

Cloak 衣 21 kanji

Rice field 田 19 kanji

Eye 目 19 kanji

Big 大 17 kanji

Cloth 巾 17 kanji

Building 广 17 kanji

Dog 犬(犭) 17 kanji

One 一 16 kanji

Mountain 山 16 kanji

Action 攵 16 kanji

Stone 石 16 kanji

Corpse 尸 15 kanji

Jewel/King 玉(王) 15 kanji

Illness 疒 15 kanji

Altar 示(礻) 15 kanji

Vehicle 車 15 kanji

Bottle 酉 14 kanji

Rain 雨 13 kanji

Enclosure 囗 12 kanji

Inch 寸 12 kanji

To eat 食 12 kanji

Ten 十 11 kanji

Bow 弓 11 kanji

Foot 足 11 kanji

Gate 門 11 kanji

Horse 馬 11 kanji