Kanji of JLPT level 2
The 739 kanji assigned to JLPT level 2 in KANJIDIC2 (pre-2010 scale), with meanings, readings and stroke order.
- 政 politics
- 議 deliberation
- 連 take along
- 対 vis-a-vis
- 部 section
- 党 party
- 内 inside
- 相 inter-
- 定 determine
- 選 elect
- 米 rice
- 実 reality
- 関 connection
- 決 decide
- 全 whole
- 表 surface
- 戦 war
- 経 sutra
- 最 utmost
- 現 present
- 調 tune
- 化 change
- 当 hit
- 約 promise
- 法 method
- 性 sex
- 的 bull's eye
- 要 need
- 制 system
- 治 reign
- 務 task
- 成 turn into
- 期 period
- 公 public
- 協 co-
- 取 take
- 和 harmony
- 機 loom
- 平 even
- 総 general
- 加 add
- 受 accept
- 領 jurisdiction
- 続 continue
- 設 establishment
- 保 protect
- 改 reformation
- 数 number
- 記 scribe
- 初 first time
- 指 finger
- 権 authority
- 支 branch
- 第 No.
- 結 tie
- 点 spot
- 報 report
- 済 settle (debt, etc.)
- 府 borough
- 活 lively
- 原 meadow
- 共 together
- 得 gain
- 解 unravel
- 交 mingle
- 資 assets
- 予 beforehand
- 向 yonder
- 際 occasion
- 査 investigate
- 勝 victory
- 面 mask
- 委 committee
- 告 revelation
- 軍 army
- 反 anti-
- 判 judgement
- 認 acknowledge
- 参 nonplussed
- 利 profit
- 組 association
- 案 plan
- 信 faith
- 在 exist
- 件 affair
- 団 group
- 側 side
- 任 responsibility
- 求 request
- 次 next
- 昨 yesterday
- 論 argument
- 官 bureaucrat
- 増 increase
- 係 person in charge
- 感 emotion
- 情 feelings
- 投 throw
- 示 show
- 変 unusual
- 打 strike
- 基 fundamentals
- 各 each
- 島 island
- 直 straightaway
- 両 both
- 革 leather
- 価 value
- 式 style
- 確 assurance
- 果 fruit
- 勢 forces
- 減 dwindle
- 容 contain
- 必 invariably
- 応 apply
- 演 performance
- 歳 year-end
- 争 contend
- 談 discuss
- 能 ability
- 無 nothingness
- 再 again
- 位 rank
- 置 placement
- 流 current
- 格 status
- 疑 doubt
- 過 overdo
- 局 bureau
- 放 set free
- 税 tax
- 検 examination
- 常 usual
- 状 status quo
- 球 ball
- 営 camp
- 職 post
- 与 bestow
- 供 submit
- 可 can
- 役 duty
- 構 posture
- 割 proportion
- 身 somebody
- 費 expense
- 付 adhere
- 由 wherefore
- 比 compare
- 難 difficult
- 防 ward off
- 補 supplement
- 優 tenderness
- 夫 husband
- 収 income
- 断 severance
- 石 stone
- 違 difference
- 消 extinguish
- 境 boundary
- 神 gods
- 番 turn
- 規 standard
- 術 art
- 展 unfold
- 導 guidance
- 備 equip
- 宅 home
- 害 harm
- 配 distribute
- 副 vice-
- 算 calculate
- 条 article
- 独 single
- 警 admonish
- 育 bring up
- 席 seat
- 輸 transport
- 訪 call on
- 述 mention
- 残 remainder
- 想 idea
- 線 line
- 率 ratio
- 農 agriculture
- 州 state
- 武 warrior
- 念 wish
- 象 elephant
- 域 range
- 助 help
- 労 labor
- 例 example
- 然 sort of thing
- 張 counter for bows & stringed instruments
- 限 limit
- 額 forehead
- 環 ring
- 追 chase
- 商 make a deal
- 葉 leaf
- 伝 transmit
- 形 shape
- 景 scenery
- 落 fall
- 欧 Europe
- 担 shouldering
- 退 retreat
- 準 semi-
- 賞 prize
- 辺 environs
- 造 create
- 被 incur
- 技 skill
- 復 restore
- 負 defeat
- 渡 transit
- 失 lose
- 移 shift
- 差 distinction
- 個 individual
- 評 evaluate
- 課 chapter
- 末 end
- 守 guard
- 若 young
- 脳 brain
- 極 extreme
- 種 species
- 美 beauty
- 命 fate
- 含 contain
- 福 blessing
- 蔵 storehouse
- 量 quantity
- 望 ambition
- 非 un-
- 観 outlook
- 察 guess
- 整 organize
- 段 grade
- 横 sideways
- 型 mould
- 深 deep
- 製 made in...
- 況 condition
- 申 have the honor to
- 様 Esq.
- 財 property
- 港 harbor
- 識 discriminating
- 呼 call
- 達 accomplished
- 良 good
- 針 needle
- 専 specialty
- 谷 valley
- 候 climate
- 史 history
- 階 storey
- 程 extent
- 満 full
- 敗 failure
- 管 pipe
- 値 price
- 突 stab
- 兵 soldier
- 接 touch
- 器 utensil
- 路 path
- 科 department
- 授 impart
- 細 dainty
- 効 merit
- 積 volume
- 丸 round
- 他 other
- 湾 gulf
- 録 record
- 処 dispose
- 省 government ministry
- 旧 old times
- 橋 bridge
- 岸 beach
- 客 guest
- 否 negate
- 周 circumference
- 師 expert
- 材 lumber
- 登 ascend
- 批 criticism
- 易 easy
- 健 healthy
- 戸 door
- 速 quick
- 存 exist
- 飛 fly
- 殺 kill
- 央 center
- 券 ticket
- 号 nickname
- 単 simple
- 座 squat
- 破 rend
- 編 compilation
- 捜 search
- 竹 bamboo
- 除 exclude
- 完 perfect
- 降 descend
- 超 transcend
- 責 blame
- 並 row
- 療 heal
- 修 discipline
- 捕 catch
- 危 dangerous
- 採 pick
- 競 emulate
- 拡 broaden
- 故 happenstance
- 給 salary
- 介 jammed in
- 根 root
- 苦 suffering
- 迎 welcome
- 販 marketing
- 園 park
- 具 tool
- 異 uncommon
- 歴 curriculum
- 辞 resign
- 将 leader
- 因 cause
- 馬 horse
- 愛 love
- 幅 hanging scroll
- 富 wealth
- 彼 he
- 般 carrier
- 未 un-
- 貿 trade
- 講 lecture
- 舞 dance
- 装 attire
- 諸 various
- 亡 deceased
- 劇 drama
- 河 river
- 航 navigate
- 冷 cool
- 適 suitable
- 婦 lady
- 鉄 iron
- 寄 draw near
- 込 crowded
- 類 sort
- 児 newborn babe
- 余 too much
- 禁 prohibition
- 印 stamp
- 逆 inverted
- 王 king
- 返 return
- 標 signpost
- 換 interchange
- 久 long time
- 油 oil
- 妻 wife
- 暴 outburst
- 輪 wheel
- 占 fortune-telling
- 背 stature
- 植 plant
- 熱 heat
- 宿 inn
- 清 pure
- 険 precipitous
- 頼 trust
- 覚 memorize
- 船 ship
- 倍 double
- 均 level
- 億 hundred million
- 途 route
- 圧 pressure
- 芸 technique
- 許 permit
- 署 signature
- 抜 slip out
- 伸 expand
- 留 detain
- 罪 guilt
- 停 halt
- 爆 bomb
- 陸 land
- 玉 jewel
- 波 waves
- 帯 sash
- 延 prolong
- 羽 feathers
- 努 toil
- 固 harden
- 精 refined
- 則 rule
- 乱 riot
- 普 universal
- 散 scatter
- 司 director
- 康 ease
- 測 fathom
- 豊 bountiful
- 静 quiet
- 善 virtuous
- 婚 marriage
- 厚 thick
- 喜 rejoice
- 齢 age
- 囲 surround
- 卒 graduate
- 略 abbreviation
- 承 acquiesce
- 浮 floating
- 順 obey
- 絶 discontinue
- 級 class
- 幸 happiness
- 岩 boulder
- 練 practice
- 押 push
- 倒 overthrow
- 了 complete
- 庁 government office
- 城 castle
- 等 etc.
- 救 salvation
- 層 stratum
- 版 printing block
- 老 old man
- 令 orders
- 角 angle
- 絡 entwine
- 損 damage
- 募 recruit
- 曲 bend
- 裏 back
- 払 pay
- 庭 courtyard
- 徒 on foot
- 仏 Buddha
- 績 exploits
- 築 fabricate
- 貨 freight
- 志 intention
- 混 mix
- 昇 rise up
- 勤 diligence
- 血 blood
- 遅 slow
- 居 reside
- 温 warm
- 雑 miscellaneous
- 招 beckon
- 季 seasons
- 困 quandary
- 星 star
- 永 eternity
- 著 renowned
- 誌 document
- 庫 warehouse
- 刊 publish
- 像 statue
- 香 incense
- 欠 lack
- 更 grow late
- 坂 slope
- 刻 engrave
- 底 bottom
- 賛 approve
- 抱 embrace
- 犯 crime
- 布 linen
- 恐 fear
- 寺 Buddhist temple
- 息 breath
- 宇 eaves
- 戻 re-
- 巨 gigantic
- 震 quake
- 願 petition
- 絵 picture
- 希 hope
- 越 surpass
- 欲 longing
- 痛 pain
- 触 contact
- 依 reliant
- 汚 dirty
- 枚 sheet of...
- 笑 laugh
- 互 mutually
- 複 duplicate
- 郵 mail
- 束 bundle
- 仲 go-between
- 栄 flourish
- 札 tag
- 似 becoming
- 恵 favor
- 板 plank
- 列 file
- 探 grope
- 逃 escape
- 節 node
- 骨 skeleton
- 傾 lean
- 届 deliver
- 遊 play
- 迷 astray
- 夢 dream
- 巻 scroll
- 君 mister
- 燃 burn
- 閉 closed
- 緒 thong
- 包 wrap
- 駐 stop-over
- 賃 fare
- 折 fold
- 紹 introduce
- 草 grass
- 雇 employ
- 暮 evening
- 替 exchange
- 預 deposit
- 焼 bake
- 簡 simplicity
- 章 badge
- 臓 entrails
- 律 rhythm
- 贈 presents
- 照 illuminate
- 宙 mid-air
- 酒 sake
- 薄 dilute
- 群 flock
- 悲 grieve
- 秒 second (1/60 minute)
- 操 maneuver
- 奥 heart
- 詰 packed
- 晴 clear up
- 双 pair
- 刺 thorn
- 到 arrival
- 寝 lie down
- 壁 wall
- 仮 sham
- 純 genuine
- 盗 steal
- 吸 suck
- 看 watch over
- 翌 the following
- 陽 sunshine
- 快 cheerful
- 片 one-sided
- 敬 awe
- 悩 trouble
- 泉 spring
- 御 honorable
- 皮 pelt
- 漁 fishing
- 荒 laid waste
- 貯 savings
- 硬 stiff
- 歯 tooth
- 埋 bury
- 柱 pillar
- 祭 ritual
- 袋 sack
- 忘 forget
- 雪 snow
- 筆 writing brush
- 吹 blow
- 訓 instruction
- 浴 bathe
- 童 juvenile
- 宝 treasure
- 封 seal
- 胸 bosom
- 娘 daughter
- 砂 sand
- 塩 salt
- 誤 mistake
- 賢 intelligent
- 腕 arm
- 較 contrast
- 兆 portent
- 床 bed
- 畑 farm
- 慣 accustomed
- 毛 fur
- 緑 green
- 尊 revered
- 祝 celebrate
- 礼 salute
- 窓 window
- 柔 tender
- 昔 once upon a time
- 殿 Mr.
- 濃 concentrated
- 液 fluid
- 貧 poverty
- 衣 garment
- 肩 shoulder
- 零 zero
- 怒 angry
- 泳 swim
- 祖 ancestor
- 幼 infancy
- 荷 baggage
- 泊 overnight stay
- 杯 counter for cupfuls
- 黄 yellow
- 甘 sweet
- 臣 retainer
- 浅 shallow
- 掃 sweep
- 雲 cloud
- 掘 dig
- 疲 exhausted
- 捨 discard
- 皆 all
- 軟 soft
- 沈 sink
- 鳴 chirp
- 凍 frozen
- 腹 abdomen
- 乳 milk
- 煙 smoke
- 恋 romance
- 紅 crimson
- 郊 outskirts
- 腰 loins
- 炭 charcoal
- 踊 jump
- 冊 tome
- 眠 sleep
- 勇 courage
- 械 contraption
- 怖 dreadful
- 珍 rare
- 卵 egg
- 湖 lake
- 狭 cramped
- 喫 consume
- 干 dry
- 頂 place on the head
- 虫 insect
- 刷 printing
- 湯 hot water
- 箱 box
- 溶 melt
- 暖 warmth
- 鉱 mineral
- 泣 cry
- 涙 tears
- 匹 equal
- 孫 grandchild
- 鋭 pointed
- 枝 bough
- 塗 paint
- 軒 flats
- 毒 poison
- 晩 nightfall
- 叫 shout
- 拝 worship
- 氷 icicle
- 乾 drought
- 棒 rod
- 祈 pray
- 髪 hair of the head
- 忙 busy
- 拾 pick up
- 粉 flour
- 糸 thread
- 綿 cotton
- 才 genius
- 汗 sweat
- 銅 copper
- 湿 damp
- 咲 blossom
- 召 seduce
- 脂 fat
- 蒸 steam
- 肌 texture
- 靴 shoes
- 耕 till
- 鈍 dull
- 恥 shame
- 泥 mud
- 隅 corner
- 偶 accidentally
- 灯 lamp
- 辛 spicy
- 磨 grind
- 麦 barley
- 姓 surname
- 筒 cylinder
- 鼻 nose
- 粒 grains
- 詞 part of speech
- 偉 admirable
- 胃 stomach
- 畳 tatami mat
- 机 desk
- 膚 skin
- 濯 laundry
- 猫 cat
- 塔 pagoda
- 沸 seethe
- 灰 ashes
- 菓 candy
- 帽 cap
- 枯 wither
- 涼 refreshing
- 舟 boat
- 貝 shellfish
- 符 token
- 憎 hate
- 皿 dish
- 肯 agreement
- 燥 parch
- 畜 livestock
- 坊 boy
- 挟 pinch
- 曇 cloudy weather
- 滴 drip
- 伺 pay respects
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