Search Kanji for Grade 8

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乙

the latter

Meaning: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5)
Kun-yomi: おと-/きのと
On-yomi: オツ/イツ
了

complete

Meaning: complete; finish
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: リョウ
又

or again

Meaning: or again; furthermore; on the other hand
Kun-yomi: また/また-/また.の-
On-yomi: ユウ
及

reach out

Meaning: reach out; exert; exercise; cause
Kun-yomi: およ.ぶ/およ.び/および/およ.ぼす
On-yomi: キュウ
凡

mediocre

Meaning: mediocre
Kun-yomi: およ.そ/おうよ.そ/すべ.て
On-yomi: ボン/ハン
乞

beg

Meaning: beg; invite; ask
Kun-yomi: こ.う
On-yomi: コツ/キツ/キ/キケ/コチ
巾

towel

Meaning: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50)
Kun-yomi: おお.い/ちきり/きれ
On-yomi: キン/フク
丈

length

Meaning: length; 10feet; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; that's all; merely
Kun-yomi: たけ/だけ
On-yomi: ジョウ
刃

blade

Meaning: blade; sword; edge
Kun-yomi: は/やいば/き.る
On-yomi: ジン/ニン
与

bestow

Meaning: bestow; participate in; give; award; impart; provide; cause; gift; godsend
Kun-yomi: あた.える/あずか.る/くみ.する/ともに
On-yomi: ヨ
乏

destitution

Meaning: destitution; scarce; limited
Kun-yomi: とぼ.しい/とも.しい
On-yomi: ボウ
牙

tusk

Meaning: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92)
Kun-yomi: きば/は
On-yomi: ガ/ゲ
幻

phantasm

Meaning: phantasm; vision; dream; illusion; apparition
Kun-yomi: まぼろし
On-yomi: ゲン
丹

rust-colored

Meaning: rust-colored; red; red lead; pills
Kun-yomi: に
On-yomi: タン
介

jammed in

Meaning: jammed in; shellfish; mediate; concern oneself with
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ
巨

gigantic

Meaning: gigantic; big; large; great
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キョ
升

measuring box

Meaning: measuring box; 1.8 liter
Kun-yomi: ます
On-yomi: ショウ
互

mutually

Meaning: mutually; reciprocally; together
Kun-yomi: たが.い/かたみ.に
On-yomi: ゴ
匹

equal

Meaning: equal; head; counter for small animals; roll of cloth
Kun-yomi: ひき
On-yomi: ヒツ
凶

villain

Meaning: villain; evil; bad luck; disaster
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キョウ
井

well

Meaning: well; well crib; town; community
Kun-yomi: い
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ
屯

barracks

Meaning: barracks; police station; camp
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン
勾

be bent

Meaning: be bent; slope; capture
Kun-yomi: かぎ/ま.がる
On-yomi: コウ/ク
孔

cavity

Meaning: cavity; hole; slit; very; great; exceedingly
Kun-yomi: あな
On-yomi: コウ
弔

condolences

Meaning: condolences; mourning; funeral
Kun-yomi: とむら.う/とぶら.う
On-yomi: チョウ
斤

axe

Meaning: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キン
匂

fragrant

Meaning: fragrant; stink; glow; insinuate; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: にお.う/にお.い/にお.わせる
On-yomi:
冗

superfluous

Meaning: superfluous; uselessness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジョウ
双

pair

Meaning: pair; set; comparison; counter for pairs
Kun-yomi: ふた/たぐい/ならぶ/ふたつ
On-yomi: ソウ
刈

reap

Meaning: reap; cut; clip; trim; prune
Kun-yomi: か.る
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ
爪

claw

Meaning: claw; nail; talon
Kun-yomi: つめ/つま-
On-yomi: ソウ
厄

unlucky

Meaning: unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; disaster
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヤク
込

crowded

Meaning: crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: -こ.む/こ.む/こ.み/-こ.み/こ.める
On-yomi:
斗

Big Dipper

Meaning: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ト/トウ
巡

patrol

Meaning: patrol; go around; circumference
Kun-yomi: めぐ.る/めぐ.り
On-yomi: ジュン
丘

hill

Meaning: hill; knoll
Kun-yomi: おか
On-yomi: キュウ
玄

mysterious

Meaning: mysterious; occultness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン
斥

reject

Meaning: reject; retreat; recede; withdraw; repel; repulse
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: セキ
旦

daybreak

Meaning: daybreak; dawn; morning
Kun-yomi: あき.らか/あきら/ただし/あさ/あした
On-yomi: タン/ダン
仙

hermit

Meaning: hermit; wizard; cent
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン/セント
召

seduce

Meaning: seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold)
Kun-yomi: め.す
On-yomi: ショウ
占

fortune-telling

Meaning: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take
Kun-yomi: し.める/うらな.う
On-yomi: セン
凸

convex

Meaning: convex; beetle brow; uneven
Kun-yomi: でこ
On-yomi: トツ
巧

adroit

Meaning: adroit; skilled; ingenuity
Kun-yomi: たく.み/たく.む/うま.い
On-yomi: コウ
矛

halberd

Meaning: halberd; arms; festival float
Kun-yomi: ほこ
On-yomi: ム/ボウ
且

moreover

Meaning: moreover; also; furthermore
Kun-yomi: か.つ
On-yomi: ショ/ソ/ショウ
尼

nun

Meaning: nun
Kun-yomi: あま
On-yomi: ニ
甲

armor

Meaning: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
Kun-yomi: きのえ
On-yomi: コウ/カン/カ
瓦

tile

Meaning: tile; gram
Kun-yomi: かわら/ぐらむ
On-yomi: ガ
叱

scold

Meaning: scold; reprove
Kun-yomi: しか.る
On-yomi: シツ/シチ
尻

buttocks

Meaning: buttocks; hips; butt; rear
Kun-yomi: しり
On-yomi: コウ
払

pay

Meaning: pay; clear out; prune; banish; dispose of
Kun-yomi: はら.う/-はら.い/-ばら.い
On-yomi: フツ/ヒツ/ホツ
丼

bowl

Meaning: bowl; bowl of food
Kun-yomi: どんぶり
On-yomi: トン/タン/ショウ/セイ
甘

sweet

Meaning: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary
Kun-yomi: あま.い/あま.える/あま.やかす/うま.い
On-yomi: カン
丙

third class

Meaning: third class; 3rd; 3rd calendar sign
Kun-yomi: ひのえ
On-yomi: ヘイ
凹

concave

Meaning: concave; hollow; sunken
Kun-yomi: くぼ.む/へこ.む/ぼこ
On-yomi: オウ
迅

swift

Meaning: swift; fast
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジン
囚

captured

Meaning: captured; criminal; arrest; catch
Kun-yomi: とら.われる
On-yomi: シュウ
汁

soup

Meaning: soup; juice; broth; sap; gravy; pus
Kun-yomi: しる/-しる/つゆ
On-yomi: ジュウ
奴

guy

Meaning: guy; slave; manservant; fellow
Kun-yomi: やつ/やっこ
On-yomi: ド
氾

spread out

Meaning: spread out; wide
Kun-yomi: ひろ.がる
On-yomi: ハン
旬

decameron

Meaning: decameron; 10-day period; season (for specific products)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジュン/シュン
忙

busy

Meaning: busy; occupied; restless
Kun-yomi: いそが.しい/せわ.しい/おそ.れる/うれえるさま
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ
妃

queen

Meaning: queen; princess
Kun-yomi: きさき
On-yomi: ヒ
朽

decay

Meaning: decay; rot; remain in seclusion
Kun-yomi: く.ちる
On-yomi: キュウ
扱

handle

Meaning: handle; entertain; thresh; strip
Kun-yomi: あつか.い/あつか.う/あつか.る/こ.く
On-yomi: ソウ/キュウ
朴

crude

Meaning: crude; simple; plain; docile
Kun-yomi: ほう/ほお/えのき
On-yomi: ボク
匠

artisan

Meaning: artisan; workman; carpenter
Kun-yomi: たくみ
On-yomi: ショウ
叫

shout

Meaning: shout; exclaim; yell
Kun-yomi: さけ.ぶ
On-yomi: キョウ
旨

delicious

Meaning: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert
Kun-yomi: むね/うま.い
On-yomi: シ
芋

potato

Meaning: potato
Kun-yomi: いも
On-yomi: ウ
那

what?

Meaning: what?
Kun-yomi: なに/なんぞ/いかん
On-yomi: ナ/ダ
仰

face-up

Meaning: face-up; look up; depend; seek; respect; rever; drink; take
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/おお.せ/お.っしゃる/おっしゃ.る
On-yomi: ギョウ/コウ
劣

inferiority

Meaning: inferiority; be inferior to; be worse
Kun-yomi: おと.る
On-yomi: レツ
弐

II

Meaning: II; two; second
Kun-yomi: ふた.つ/そえ
On-yomi: ニ/ジ
江

creek

Meaning: creek; inlet; bay
Kun-yomi: え
On-yomi: コウ
臼

mortar

Meaning: mortar
Kun-yomi: うす/うすづ.く
On-yomi: キュウ/グ
壮

robust

Meaning: robust; manhood; prosperity
Kun-yomi: さかん
On-yomi: ソウ
如

likeness

Meaning: likeness; like; such as; as if; better; best; equal
Kun-yomi: ごと.し
On-yomi: ジョ/ニョ
妄

delusion

Meaning: delusion; unnecessarily; without authority; reckless
Kun-yomi: みだ.りに
On-yomi: モウ/ボウ
伏

prostrated

Meaning: prostrated; bend down; bow; cover; lay (pipes)
Kun-yomi: ふ.せる/ふ.す
On-yomi: フク

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