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<Japanese Kanji Dictionary>

This is a free online dictionary for learning the Kanji of Japanese used in daily life. You can lookup the details and pronunciations of the Kanji. Each Kanji is presented by a grade, a stroke count, an enlarging image with Kyokasho (Kyoukasho) font, stroke order, radical, English meaning, On-yomi (phonetic reading), Kun-yomi (native Japanese reading), the example of each reading, and special reading. Moreover by the audio files, you can listen to the pronunciation of reading, example, and special reading. These audio files are pronounced by native speaker of Japanese. An accent and intonation are Tokyo Style which is the most standard pronunciation in Japan. (Reference: NHK Japanese pronouncing dictionary)

Now you can search 3205 Kanji. These Kanji include the Joyo (Jouyou) Kanji (grade 1-7, 1945 characters), and Jinmei Kanji (grade 8, 895 characters), and grade 9 Kanji used in daily life. *All the Kanji lists and available contents included in this dictionary.

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Japanese Kanji Dictionary Update History

• 2007 Feb 11
  Added grade 8 and 9 pronunciation audio files (only reading).
• 2007 Jan 16
  Added grade 7 pronunciation audio files (only reading).
• 2007 Jan 10
  Added grade 9 Kanji (35 characters).
• 2006 Dec 8
  Added grade 9 Kanji (10 characters) and grade 6 pronunciation audio files.
• 2006 Nov 20
  Added grade 5 pronunciation audio files.
• 2006 Nov 1
  Changed search algorithm for Japanese words and English words.
• 2006 Oct 27
  Added grade 4 pronunciation audio files.
• 2006 Sep 22
  Added grade 6 stroke order image files.
• 2006 Sep 15
  Added grade 5 stroke order image files.
• 2006 Sep 7
  Added grade 4 stroke order image files.
• 2006 Aug 13
  Added grade 9 Kanji (20 characters).
• 2006 Jun 30
  Added grade 9 Kanji (300 characters).
• 2006 May 19
  Added grade 3 pronunciation audio files.
• 2006 May 10
  Changed search algorithm for English words.
• 2006 Apr 30
  Added grade 8 Kanji (895 characters).
• 2006 Apr 10
  Added grade 7 Kanji (939 characters).
• 2006 Mar 30
  Added grade 2 pronunciation audio files. Improved display performance.
• 2006 Mar 14
  Initial release. Kyoiku (Kyouiku) Kanji (grade 1-6, 1006 characters), grade 1-3 stroke order image files and grade 1 pronunciation audio files.
  

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