Kanji Used in Names
These are the kanji I reach for when I write a name. Pick one to see what it means, how it's read, and how to draw it stroke by stroke.
- 乙the latter
- 乃from
- 九nine
- 二two
- 人person
- 力power
- 万ten thousand
- 三three
- 上above
- 久long time
- 也to be (classical)
- 凡commonplace
- 土soil
- 夕evening
- 大large
- 子child
- 小little
- 山mountain
- 不negative
- 丹rust-colored
- 仁humanity
- 公public
- 円circle
- 分part
- 友friend
- 反anti-
- 太plump
- 夫husband
- 心heart
- 戸door
- 手hand
- 文sentence
- 斗Big Dipper
- 日day
- 毛fur
- 王king
- 世generation
- 主lord
- 代substitute
- 令orders
- 以by means of
- 出exit
- 半half
- 卯sign of the hare or rabbit
- 古old
- 可can
- 史history
- 司director
- 四four
- 央center
- 布linen
- 平even
- 弁valve
- 未un-
- 正correct
- 民people
- 永eternity
- 田rice field
- 由wherefore
- 目eye
- 矢dart
- 礼salute
- 辺environs
- 伊Italy
- 会meeting
- 伝transmit
- 光ray
- 全whole
- 印stamp
- 合fit
- 名name
- 回-times
- 因cause
- 団group
- 多many
- 宇eaves
- 安relax
- 州state
- 成turn into
- 有possess
- 次next
- 江creek
- 百hundred
- 米rice
- 羽feathers
- 衣garment
- 乱riot
- 亜Asia
- 佐assistant
- 別separate
- 利profit
- 努toil
- 呂spine
- 呉give
- 呑drink
- 図map
- 寿longevity
- 尾tail
- 希hope
- 序preface
- 廷courts
- 弟younger brother
- 志intention
- 我ego
- 戒commandment
- 把grasp
- 折fold
- 李plum
- 杏apricot
- 村village
- 来come
- 沙sand
- 男male
- 系lineage
- 良good
- 芯wick
- 花flower
- 車car
- 近near
- 那what?
- 里ri
- 佳excellent
- 例example
- 依reliant
- 具tool
- 参nonplussed
- 命fate
- 和harmony
- 夜night
- 奈Nara
- 季seasons
- 宝treasure
- 実reality
- 尚esteem
- 幸happiness
- 弥all the more
- 拓clear (the land)
- 於at
- 明bright
- 東east
- 林grove
- 果fruit
- 枝bough
- 欧Europe
- 武warrior
- 歩walk
- 治reign
- 波waves
- 泥mud
- 炉hearth
- 直straightaway
- 空empty
- 舎cottage
- 芽bud
- 若young
- 英England
- 茂overgrown
- 茄eggplant
- 金gold
- 門gate
- 阿Africa
- 陀steep
- 雨rain
- 便convenience
- 保protect
- 南south
- 叙confer
- 変unusual
- 威intimidate
- 帝sovereign
- 度degrees
- 律rhythm
- 故happenstance
- 星star
- 春springtime
- 昭shining
- 是just so
- 栄flourish
- 海sea
- 為do
- 玲sound of jewels
- 界world
- 盆basin
- 眉eyebrow
- 砂sand
- 祖ancestor
- 神gods
- 紀chronicle
- 紅crimson
- 美beauty
- 胡barbarian
- 臥bend down
- 茶tea
- 虹rainbow
- 計plot
- 郎son
- 音sound
- 風wind
- 香incense
- 値price
- 倫ethics
- 倶both
- 哲philosophy
- 孫grandchild
- 家house
- 将leader
- 差distinction
- 帯sash
- 座squat
- 恋romance
- 恕excuse
- 恵favor
- 悟enlightenment
- 挫crush
- 振shake
- 捕catch
- 敏cleverness
- 晏late
- 朗melodious
- 栖nest
- 栗chestnut
- 根root
- 桜cherry
- 残remainder
- 流current
- 珠pearl
- 班squad
- 留detain
- 真true
- 眠sleep
- 紋family crest
- 納settlement
- 純genuine
- 紗gauze
- 素elementary
- 莱goosefoot
- 華splendor
- 記scribe
- 透transparent
- 逗stop
- 造create
- 逢meeting
- 院Inst.
- 馬horse
- 偏partial
- 務task
- 問question
- 基fundamentals
- 婆old woman
- 巣nest
- 庵hermitage
- 得gain
- 斬beheading
- 望ambition
- 梨pear tree
- 梵Sanskrit
- 清pure
- 理logic
- 琉precious stone
- 異uncommon
- 章badge
- 笛flute
- 菜vegetable
- 軟soft
- 部section
- 都metropolis
- 野plains
- 陰shade
- 雪snow
- 麻hemp
- 黒black
- 偉admirable
- 備equip
- 創genesis
- 勝victory
- 善virtuous
- 営camp
- 場location
- 富wealth
- 尊revered
- 嵐storm
- 提propose
- 散scatter
- 晩nightfall
- 晴clear up
- 温warm
- 湖lake
- 満full
- 無nothingness
- 琳jewel
- 琵glissando on strings
- 登ascend
- 紫purple
- 絵picture
- 翔soar
- 葉leaf
- 象elephant
- 貴precious
- 酢vinegar
- 須ought
- 園park
- 夢dream
- 廉bargain
- 微delicate
- 想idea
- 愛love
- 慈mercy
- 新new
- 楓maple
- 楠camphor tree
- 楽music
- 煩anxiety
- 瑞congratulations
- 禁prohibition
- 聖holy
- 蓮lotus
- 詩poem
- 話tale
- 誠sincerity
- 路path
- 辞resign
- 鈴small bell
- 雅gracious
- 零zero
- 雷thunder
- 頓suddenly
- 飴rice jelly
- 増increase
- 寧rather
- 暮evening
- 模imitation
- 爾you
- 瑠lapis lazuli
- 緒thong
- 練practice
- 銘inscription
- 雑miscellaneous
- 鳴chirp
- 凛cold
- 徹penetrate
- 慧wise
- 慶jubilation
- 暫temporarily
- 樟camphor
- 穂ear
- 範pattern
- 編compilation
- 舞dance
- 蔵storehouse
- 論argument
- 輝radiance
- 輪wheel
- 霊spirits
- 壁wall
- 壇podium
- 錦brocade
- 錬tempering
- 頭head
- 頼trust
- 優tenderness
- 螺small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk
- 織weave
- 藍indigo
- 類sort
- 瀬rapids
- 羅gauze
- 蘇be resuscitated
- 蘭orchid
- 覇hegemony
- 蹴kick
- 鯖mackerel
- 麗lovely
- 欄column
- 露dew
- 魔witch