JLPT N5 Kanji — Part 1 flashcards
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Fifty kanji commonly listed for N5 — numbers and yen, days, months and time words, people and body parts, and school words — each with meaning, main on/kun readings and one or two example words, nearly all N5.
Learn deck · part of JLPT N5 · written against: The 100 kanji and the full ~700-word vocabulary commonly listed for N5 (no official list since 2010; checked against the Tanos N5 list, CC BY), with pitch accent from the Kanjium data. Updated 2026-10-10.
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一Meaning: oneNumbers
On: イチ, イツ · Kun: ひと, ひと(つ)
Example: 一つ (ひとつ) — one (thing) · 一月 (いちがつ) — January -
二Meaning: twoNumbers
On: ニ · Kun: ふた, ふた(つ)
Example: 二つ (ふたつ) — two (things) · 二人 (ふたり) — two people -
三Meaning: threeNumbers
On: サン · Kun: み, み(つ), みっ(つ)
Example: 三つ (みっつ) — three (things) · 三月 (さんがつ) — March -
日Meaning: day; sunTime & Calendar
On: ニチ, ジツ · Kun: ひ, -び, -か
Example: 日本 (にほん) — Japan · 毎日 (まいにち) — every day -
月Meaning: month; moonTime & Calendar
On: ゲツ, ガツ · Kun: つき
Example: 月 (つき) — moon; month · 月曜日 (げつようび) — Monday -
火Meaning: fireTime & Calendar
On: カ · Kun: ひ, -び, ほ-
Example: 火曜日 (かようび) — Tuesday · 火 (ひ) — fire -
人Meaning: personPeople & Body
On: ジン, ニン · Kun: ひと
Example: 日本人 (にほんじん) — Japanese person · 三人 (さんにん) — three people -
口Meaning: mouth; openingPeople & Body
On: コウ, ク · Kun: くち
Example: 口 (くち) — mouth · 入口 (いりぐち) — entrance -
名Meaning: nameSchool & Learning
On: メイ, ミョウ · Kun: な
Example: 名前 (なまえ) — name -
生Meaning: life; birth; rawSchool & Learning
On: セイ, ショウ · Kun: い(きる), う(まれる), なま
Example: 学生 (がくせい) — student · 先生 (せんせい) — teacher
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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) and the N5 list compiled by Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk, CC BY); reference only, no text copied.
- Kanji selection follows the set commonly listed for JLPT N5; there is no official JLPT kanji list since 2010.
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