JLPT N1 kanji list

N1 is the long tail: 956 kanji covering formal writing, legal and academic language, literature and names. Many appear only in a few words, so recognizing them matters more than writing them from memory — though writing is still the fastest way to make them stick. Ordered by stroke count; tap any kanji for stroke order, readings and words.

How many kanji are in JLPT N1?

956 — and all 956 are listed on this page, free, with no sign-up.

乙the latter 丁street 刀sword 又or again 丈length 凡ordinary 刃blade 及reach out 士samurai 寸measurement 己self 弓bow 丹red 乏scarce 井well 仁benevolence 冗superfluous 凶evil 刈cut 升1.8 liter 厄misfortune 孔hole 尺measure 屯camp 幻illusion 弔mourning 斗Big Dipper 斤axe 氏family name 且moreover 丘hill 丙third class 仙hermit 凸convex 凹concave 功achievement 句phrase 囚criminal 奴guy 尼nun 巧skilled 弁speech 斥reject 旦daybreak 汁soup 玄mysterious 甲armor 矛halberd 矢arrow 穴hole 仰look up 企plan 伎skill 伏bend down 伐fell 充fill 刑punish 劣inferiority 匠artisan 吉good luck 后empress 吏officer 吐vomit 壮robust 如like 妃princess 妄delusion 尽exhaust 巡go around 帆sail 弐two 扱handle 旨purport 旬season (for specific products)朱vermilion 朴simple 朽decay 江creek 缶tin can 羊sheep 至reach 舌tongue 芋potato 芝lawn 迅swift 亜Asia 伯uncle 伴accompany 但however 佐assistant 克overcome 冶smelting 励encourage 即instant 却withdraw 吟singing 呂spine 呈present 呉kingdom of Wu 坑pit 壱one (in documents)妊pregnancy 妙strange 妥gentle 妨prevent 孝filial piety 寿longevity 尾tail 尿urine 岐branch off 序order 廷courts 忌mourning 忍endure 我I 戒commandment 扶help 抄extract 把grasp 抑repress 抗resist 択choose 攻attack 杉cedar 汰weeding out 汽steam 沖open sea 沙sand 没sink 沢swamp 災disaster 狂crazy 秀excellence 系system 肖resemblance 肝liver 芳fragrant 豆beans 那what?邦country 里village 享receive 佳excellent 併join 侍samurai 侮despise 免excuse 典code 劾censure 卓table 叔uncle 坪two-mat area 垂hang 奇strange 奈Nara 奉dedicate 奔run 宗religion 宜good 尚still 屈bend 岬cape 岳mountain 弥increasingly 弦bowstring 往travel 征attack the rebellious 径path 忠loyalty 怪suspicious 房room 披expose 抵resist 抹erase 抽extract 拍beat (music)拐kidnap 拒refuse 拓open 拘arrest 拙clumsy 拠foothold 斉alike 旺flourishing 昆insect 松pine tree 析analyze 枠frame 枢pivot 殴assault 沼marsh 沿run along 泌secrete 泡bubbles 炉furnace 炊cook 炎flame 牧breed 盲blind 祉welfare 肢limb 肥fertilizer 肪fat 舎house 芽bud 苗seedling 茂grow thick 茎stem 虎tiger 迫urge 迭alternation 邪wicked 邸residence 采gather 阻obstruct 附attach 亭pavilion 侯marquis 侵invade 促urge 俊excellence 俗customs 冒risk 冠crown 削shave 勅imperial order 卑vulgar 卸wholesale 厘rin 叙confer 哀sorrow 垣hedge 奏play music 契promise 姻matrimony 姿figure 威majesty 孤alone 宣announce 峠mountain pass 峡gorge 帝the emperor 帥commander 幽dark 弧arc 怠laziness 恒constancy 恨resentment 悔regret 括tie up 拷torture 挑challenge 施perform 昭bright 是right 架frame 柄pattern 某a certain 染dye 柳willow 洞cave 津port 洪flood 派group 浄purify 為do 牲animal sacrifice 狩hunt 甚very 疫epidemic 皇emperor 盆lantern festival 盾shield 眉eyebrow 砕crush 窃steal 糾investigate 紀history 耐enduring 肺lungs 胆gall bladder 胎womb 胞sac 臭odor 荘villa 虐oppress 虹rainbow 訂correct 貞chastity 赴proceed 軌track 郎son 俳actor 俵bag 俸salary 倉warehouse 倣imitate 倫ethics 倹frugal 兼concurrently 准quasi-剖divide 剛sturdy 剣sword 剤medicine 匿hide 哲philosophy 唄song 唆instigate 唇lips 唐China 姫princess 娠pregnancy 娯recreation 宮palace 宰manager 宴banquet 宵evening 射shoot 峰peak 徐slowly 従follow 恩kindness 恭respect 悟realize 悦joy 扇fan 拳fist 挙raise 振shake 挿insert 敏agile 既already 朕imperial we 朗cheerful 栓plug 株stocks 核core 栽planting 桃peach 桑mulberry 桜cherry 桟scaffold 梅plum 殉martyrdom 殊especially 泰peaceful 浜beach 浦bay 浪waves 浸soak 烈severe 珠pearl 班group 畔levee 畝furrow 疾rapidly 症illness 益benefit 砲gun 祥good omen 秘secret 租tariff 秩order 称name 竜dragon 粋essence 紋family crest 納pay 紛go astray 素elementary 紡spinning 索searching 翁venerable old man 耗decrease 胴trunk 脅threaten 脈vein 致cause 華splendor 蚊mosquito 蚕silkworm 衰decline 衷heart 討attack 託entrusting with 貢tribute 辱humiliate 透transparent 逐pursue 逓relay 逝die 郡district 酌serving sake 陛highness 陣camp 陥fall into 隻one of a pair 飢hungry 鬼ghost 亀turtle 偏biased 偵spy 偽falsehood 剰surplus 勘intuition 唯only 唱chant 啓open 喝scold 執take hold 培cultivate 堀moat 婆old woman 寂loneliness 密secrecy 尉military officer 崇worship 崎cape 崩crumble 巣nest 帳notebook 庶commoner 庸ordinary 彩coloring 彫carve 悠leisure 患disease 悼lament 惜regret 惨wretched 据set 排exclude 掛hang 控hold back 推support 措set aside 掲display 描draw 斎room 斜diagonal 旋rotation 曹office 梨pear tree 殻husk 涯limit 淑graceful 淡faint 添attach 渇thirst 渉involve 渋astringent 渓mountain stream 爽refreshing 猛fierce 猟game-hunting 瓶bottle 盛prosper 眺watch 眼eyeball 票ballot 窒obstruct 笛flute 粗coarse 粘sticky 粛solemn 累accumulate 紳gentleman 紺navy 脚leg 脱escape from 舶ship 菊chrysanthemum 菌bacteria 虚emptiness 蛇snake 蛍firefly 視see 訟sue 訳translate 豚pig 貫pierce 赦pardon 逮apprehend 逸deviate 郭enclosure 郷home town 酔drunk 釈explanation 釣angling 陪accompany 陰shadow 陳state 陵mausoleum 陶pottery 隆prosperity 鹿deer 麻hemp 傍side 傘umbrella 創start 博Ph.D.喚summon 喪mourning 圏sphere 堅hard 堕degenerate 堤embankment 堪endure 塀wall 塁bases 塚mound 婿son-in-law 媒mediator 媛beautiful woman 尋inquire 就take position 属belong 嵐storm 幾several 廃abolish 廊corridor 弾bullet 循follow 惑perplexity 惰laziness 愉pleasure 慌be confused 扉front door 掌palm of hand 提propose 揚raise 握grip 揮wave 援help 揺shake 搭board 敢daring 晶crystal 暁daybreak 棋Japanese chess 棚shelf 棟ridge 棺coffin 椎spine 欺deceit 款article 殖multiply 渦whirlpool 湧boil 滋nourishing 焦hurry 煮cook 猶still 琴koto 疎sparse 痘pox 痢diarrhea 硝nitrate 硫sulphur 筋muscle 策plan 粧cosmetics 紫purple 絞wring 統overall 葬bury 蛮barbarian 衆masses 街street 裁judge 裂split 裕abundant 訴sue 診diagnose 証evidence 詐deceive 詔imperial edict 詠poem 貴precious 賀congratulations 距long-distance 軸axis 遂accomplish 遇encounter 遍widely 酢vinegar 閑leisure 隊squad 随follow 雄male 雰atmosphere 項item 須necessarily 傑excellence 催hold (a meeting)債debt 傷injury 僧monk 勧encourage 嗣heir 嘆lament 塊lump 塑molding 墓grave 奨encourage 嫁bride 嫌dislike 寛tolerant 幕curtain 幹main part 廉cheap 微minuteness 愁grieve 愚foolish 慈mercy 慎be careful 慨rue 搬transport 携carry (in hand)搾squeeze 摂take in 暇spare time 棄abandon 楼high building 源source 溝ditch 滅destroy 滑slippery 滝waterfall 滞stagnate 漠desert 煩trouble 献offer 猿monkey 痴stupid 盟alliance 睡sleep 督supervise 睦friendly 碁Go 禅Zen 禍calamity 稚young 絹silk 継continue 義justice 聖holy 腸intestines 艇small boat 蓄store 虜captive 虞concern 裸naked 褐brown 詩poetry 該that specific 詳detailed 誇boast 誉honor 誠sincerity 賄supply 賊robber 跡mark 跳hop 践practice 載record 遣send 酪dairy products 酬reward 鈴small bell 鉛lead 鉢bowl 隔separate 雅elegant 雷thunder 頑stubborn 頒distribute 飼raise 飽tired of 飾decorate 鼓drum 僕I (male)僚colleague 塾cram school 墨black ink 奪take by force 嫡direct descent (non-bastard)寡few 寧peaceful 彰clear 徳virtue 徴sign 態condition 慕yearn for 慢laziness 摘pick 旗banner 暦calendar 概outline 模imitation 漂drift 漆lacquer 漏leak 漫cartoon 漬pickling 漸gradually advancing 熊bear 獄prison 瑠lapis lazuli 碑monument 磁magnet 稲rice plant 穀grain 端edge 箇counter for articles 維fiber 綱rope 網network 罰punishment 腐rot 膜membrane 誓vow 誘invite 豪great 遭encounter 遮obstruct 酵fermentation 酷cruel 酸acid 銃gun 銘inscription 銭money 閣palace 閥faction 障hinder 隠hide 雌female 需demand 駄worthless 駆drive 魂soul 儀ceremony 勲merit 嘱entrust 噴erupt 墜crash 墳tomb 審judge 寮dormitory 履perform 幣cash 弊abuse 影shadow 徹penetrate 慮consider 慰comfort 慶congratulate 憂be anxious 憤anger 憧yearn after 戯play 摩rub 撃attack 撤withdraw 撮take pictures 撲hit 敵enemy 敷spread 暫temporarily 槽tank 歓joy 潔clean 潜hide 潟lagoon 潤wet 潮tide 澄be clear 熟mature 璃lapis lazuli 監oversee 盤board 稼earn money 稿manuscript 穂ear (grain)窮hard up 窯kiln 範model 緊tight 締tighten 緩relax 縁connection 縄straw rope 罷quit 舗shop 衝collide 褒praise 誕be born 請ask 諾consent 謁audience 賓guest 賜grant 賠compensation 賦levy 趣interest 踏step 輝shine 輩people 遵abide by 遷transition 遺leave behind 鋳casting 閲review 霊spirits 養nurture 餓starve 駒pony 魅charm 黙silence 儒Confucian 凝congeal 墾open up farmland 壇stage 壊destroy 壌soil 奮be invigorated 嬢girl 憩rest 憲constitution 憶remember 憾regret 懐feelings 擁protect 樹trees 激violent 濁impurity 獣animal 獲acquire 穏calm 篤serious 糖sugar 緯horizontal 縛bind 縦vertical 縫sew 繁frequency 膨swell 興interest 薦recommend 薪firewood 薫fragrant 融melt 衛protection 衡equilibrium 諭persuade 諮consult with 謀plan 謡song 避avoid 還return 鋼steel 錠lock 錦brocade 錬refine 錯confused 隣neighboring 隷slave 償recompense 厳strictness 嚇threaten 懇cordial 擦rub 擬imitate 爵baron 犠sacrifice 瞭clear 瞳pupil (of eye)矯correct 礁reef 縮shrink 繊slender 翼wing 聴listen 覧see 謄copy 謙humble oneself 謝apologize 謹reverently 購buy 轄control 醜ugly 鍛forge 霜frost 頻repeatedly 鮮fresh 懲punish 濫excessive 癒healing 癖habit 瞬blink 礎foundation stone 穫harvest 糧provisions 織weave 繕repair 繭cocoon 翻turn over 臨face 藍indigo 藤wisteria 藩clan 襟collar 覆cover 鎌sickle 鎖chain 鎮tranquilize 闘fight 顕appear 騎riding on horses 騒make noise 瀬rapids 璽emperor's seal 簿register 繰winding 羅arrange 艶glossy 藻seaweed 覇hegemony 譜musical score 鏡mirror 離separation 霧fog 韻rhyme 髄marrow 鯨whale 鶏chicken 麗beautiful 懸hang 欄column 籍membership 譲transfer 護protect 醸brew 鐘bell 響echo 騰rising 艦warship 躍leap 露dew 顧look back 魔demon 鶴crane 襲attack 驚be surprised 鑑specimen

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乙

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