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Kyōiku kanji (教育漢字, lit. "education kanji"), also known as Gakunenbetsu kanji haitōhyō (学年別漢字配当表, lit. "list of kanji by school year") is a list of 1,006 kanji developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education that prescribes which kanji Japanese schoolchildren should learn for each year of elementary school. Although the list is designed for Japanese children, it is also very useful for non-native speakers, by limiting the kanji to the most commonly used in the culture.

Versions of kyōiku list

  • 1946 created with 881 characters
  • 1977 expanded to 996 characters
  • 1982 expanded to 1,006 characters by adding ten roman numerals

(In some contexts, the term gakushū kanji ("Study characters") is used to refer to the list of 1,006 and the term kyōiku kanji reserved for the list of 996 without the roman numerals.)

The list by grade

First grade (80 kanji)

  • 一 one ichi
  • 二 two ni
  • 三 three san
  • 四 four shi or yon
  • 五 five go
  • 六 six roku
  • 七 seven shichi or nana
  • 八 eight hachi
  • 九 nine kū or kyū
  • 十 ten jū
  • 百 hundred hyaku
  • 千 thousand sen
  • 上 up ue
  • 下 below shita
  • 左 left hidari
  • 右 right migi
  • 中 middle or inside naka
  • 大きい large ōkii
  • 小さい small chiisai
  • 月 month gatsu
  • 日 day nichi
  • 年 year nen or toshi
  • 早く quick hayaku
  • 木 tree ki
  • 林 woods hayashi
  • 山 mountain yama or san
  • 川 river kawa
  • 土 soil tsuchi
  • 空 sky sora
  • 田 rice paddy ta
  • 天 heaven ten
  • 生きる life ikiru
  • 花 flower hana
  • 草 grass kusa
  • 虫 insect mushi
  • 犬 dog inu
  • 人 person hito or jin or nin
  • 名まえ name na or mei or myo
  • 女 woman onna
  • 男 male otoko
  • 子ども child ko
  • 目 eye me
  • 耳 ear mimi
  • 口 mouth kuchi
  • 手 hand te
  • 足 foot or leg ashi
  • 見る see miru
  • 音 sound oto
  • 力 power chikara or ryoku
  • 気 spiritki
  • 円 yen en
  • 入る enter hairu
  • 出る exit deru
  • 立つ stand up tatsu
  • 休む rest yasumu
  • 先 previous saki or sen
  • 夕 evening yū
  • 本 book hon
  • 文 writing fumi
  • 字 character ji
  • 学ぶ study manabu
  • 学校 school gakkō
  • 村 village mura
  • 町 village machi
  • 森 forest mori
  • 正 correct sei or tadashii
  • 水 water mizu
  • 火 fire hi
  • 玉 ball tama
  • 王 king ō
  • 石 stone ishi
  • 竹 bamboo take
  • 糸 tread ito
  • 貝 shellfish kai
  • 車 car kuruma
  • 金 gold kin or kane
  • 雨 rain ame
  • 赤 red aka
  • 青 blue ao
  • 白 white shiro

Second grade (160 kanji)

  • 数 number kazu
  • 多 many ta
  • 少ない few or a little sukunai or sukoshi
  • 万 ten thousand man
  • 半 half nan


  • 形 shape katachi
  • 太い fatfutoi
  • 細い thin hosoi
  • 広 wide hiro
  • 長 long chou or nagai
  • 点 point ten
  • 丸 circle maru
  • 交 cross
  • 光 ray hikari
  • 角 angle or cornerkaku or kado
  • 計 measure kei
  • 直 straight or correct choku or naosu
  • 線 line sen
  • 矢 arrow ya
  • 弱 weak jaku or yowai
  • 強 strong tsuyoi
  • 高 tall or high takai
  • 同 same dou or onaji


  • 親 parent oya
  • 母 mother haha
  • 父 father chichi
  • 姉 older sister ane
  • 兄 older brother ani
  • 弟 younger brother otouto
  • 自 oneself ji
  • 友 friend tomo



  • 時 time toki
  • 曜 weekday yō
  • 朝 morning asa
  • 昼 daytime hiru
  • 夜 night yoru
  • 分 minute pun
  • 週 week　shū
  • 春 springtime haru
  • 夏 summer natsu
  • 秋 autumn aki
  • 冬 winter fuyū
  • 今 now ima
  • 新しい new atarashii
  • 古い old furui
  • 間 interval kan or aida


  • 方 direction hou
  • 北 north kita
  • 南 south minami
  • 東 east higashi
  • 西 west nishi
  • 遠い far　tooi
  • 近い near chikai
  • 前 in front mae
  • 後ろ behind ushiro
  • 内 inside uchi
  • 外 outside soto



  • 室 room mura
  • 戸 door to or ko or be
  • 家 house ie
  • 寺 Buddhist temple tera


  • 通 pass through tsu'u or tōru
  • 門 gates mon
  • 道 road michi


  • 話 talk hanasu
  • 言 say iu
  • 答 answer kotae
  • 声 voice koe
  • 聞く hear kiku
  • 語 language
  • 読む read yomu
  • 書く write kaku
  • 記 write down
  • 紙 paper　kami
  • 画 picture
  • 絵 picture
  • 図 drawing
  • 工 craft kō
  • 教 teach oshieru
  • 晴 clear up hareru
  • 思 think
  • 考 think
  • 知 know shiru
  • 才 ability or years old sai
  • 理 reason
  • 算 calculate san
  • 作 make tsukuru
  • 元 origin moto


  • 食べる eat, meal taberu
  • 肉 meat niku
  • 馬 horse uma
  • 牛 cow ushi
  • 魚 fish sakana
  • 鳥 bird tori
  • 羽 feather hane
  • 鳴 chirp utau
  • 麦 wheat
  • 米 rice kome
  • 茶 tea cha


  • 色 colour iro
  • 黄 yellow kiiro
  • 黒 black kuro


  • 来る come kuru
  • 行く go iku
  • 帰 return home kaeru
  • 歩 walk aruku
  • 走 run hashiru
  • 止める stop tomaru
  • 活 active katsu




  • 会 association
  • 組 association
  • 船 boat fune
  • 明るい bright akarui
  • 社 company
  • 切る cut kiru
  • 電 electricity den
  • 毎 every ;;mai;;
  • 合 fit
  • 当 hit ataru
  • 台 base dai
  • 楽 pleasure; music tanoshii
  • 公 public o'oyake
  • 引 pull hiku
  • 科 section
  • 歌 song
  • 刀 sword katana
  • 番 turn
  • 用 use
  • 何 what nani

Third grade (200 kanji)

Fourth grade (200 kanji)

Fifth grade (185 kanji)

Sixth grade (181 kanji)

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