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Interesting kanji lists
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Some interesting kanji lists

Really just a bunch of interesting lists of kanji I have gathered and thought might be of interest to other people. Do you know all the kanji?

Names of the months in the luncar calendar

MonthKanji and readingAlternate version
January睦月むつき孟春もうしゅん
February如月きさらぎ
March弥生やよい上巳じょうし
April卯月うつき孟夏もうか
May五月さつき
June水無月みなつき
July文月ふみづき
August葉月はづき
September菊月きくづき長月ながつき
October亥月がいげつ神無月かみなづき
November霜月しもつき
December師走しわす


Old kanji used for counting

NumberKanji
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
100
1000
10000


Traditional ordinal numbers

RankKanjiOn-yomiKun-yomi
1.こうきのえ
2.おつきのと
3.へいひのえ
4.ていひのと
5.つちのえ
6.つちのと
7.こうかのえ
8.しんかのと
9.じんみずのえ
10.みずのと


一人称 First person pronouns, that is, words meaning "I"

The most common variants

KanjiReadingExplanation
わたしMost common pronunciation
わたくしFormal version of the above
あたしFemale variant
わしMight be usde by older people (the kanji is uncommon though)
ぼくInformal, mainly used by males
おれVery informal, exclusively used by males
自分じぶんUsually means "self"
われUsually doubled as in われわれ and then means "us"
Usually succeeded by が as in 我が, meaning "our"
うちUsually followed by の as in うちの meaning "my" or "our"
小生しょうせいHumble, sometimes used in business correspondence

The rest

KanjiReadingExplanation
ちんUsed by the Emperor until the end of World War II
予, 余
おのれCan also mean (insulting) "you"
おら Dialectal (Akita pref.)
おの, おら
Northern dialect, variant of われ
あたくしVariant of わたくし
あだしVariant of あたし
あたい, わい, わん
おいVariant of おれ
我, 吾
あれ
おらDialectal
愚生ぐせい
せつ
拙者せっしゃUsed by samurai when talking with social equals or inferiors. 
拙僧せっそう
それがし
何某, 某なにがし
麻呂, 麿まろCan also mean "you"
身共みども
予, 余
わらわHumble feminine
我輩, 吾輩わがはい
わたす, わて
おいでん, おで
あちき, あっし


Words with combined kun-yomi and on-yomi reading

The following words all contain at least one kanji which is pronounced by its kun-yomi (Japanese reading, marked in blue) and one which is pronounced by its on-yomi (Chinese reading, marked in red). Most words are either made of on-yomi only or kun-yomi only kanji, so these combo-words are relatively rare. Here is a list of some the more common ones that I have come across:

KanjiReadingMeaning
しきちSite
張りよくばりGreed
鹿ばかFool (note, the on-yomi reading of 鹿 is ロク)
ほんやBook shop
がんばるPersist, do one's best
くんよみJapanese reading (of a kanji)
ぼんおどりO-bon festival dance
しはらうPay
あかんぼうBaby
しごとWork
しくみA construction, plan, plot
げるしあげるFinish up
えきまえIn front of the station
くるまだいCar fare
だいばFort, battery
みほんExample
かたほうOne side
くみいんHenchman

(Many more exist though!)


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