All Basic Kanji, As Taught in Japanese Schools - Year 1

小学校 ①年生修了程度・漢検➓級

These are all the kanji Japanese students are expected to know upon completion of their first year of Primary School (小学校). There are 80 characters in total in this set.

This list forms the 10th and lowest introductory level of the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Test 日本漢字能力検定 (Nihon kanji nōryoku kantei, or 漢検, Kanken, for short)

<Click an individual character and follow the link below to kun/on readings and examples in your chosen language>

一　七　下　三　上　中　九　二　五　人

休　先　入　八　六　円　出　力　十　千

口　右　名　四　土　夕　大　天　女　子

字　学　小　山　川　左　年　花　草　手

文　日　早　月　木　本　村　林　校　森

正　気　水　火　犬　王　玉　生　田　男

町　白　百　目　石　空　立　竹　糸　耳

虫　見　貝　赤　足　車　金　雨　青　音

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