This is the list of the 103 kanji you need to know to pass the JLPT N5 test. Click on the kanji and watch the video with the stroke order on how to write it and learn from example vocabulary. When you click the “Share” button on top of the page you can also select to print in a printer friendly view (in total 31 A4 pages).
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| Code | kanji | Onyomi | Kunyomi | Meaning |
| 5B89 | 安 | AN | yasu(i) | peace, cheap, safety |
| 4E00 | 一 | ICHI, ITSU | hito(tsu), hito- | one |
| 98F2 | 飲 | IN | no(mu) | to drink |
| 53F3 | 右 | U, YUU | migi | right |
| 96E8 | 雨 | U | ame | rain |
| 99C5 | 駅 | EKI | – | station |
| 5186 | 円 | EN | maru(i) | circle, Yen, round |
| 706B | 火 | KA | hi | fire |
| 82B1 | 花 | KA | hana | flower, blossom |
| 4E0B | 下 | KA, GE | shimo, sa(geru), o(rosu), ku(daru) | below, down |
| 4F55 | 何 | KA | nani | what, how many, which |
| 4FLA | 会 | KAI, E | a(u) | to meet, to come together, society |
| 5916 | 外 | GAI, GE | soto, hoka, hazu(reru), hazu(su) | outside, other, disconnect |
| 5B66 | 学 | GAKU | mana(bu) | school, science, learning |
| 9593 | 間 | KAN, KEN | aida | time, time span |
| 6C17 | 気 | KI, KE | – | soul, spirit |
| 4E5D | 九 | KYUU, KU | kokono(tsu), kokono- | nine |
| 4F11 | 休 | KYUU | yasu(mu) | to rest |
| 9B5A | 魚 | GYO | sakana, uo | fish |
| 91D1 | 金 | KIN, KON | kane | gold, metal, money |
| 7A7A | 空 | KUU | sora, a(keru), kara | sky, to become free, empty |
| 6708 | 月 | GETSU, GATSU | tsuki | month, moon |
| 898B | 見 | KEN | mi(ru), mi(eru), mi(seru) | to see, to be visible, to show |
| 8A00 | 言 | GEN, GON | i(u) | word, to talk |
| 53E4 | 古 | KO | furu(i) | old, used |
| 4E94 | 五 | GO | itsu(tsu), itsu- | five |
| 5F8C | 後 | GO, KOU | ato, oku(reru), nochi | after, later, back, to stay behind |
| 5348 | 午 | GO | – | noon |
| 8A9E | 語 | GO | kata(ru), kata(rau) | word, to talk |
| 6821 | 校 | KOU | – | school |
| 53E3 | 口 | KOU, KU | kuchi | mouth |
| 884C | 行 | KOU | i(ku), yu(ku), okona(u) | to walk. to go, to do, to carry out |
| 9AD8 | 高 | KOU | taka(i), taka(maru), taka(meru) | high, expensive, increase, quantity |
| 56FD | 国 | KOKU | kuni | country |
| 4ECA | 今 | KON, KIN | ima | now |
| 5DE6 | 左 | SA | hidari | left |
| 4E09 | 三 | SAN | mit(tsu), mi- | three |
| 5C71 | 山 | SAN | yama | mountain |
| 56DB | 四 | SHI | yo(ttsu), yu(tsu), yo-, yon- | four |
| 5B50 | 子 | SHI, SU | ko | child |
| 8033 | 耳 | JI | mimi | ear |
| 6642 | 時 | JI | toki | time, hour |
| 4E03 | 七 | SHICHI | nana(tsu), nana-, nano- | seven |
| 8ECA | 車 | SHA | kuruma | car, wheel |
| 793E | 社 | SHA | yashiro | shinto shrine, society |
| 624B | 手 | SHU | te | hand |
| 9031 | 週 | SHUU | – | week |
| 5341 | 十 | JUU, JI | too, to- | ten, cross |
| 51FA | 出 | SHUTSU | da(su), de(ru) | to leave, to get out. to take out |
| 66F8 | 書 | SHO | ka(ku) | to write |
| 5073 | 女 | JO, NYO | onna, me | woman, female |
| 5C0F | 小 | SHOU | chii(sai), ko-, o- | small |
| 5C11 | 少 | SHOU | suko(shi), suku(nai) | a little |
| 4E0A | 上 | SHOU, JOU | ue, kami, a(geru), a(garu) | above, upper |
| 98DF | 食 | SHOKU | ta(beru), ku(ru), ku(rau) | to eat |
| 65B0 | 新 | SHIN | atara(shii), ara(ta), nii- | new |
| 4EBA | 人 | JIN, NIN | hito | person |
| 6C34 | 水 | SUI | mizu | water |
| 751F | 生 | SEI, SHOU | i(kiru), u(mu), ha(yasu), nama, ki | to live, to grow, to be born, raw |
| 897F | 西 | SEI, SAI | nishi | west |
| 5DDD | 川 | SEN | kawa | river |
| 5343 | 千 | SEN | chi | thousand |
| 5148 | 先 | SEN | saki | before, in future |
| 524D | 前 | ZEN | mae | before |
| 8DB3 | 足 | SOKU | ashi, ta(riru), ta(su) | foot, to be sufficient, to add |
| 491A | 多 | TA | oo(i) | many |
| 5927 | 大 | DAI, TAI | ou(kii), oo(i) | big, a lot |
| 7537 | 男 | DAN, NAN | otoko | man, male |
| 4E2D | 中 | CHUU | naka | inner, center, between |
| 9577 | 長 | CHOU | naga(i) | long, leader |
| 5929 | 天 | TEN | ame, ama | sky |
| 5E97 | 店 | TEN | mise | shop |
| 96FB | 電 | DEN | – | electricity |
| 571F | 土 | DO, TO | tsuchi | earth, ground |
| 6771 | 東 | TOU | higashi | east |
| 9053 | 道 | DOU | michi | street, path |
| 8AAD | 読 | DOKU | yo(mu) | to read |
| 5357 | 南 | NAN | minami | south |
| 4E8C | ニ | NI | futa(tsu), futa- | two |
| 65E5 | 日 | NICHI, JITSU | hi, -ka | day, sun |
| 5165 | 入 | NYUU | hai(ru), i(ru), i(reru) | to enter, to insert |
| 5E74 | 年 | NEN | toshi | year |
| 8CB7 | 買 | BAI | ka(u) | to buy |
| 767D | 白 | HAKU, BYAKU | shiro(i), shiro | white |
| 516B | 八 | HACHI | yat(tsu), ya(tsu), ya-, you- | eight |
| 534A | 半 | HAN | naka(ba) | half, middle, semi- |
| 767E | 百 | HYAKU | – | hundred |
| 7236 | 父 | FU | chichi | father |
| 5206 | 分 | BUN, BU, FUN | wa(keru), wa(kareru), wa(karu) | part, minute, to divide, to understand |
| 805E | 聞 | BUN, MON | ki(ku), ki(koeru) | to hear, to listen, to ask |
| 6BCD | 母 | BO | haha | mother |
| 5317 | 北 | HOKU | kita | north |
| 6728 | 木 | BOKU, MOKU | ki, ko | tree, wood |
| 672C | 本 | HON | moto | book, source, main- |
| 6BCE | 毎 | MAI | – | each, every |
| 4E07 | 万 | MAN, BAN | – | ten thousand, all, many |
| 540D | 名 | MEI, MYOU | na | name, reputation |
| 76EE | 目 | MOKU | me | eye |
| 53CB | 友 | YUU | tomo | friend |
| 6765 | 来 | RAI | ku(ru), kita(ru), kita(su) | to come |
| 7ABC | 立 | RITSU | ta(tsu), ta(teru) | to stand, to establish |
| 516D | 六 | ROKU | mutt(su), mu(tsu), mu, mui | six |
| 8A71 | 話 | WA | hanashi, hana(su) | speech, to talk, story, conversation |
NIHONGO ICHIBAN 
Very helpful for my exam tomorrow ! Thanks a lot (˘⌣˘)
Great! Thanks!
You have 二 listed with the readings and translation of “one”.
The fact it is underlined so it seems to be 二 but it is not.
Oopss I didn’t see the next one!! Sumimasen すみません。
Whoops! It’s just because it’s been underlined to show it’s a hyperlink. Ignore my last comment.
No problem. I know the hyperlink makes it hard to read sometimes 🙂
どうもありがとうございました。。。
I’m planning to take the N5 test this December
this list helps a lot~
doumo arigatou ne
Is there a one time download for gif files? And wouldn’t it be better if you could lead people away from romanji even at this stage? Just a suggestion. I don’t want to appear smug or something.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have never thought about a gif download pic packages and will consider it.
I agree to you that it is better to start using kana and kanji as soon as possible. But my philosophy is not to impose students how they should learn. It also seams that not everyone is able to properly read Japanese characters on their devices and I do not want to exclude them from using the site. This is why I decided to provide the kanji, the furigana and the romaji wherever possible although it significantly increases my work.
Nicolas
sankyuu >.<
nice post
cool! thank youuuuu! i needed this badly :>
Do you have for jlpt n2?
I am planning to add material for the JLPT N2, but I am still working on N3 and N4. I am sorry but it will still take some while until I will be able to add some material on JLPT N2 😦
Thank you very much for N5 and N4. 🙂
Zo’r site
The kanji 東 has the wrong link :> Thank you very much btw for this very helpful site!!
Thanks for pointing this out. The link now is pointing to the right kanji.
Very Helpful..Thank you!!
Oh man, why haven’t I seen this site before!? THank you veryyyy much. 😀
its good..,,
I don’t know what to say God bless you
very useful site….!!!good work….!!!
everything is going through with this list
whaaah! this is great! good reference. ありがとう！
arigatou
Thank you very much for this wonderful site.
Thank you so much for this! Can’t even read katakana and my exam is in two weeks. The pronunciation part really helped!
domo aregato
ありがとうがざいます
It’s ありがとうございます….u made mistake in ‘go’ part in gozaimasu 🙂
that was the most helpful kanji learning for me
Very useful and helpful for beginners.
yeah… its very useful and helpfull to JLPT test.
So these are the new JLPT N5 kanjis?
Where are the kanjis like 石、糸、。。。?
Or was that elementary 1 stuff, and is not related to JLPT?
it helps me a lot! I love it!!!
where is d n4 material
Thank’s, really helpful. I’m preparing for JLPT N5 this december, wish me luck 🙂
Thanks for the feedback. We keep our fingers crossed that you will pass the test – がんばってください。
I have passed the test!!! hontou ni arigatou gozaimashita!
thankyou very much… very usefull
hontouni arigatou
DOumo arigatou gozaimasu, hontouni yakuni tachimasu.
I don’t understand the difference between onyomi and kunyomi, .Which reading should I be studying to pass the exam?
Domo arigatou てゃんk よう
Thanks a lot.
Why didn’t you write the Onyomi Kunyomi in also Japanese? it would of been more helpful
Hi. Your website is very useful and I love it but I am confused by one thing. Not all the colored kanji in the N5 vocabulary list are are on the list of kanji to know for the N5. Which list should I follow for studying for the N5? Thank you.