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JLPT N4 Kanji — Part 1 flashcards

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Sixty kanji commonly listed for N4 — family and people, times of day and seasons, body and health, food and drink, everyday things and colours, music and film — each with meaning, on/kun readings and one to three example words.

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Learn deck · part of JLPT N4 · written against: Kanji, vocabulary and grammar commonly listed for N4 (no official list since 2010). Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. 家
    Meaning: house; home; family; (suffix) -ist

    On: カ, ケ · Kun: いえ, や
    Example: 家族 (かぞく) — family · 家 (いえ) — house; home
    Family & People
  2. 族
    Meaning: family; tribe

    On: ゾク · Kun: —
    Example: 家族 (かぞく) — family · 水族館 (すいぞくかん) — aquarium
    Family & People
  3. 朝
    Meaning: morning

    On: チョウ · Kun: あさ
    Example: 朝 (あさ) — morning · 朝ご飯 (あさごはん) — breakfast
    Time & Seasons
  4. 昼
    Meaning: noon; daytime

    On: チュウ · Kun: ひる
    Example: 昼 (ひる) — noon; daytime · 昼休み (ひるやすみ) — lunch break
    Time & Seasons
  5. 体
    Meaning: body

    On: タイ, テイ · Kun: からだ
    Example: 体 (からだ) — body · 体育 (たいいく) — PE (physical education)
    Body & Health
  6. 顔
    Meaning: face

    On: ガン · Kun: かお
    Example: 顔 (かお) — face · 笑顔 (えがお) — smiling face
    Body & Health
  7. 料
    Meaning: fee; materials

    On: リョウ · Kun: —
    Example: 料理 (りょうり) — cooking; cuisine · 料金 (りょうきん) — fee; charge
    Food & Drink
  8. 理
    Meaning: reason; logic

    On: リ · Kun: —
    Example: 理由 (りゆう) — reason · 無理 (むり) — impossible; unreasonable
    Food & Drink
  9. 服
    Meaning: clothes

    On: フク · Kun: —
    Example: 服 (ふく) — clothes · 洋服 (ようふく) — (Western) clothes
    Things & Colours
  10. 音
    Meaning: sound

    On: オン, イン · Kun: おと, ね
    Example: 音 (おと) — sound · 発音 (はつおん) — pronunciation
    Arts & Media

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Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.

Checked against:

  • Readings and meanings checked against the jōyō kanji table (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan, 2010) and KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); example words against JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); reference only, no text copied.
  • Kanji selection follows the set commonly listed for JLPT N4 and excludes every kanji in the JLPT N5 kanji decks; there is no official JLPT kanji list since 2010.

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