Search Kanji for Grade 4

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Also note that the English meaning under each Kanji is just one of many other possible senses.

gentleman

Meaning: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33)
Kun-yomi: さむらい
On-yomi:

family name

Meaning: family name; surname; clan
Kun-yomi: うじ/-うじ
On-yomi:

negative

Meaning: negative; non-; bad; ugly; clumsy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: フ/ブ

husband

Meaning: husband; man
Kun-yomi: おっと/それ
On-yomi: フ/フウ/ブ

environs

Meaning: environs; boundary; border; vicinity
Kun-yomi: あた.り/ほと.り/-べ
On-yomi: ヘン

lack

Meaning: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Kun-yomi: か.ける/か.く
On-yomi: ケツ/ケン

tag

Meaning: tag; paper money; counter for bonds; placard; bid
Kun-yomi: ふだ
On-yomi: サツ

by means of

Meaning: by means of; because; in view of; compared with
Kun-yomi: もっ.て
On-yomi:

director

Meaning: director; official; govt office; rule; administer
Kun-yomi: つかさど.る
On-yomi:

history

Meaning: history; chronicle
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

invariably

Meaning: invariably; certain; inevitable
Kun-yomi: かなら.ず
On-yomi: ヒツ

end

Meaning: end; close; tip; powder; posterity
Kun-yomi: すえ
On-yomi: マツ/バツ

orders

Meaning: orders; ancient laws; command; decree
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: レイ

achievement

Meaning: achievement; merits; success; honor; credit
Kun-yomi: いさお
On-yomi: コウ/ク

un-

Meaning: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun-yomi: いま.だ/ま.だ/ひつじ
On-yomi: ミ/ビ

people

Meaning: people; nation; subjects
Kun-yomi: たみ
On-yomi: ミン

adhere

Meaning: adhere; attach; refer to; append
Kun-yomi: つ.ける/-つ.ける/-づ.ける/つ.け/つ.け-/-つ.け/-づ.け/-づけ/
On-yomi:

lose

Meaning: lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss
Kun-yomi: うしな.う/う.せる
On-yomi: シツ

wrap

Meaning: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal
Kun-yomi: つつ.む/くる.む
On-yomi: ホウ

add

Meaning: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada
Kun-yomi: くわ.える/くわ.わる
On-yomi:

lamp

Meaning: lamp; a light; light; counter for lights
Kun-yomi: ひ/ほ-/ともしび/とも.す/あかり
On-yomi: トウ

together

Meaning: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with
Kun-yomi: とも/とも.に/-ども
On-yomi: キョウ

each

Meaning: each; every; either
Kun-yomi: おのおの
On-yomi: カク

garment

Meaning: garment; clothes; dressing
Kun-yomi: ころも/きぬ/-ぎ
On-yomi: イ/エ

go-between

Meaning: go-between; relationship
Kun-yomi: なか
On-yomi: チュウ

fond

Meaning: fond; pleasing; like something
Kun-yomi: この.む/す.く/よ.い/い.い
On-yomi: コウ

stamp

Meaning: stamp; seal; mark; imprint; symbol; emblem; trademark; evidence; souvenir; India
Kun-yomi: しるし/-じるし/しる.す
On-yomi: イン

portent

Meaning: portent; 10**12; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms
Kun-yomi: きざ.す/きざ.し
On-yomi: チョウ

old man

Meaning: old man; old age; grow old
Kun-yomi: お.いる/ふ.ける
On-yomi: ロウ

contend

Meaning: contend; dispute; argue
Kun-yomi: あらそ.う/いか.でか
On-yomi: ソウ

transmit

Meaning: transmit; go along; walk along; follow; report; communicate; legend; tradition
Kun-yomi: つた.わる/つた.える/つた.う/つだ.う/-づた.い/つて
On-yomi: デン/テン

turn into

Meaning: turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach
Kun-yomi: な.る/な.す/-な.す
On-yomi: セイ/ジョウ

first time

Meaning: first time; beginning
Kun-yomi: はじ.め/はじ.めて/はつ/はつ-/うい-/-そ.める/-ぞ.め
On-yomi: ショ

request

Meaning: request; want; wish for; require; demand
Kun-yomi: もと.める
On-yomi: キュウ/グ

reformation

Meaning: reformation; change; modify; mend; renew; examine; inspect; search
Kun-yomi: あらた.める/あらた.まる
On-yomi: カイ

fold

Meaning: fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit
Kun-yomi: お.る/おり/お.り/-お.り/お.れる
On-yomi: セツ

rank

Meaning: rank; grade; throne; crown; about; some
Kun-yomi: くらい/ぐらい
On-yomi:

good

Meaning: good; pleasing; skilled
Kun-yomi: よ.い/-よ.い/い.い/-い.い
On-yomi: リョウ

surround

Meaning: surround; besiege; store; paling; enclosure; encircle; preserve; keep
Kun-yomi: かこ.む/かこ.う/かこ.い
On-yomi:

cool

Meaning: cool; cold (beer, person); chill
Kun-yomi: つめ.たい/ひ.える/ひ.や/ひ.ややか/ひ.やす/ひ.やかす/さ.める/さ.ま
On-yomi: レイ

newborn babe

Meaning: newborn babe; child; young of animals
Kun-yomi: こ/-こ/-っこ
On-yomi: ジ/ニ/ゲイ

labor

Meaning: labor; thank for; reward for; toil; trouble
Kun-yomi: ろう.する/いたわ.る/いた.ずき/ねぎら/つか.れる/ねぎら.う
On-yomi: ロウ

perfect

Meaning: perfect; completion; end
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

lower

Meaning: lower; short; humble
Kun-yomi: ひく.い/ひく.める/ひく.まる
On-yomi: テイ

revelation

Meaning: revelation; tell; inform; announce
Kun-yomi: つ.げる
On-yomi: コク

retainer

Meaning: retainer; subject
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シン/ジン

bundle

Meaning: bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control
Kun-yomi: たば/たば.ねる/つか/つか.ねる
On-yomi: ソク

soldier

Meaning: soldier; private; troops; army; warfare; strategy; tactics
Kun-yomi: つわもの
On-yomi: ヘイ/ヒョウ

separate

Meaning: separate; branch off; diverge; fork; another; extra; specially
Kun-yomi: わか.れる/わ.ける
On-yomi: ベツ

hope

Meaning: hope; beg; request; pray; beseech; Greece; dilute (acid); rare; few; phenomenal
Kun-yomi: まれ
On-yomi: キ/ケ

technique

Meaning: technique; art; craft; performance; acting; trick; stunt
Kun-yomi: う.える/のり/わざ
On-yomi: ゲイ/ウン

lumber

Meaning: lumber; log; timber; wood; materials; ingredients; talent
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ザイ

toil

Meaning: toil; diligent; as much as possible
Kun-yomi: つと.める
On-yomi:

profit

Meaning: profit; advantage; benefit
Kun-yomi: き.く
On-yomi:

bud

Meaning: bud; sprout; spear; germ
Kun-yomi:
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printing

Meaning: printing; print; brush
Kun-yomi: す.る/-ず.り/-ずり/は.く
On-yomi: サツ

harden

Meaning: harden; set; clot; curdle
Kun-yomi: かた.める/かた.まる/かた.まり/かた.い
On-yomi:

cry

Meaning: cry; weep; moan
Kun-yomi: な.く
On-yomi: キュウ

nonplussed

Meaning: nonplussed; three (in documents); going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love; participate; take part in
Kun-yomi: まい.る/まい-/まじわる/みつ
On-yomi: サン/シン

breed

Meaning: breed; care for; shepherd; feed; pasture
Kun-yomi: まき
On-yomi: ボク

poison

Meaning: poison; virus; venom; germ; harm; injury; spite
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ドク

co-

Meaning: co-; cooperation
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キョウ

pine tree

Meaning: pine tree
Kun-yomi: まつ
On-yomi: ショウ

example

Meaning: example; custom; usage; precedent
Kun-yomi: たと.える
On-yomi: レイ

borough

Meaning: borough; urban prefecture; govt office; representative body; storehouse
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

reign

Meaning: reign; be at peace; calm down; subdue; quell; govt; cure; heal; rule; conserve
Kun-yomi: おさ.める/おさ.まる/なお.る/なお.す
On-yomi: ジ/チ

wish

Meaning: wish; sense; idea; thought; feeling; desire; attention
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ネン

bureaucrat

Meaning: bureaucrat; the government
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

England

Meaning: England; English
Kun-yomi: はなぶさ
On-yomi: エイ

bottom

Meaning: bottom; sole; depth; bottom price; base; kind; sort
Kun-yomi: そこ
On-yomi: テイ

graduate

Meaning: graduate; soldier; private; die
Kun-yomi: そっ.する/お.える/お.わる/ついに/にわか
On-yomi: ソツ/シュツ

diameter

Meaning: diameter; path; method
Kun-yomi: みち/こみち/さしわたし/ただちに
On-yomi: ケイ

bull's eye

Meaning: bull's eye; mark; target; object; adjective ending
Kun-yomi: まと
On-yomi: テキ

circumference

Meaning: circumference; circuit; lap
Kun-yomi: まわ.り
On-yomi: シュウ

code

Meaning: code; ceremony; law; rule
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テン/デン

seasons

Meaning: seasons
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

fruit

Meaning: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed
Kun-yomi: は.たす/はた.す/-は.たす/は.てる/-は.てる/は.て
On-yomi:

method

Meaning: method; law; rule; principle; model; system
Kun-yomi: のり
On-yomi: ホウ/ハッ/ホッ/フラン

simple

Meaning: simple; one; single; merely
Kun-yomi: ひとえ
On-yomi: タン

fly

Meaning: fly; skip (pages); scatter
Kun-yomi: と.ぶ/と.ばす/-と.ばす
On-yomi:

shallow

Meaning: shallow; superficial; frivolous; wretched; shameful
Kun-yomi: あさ.い
On-yomi: セン

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