JLPT list
The 80 JLPT N5 kanji
80 kanji at this level, 80 in total since N5. They're sorted from most to least common: start at the top.
The basics: numbers, days, directions, everyday verbs. Enough for a train station or a simple menu.
Complete level: every page has its memory hook and vocabulary. And the whole N5 level is free in Kanzen, no card required.
Order: frequency of use in written Japanese.
- 日Day, sun4 strokes
- 一One1 stroke
- 国Country8 strokes
- 人Person2 strokes
- 年Year, counter for years6 strokes
- 大Large, big3 strokes
- 十Ten2 strokes
- 二Two2 strokes
- 本Book, origin5 strokes
- 中In, inside4 strokes
- 長Long, leader8 strokes
- 出Exit, leave5 strokes
- 三Three3 strokes
- 時Time, hour10 strokes
- 行Go, journey6 strokes
- 見See, hopes7 strokes
- 月Moon, month4 strokes
- 分Part, minute of time4 strokes
- 後Later, behind9 strokes
- 前In front, before9 strokes
- 生Life, genuine5 strokes
- 五Five4 strokes
- 間Interval, space12 strokes
- 上Above, up3 strokes
- 東East8 strokes
- 四Four5 strokes
- 今Now4 strokes
- 金Gold, money8 strokes
- 九Nine2 strokes
- 入Enter, insert2 strokes
- 学Study, learning8 strokes
- 高Tall, high10 strokes
- 円Circle, yen4 strokes
- 子Child, sign of the rat3 strokes
- 外Outside5 strokes
- 八Eight2 strokes
- 六Six4 strokes
- 下Below, down3 strokes
- 来Come, due7 strokes
- 気Spirit, mind6 strokes
- 小Little, small3 strokes
- 七Seven2 strokes
- 山Mountain3 strokes
- 話Talk, tale13 strokes
- 女Woman, female3 strokes
- 北North5 strokes
- 午Noon, sign of the horse4 strokes
- 百Hundred6 strokes
- 書Write10 strokes
- 先Before, ahead6 strokes
- 名Name, noted6 strokes
- 川River, stream3 strokes
- 千Thousand3 strokes
- 水Water4 strokes
- 半Half, middle5 strokes
- 男Male7 strokes
- 西West, Spain6 strokes
- 電Electricity13 strokes
- 校School, exam10 strokes
- 語Word, speech14 strokes
- 土Soil, earth3 strokes
- 木Tree, wood4 strokes
- 聞Hear, ask14 strokes
- 食Eat, food9 strokes
- 車Car, vehicle7 strokes
- 何What7 strokes
- 南South9 strokes
- 万Ten thousand, 10,0003 strokes
- 毎Every6 strokes
- 白White5 strokes
- 天Heavens, sky4 strokes
- 母Mother5 strokes
- 火Fire4 strokes
- 右Right5 strokes
- 読Read14 strokes
- 友Friend4 strokes
- 左Left5 strokes
- 休Rest, day off6 strokes
- 父Father4 strokes
- 雨Rain8 strokes
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.