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Kanji with 5 strokes
Choose a stroke count to explore matching kanji, together with their readings and English meanings.
New to kanji? Kanji are characters used to write many meaningful parts of Japanese words. Each character is written using a set number of strokes, and counting them can help you find a character when you do not know its reading or meaning.
Choose a stroke count below to narrow your search, then check the character's readings and meanings. For a beginner-friendly overview of kanji, their readings and how they work with hiragana, read our introduction to Japanese kanji.
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Kanji data is provided by the KANJIDIC project maintained by the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group.
Kanji with 5 strokes
| English | Kanji | Strokes | Grade | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate | 圧 | 5 | 5 | 718 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| by means of, because, in view of, compared with | 以 | 5 | 4 | 126 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| right | 右 | 5 | 1 | 602 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| sign of the hare or rabbit, 5-7AM, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, east | 卯 | 5 | 9 | 2400 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| melon | 瓜 | 5 | 2459 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| eternity, long, lengthy | 永 | 5 | 5 | 846 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| concave, hollow, sunken | 凹 | 5 | 8 | 2206 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| center, middle | 央 | 5 | 3 | 582 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada | 加 | 5 | 4 | 130 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not | 可 | 5 | 5 | 314 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| tusk, fang | 牙 | 5 | 2067 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| outside | 外 | 5 | 2 | 81 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| moreover, also, furthermore | 且 | 5 | 8 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| grant, answer | 叶 | 5 | 9 | 2312 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| tile, gram | 瓦 | 5 | 1850 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| publish, carve, engrave | 刊 | 5 | 5 | 855 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary | 甘 | 5 | 8 | 1248 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| hill, knoll | 丘 | 5 | 8 | 1405 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| old times, old things, old friend, former, ex- | 旧 | 5 | 5 | 549 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce | 去 | 5 | 3 | 440 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| gigantic, big, large, great | 巨 | 5 | 8 | 892 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| jewel, ball | 玉 | 5 | 1 | 737 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku | 句 | 5 | 5 | 1244 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| elder brother, big brother | 兄 | 5 | 2 | 1219 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| hole, aperture, slit, cave, den | 穴 | 5 | 6 | 1366 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| mysterious, occultness | 玄 | 5 | 8 | 1409 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| old | 古 | 5 | 2 | 509 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| achievement, merits, success, honor, credit | 功 | 5 | 4 | 857 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| adroit, skilled, ingenuity | 巧 | 5 | 8 | 1537 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| wide, broad, spacious | 広 | 5 | 2 | 263 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| vast, broad, wide | 弘 | 5 | 9 | 1059 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace | 甲 | 5 | 8 | 1073 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call | 号 | 5 | 3 | 585 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji) | 込 | 5 | 8 | 675 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| left | 左 | 5 | 1 | 630 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| tome, counter for books, volume | 冊 | 5 | 6 | 1313 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid | 札 | 5 | 4 | 921 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| dish, a helping, plate | 皿 | 5 | 3 | 1812 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| attend, doing, official, serve | 仕 | 5 | 3 | 439 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| director, official, govt office, rule, administer | 司 | 5 | 4 | 759 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| history, chronicle | 史 | 5 | 4 | 511 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| four | 四 | 5 | 1 | 47 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| market, city, town | 市 | 5 | 2 | 42 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| show, indicate, point out, express, display | 示 | 5 | 5 | 237 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| scold, reprove | 叱 | 5 | 2255 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss | 失 | 5 | 4 | 447 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| copy, be photographed, describe | 写 | 5 | 3 | 453 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| lord, chief, master, main thing, principal | 主 | 5 | 3 | 95 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| captured, criminal, arrest, catch | 囚 | 5 | 8 | 2107 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store | 収 | 5 | 6 | 337 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus | 汁 | 5 | 8 | 1843 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| exit, leave | 出 | 5 | 1 | 13 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place | 処 | 5 | 6 | 547 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold) | 召 | 5 | 8 | 1540 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| buttocks, hips, butt, rear | 尻 | 5 | 1692 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac | 申 | 5 | 3 | 492 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| generation, world, society, public | 世 | 5 | 3 | 135 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| correct, justice, righteous, 10**40 | 正 | 5 | 1 | 143 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| life, genuine, birth | 生 | 5 | 1 | 29 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| reject, retreat, recede, withdraw, repel, repulse | 斥 | 5 | 8 | 2231 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| stone | 石 | 5 | 1 | 342 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| hermit, wizard, cent | 仙 | 5 | 8 | 1157 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take | 占 | 5 | 8 | 694 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| other, another, the others | 他 | 5 | 3 | 543 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen | 打 | 5 | 3 | 239 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee | 代 | 5 | 3 | 66 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles | 台 | 5 | 2 | 262 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| kite, (kokuji) | 凧 | 5 | 2117 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| only, free, in addition | 只 | 5 | 9 | 2288 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| strike, beat, hit, thrash, criticize | 叩 | 5 | 2316 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| nightbreak, dawn, morning | 旦 | 5 | 9 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| government office | 庁 | 5 | 6 | 793 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| crossing, crossroad, street corners, (kokuji) | 辻 | 5 | 1614 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| 汀 | 5 | 9 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | ||
| rice field, rice paddy | 田 | 5 | 1 | 90 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| guy, slave, manservant, fellow | 奴 | 5 | 8 | 1932 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| winter | 冬 | 5 | 2 | 1090 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| convex, beetle brow, uneven | 凸 | 5 | 8 | 2143 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| nun | 尼 | 5 | 8 | 1844 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| white | 白 | 5 | 1 | 483 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| half, middle, odd number, semi-, part- | 半 | 5 | 2 | 224 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| crime, sin, offense | 犯 | 5 | 5 | 874 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| pelt, skin, hide, leather | 皮 | 5 | 3 | 1092 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| invariably, certain, inevitable | 必 | 5 | 4 | 265 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal | 氷 | 5 | 3 | 1450 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| adhere, attach, refer to, append | 付 | 5 | 4 | 322 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| linen, cloth | 布 | 5 | 5 | 877 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of | 払 | 5 | 8 | 813 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign | 丙 | 5 | 8 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| even, flat, peace | 平 | 5 | 3 | 128 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| environs, boundary, border, vicinity | 辺 | 5 | 4 | 428 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish | 弁 | 5 | 5 | 619 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| mama, mother | 母 | 5 | 2 | 570 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| wrap, pack up, cover, conceal | 包 | 5 | 4 | 954 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| north | 北 | 5 | 2 | 153 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| book, present, main, true, real, counter for long things | 本 | 5 | 1 | 10 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| end, close, tip, powder, posterity | 末 | 5 | 4 | 456 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac | 未 | 5 | 4 | 650 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| people, nation, subjects | 民 | 5 | 4 | 28 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| halberd, arms, festival float | 矛 | 5 | 8 | 1538 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor | 目 | 5 | 1 | 76 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| dart, arrow | 矢 | 5 | 2 | 1294 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| wherefore, a reason | 由 | 5 | 3 | 325 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| infancy, childhood | 幼 | 5 | 6 | 1227 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| utilize, business, service, use, employ | 用 | 5 | 2 | 107 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| stand up | 立 | 5 | 1 | 58 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| orders, ancient laws, command, decree | 令 | 5 | 4 | 804 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration | 礼 | 5 | 3 | 1185 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| bowl, bowl of food | 丼 | 5 | 2088 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
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