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Next session: December 6, 2026 · 79 days to go
字 · Kanji
The 80 N5 kanji
From most to least common. Tap a kanji to open its page.
- 日Day
- 一One
- 国Country
- 人Person
- 年Year
- 大Large
- 十Ten
- 二Two
- 本Book
- 中In
- 長Long
- 出Exit
- 三Three
- 時Time
- 行Go
- 見See
- 月Moon
- 分Part
- 後Later
- 前In front
- 生Life
- 五Five
- 間Interval
- 上Above
- 東East
- 四Four
- 今Now
- 金Gold
- 九Nine
- 入Enter
- 学Study
- 高Tall
- 円Circle
- 子Child
- 外Outside
- 八Eight
- 六Six
- 下Below
- 来Come
- 気Spirit
- 小Little
- 七Seven
- 山Mountain
- 話Talk
- 女Woman
- 北North
- 午Noon
- 百Hundred
- 書Write
- 先Before
- 名Name
- 川River
- 千Thousand
- 水Water
- 半Half
- 男Male
- 西West
- 電Electricity
- 校School
- 語Word
- 土Soil
- 木Tree
- 聞Hear
- 食Eat
- 車Car
- 何What
- 南South
- 万Ten thousand
- 毎Every
- 白White
- 天Heavens
- 母Mother
- 火Fire
- 右Right
- 読Read
- 友Friend
- 左Left
- 休Rest
- 父Father
- 雨Rain
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Your plan
Ready for the exam on
December 11, 2026
80 kanji in 8 weeks, then 4 weeks to consolidate.
Target session: July 4, 2027 (expected date)
- Vocabulary666 words
- 自分Oneself
- 一人One person
- 時間Time
- GrammarComing soonThe grammar pages are being reviewed by a Japanese teacher.
- KanaHiragana and katakanaThe 46 basic characters of each script, before kanji.
- The exam90 min exam3 sections, pass from 80/180, with a minimum in each section.
The JLPT hasn't published official kanji, vocabulary or grammar lists since 2010. The numbers on this site follow the reference lists learners use.
Sources: meanings and readings based on KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG strokes © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0) · reading selection, French translations and memory hooks: Kanzen.