Search Kanji for JLPT level 3

Tips: joujou characters (Kanji characters to be learned at schools in Japan) are highlighted.
Also note that the English meaning under each Kanji is just one of many other possible senses.

power

Meaning: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert
Kun-yomi: ちから
On-yomi: リョク/リキ/リイ

craft

Meaning: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/ク/グ

evening

Meaning: evening
Kun-yomi: ゆう
On-yomi: セキ

beginning

Meaning: beginning; former time; origin
Kun-yomi: もと
On-yomi: ゲン/ガン

cut

Meaning: cut; cutoff; be sharp
Kun-yomi: き.る/-き.る/き.り/-き.り/-ぎ.り/き.れる/-き.れる/き.れ/-き
On-yomi: セツ/サイ

cow

Meaning: cow
Kun-yomi: うし
On-yomi: ギュウ

stop

Meaning: stop; halt
Kun-yomi: と.まる/-ど.まり/と.める/-と.める/-ど.め/とど.める/とど.め/とど
On-yomi:

pull

Meaning: pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to
Kun-yomi: ひ.く/ひ.き/ひ.き-/-び.き/ひ.ける
On-yomi: イン

negative

Meaning: negative; non-; bad; ugly; clumsy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: フ/ブ

ward

Meaning: ward; district
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ク/オウ/コウ

heart

Meaning: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
Kun-yomi: こころ/-ごころ
On-yomi: シン

sentence

Meaning: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67)
Kun-yomi: ふみ/あや
On-yomi: ブン/モン

plump

Meaning: plump; thick; big around
Kun-yomi: ふと.い/ふと.る
On-yomi: タイ/タ

direction

Meaning: direction; person; alternative
Kun-yomi: かた/-かた/-がた
On-yomi: ホウ

dog

Meaning: dog
Kun-yomi: いぬ/いぬ-
On-yomi: ケン

gone

Meaning: gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce
Kun-yomi: さ.る/-さ.る
On-yomi: キョ/コ

by means of

Meaning: by means of; because; in view of; compared with
Kun-yomi: もっ.て
On-yomi:

attend

Meaning: attend; doing; official; serve
Kun-yomi: つか.える
On-yomi: シ/ジ

market

Meaning: market; city; town
Kun-yomi: いち
On-yomi:

people

Meaning: people; nation; subjects
Kun-yomi: たみ
On-yomi: ミン

wide

Meaning: wide; broad; spacious
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い/ひろ.まる/ひろ.める/ひろ.がる/ひろ.げる
On-yomi: コウ

copy

Meaning: copy; be photographed; describe
Kun-yomi: うつ.す/うつ.る/うつ-/うつ.し
On-yomi: シャ/ジャ

elder brother

Meaning: elder brother; big brother
Kun-yomi: あに
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ

lord

Meaning: lord; chief; master; main thing; principal
Kun-yomi: ぬし/おも/あるじ
On-yomi: シュ/ス/シュウ

utilize

Meaning: utilize; business; service; use; employ
Kun-yomi: もち.いる
On-yomi: ヨウ

rice field

Meaning: rice field; rice paddy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: デン

substitute

Meaning: substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee
Kun-yomi: か.わる/かわ.る/かわ.り/か.わり/-がわ.り/-が.わり/か.える/よ/し
On-yomi: ダイ/タイ

pedestal

Meaning: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles
Kun-yomi: うてな/われ/つかさ
On-yomi: ダイ/タイ

generation

Meaning: generation; world; society; public
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

correct

Meaning: correct; justice; righteous; 10**40
Kun-yomi: ただ.しい/ただ.す/まさ/まさ.に
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

winter

Meaning: winter
Kun-yomi: ふゆ
On-yomi: トウ

-times

Meaning: -times; round; game; revolve; counter for occurrences
Kun-yomi: まわ.る/-まわ.る/-まわ.り/まわ.す/-まわ.す/まわ.し-/-まわ.し/
On-yomi: カイ/エ

same

Meaning: same; agree; equal
Kun-yomi: おな.じ
On-yomi: ドウ

ground

Meaning: ground; earth
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チ/ジ

pond

Meaning: pond; cistern; pool; reservoir
Kun-yomi: いけ
On-yomi:

ray

Meaning: ray; light
Kun-yomi: ひか.る/ひかり
On-yomi: コウ

death

Meaning: death; die
Kun-yomi: し.ぬ/し.に-
On-yomi:

fond

Meaning: fond; pleasing; like something
Kun-yomi: この.む/す.く/よ.い/い.い
On-yomi: コウ

character

Meaning: character; letter; word; section of village
Kun-yomi: あざ/あざな/-な
On-yomi:

meat

Meaning: meat
Kun-yomi: しし
On-yomi: ニク

oneself

Meaning: oneself
Kun-yomi: みずか.ら/おの.ずから/おの.ずと
On-yomi: ジ/シ

near

Meaning: near; early; akin; tantamount
Kun-yomi: ちか.い
On-yomi: キン/コン

consider

Meaning: consider; think over
Kun-yomi: かんが.える/かんが.え
On-yomi: コウ

early

Meaning: early; fast
Kun-yomi: はや.い/はや/はや-/はや.まる/はや.める/さ-
On-yomi: ソウ/サッ

color

Meaning: color
Kun-yomi: いろ
On-yomi: ショク/シキ

fit

Meaning: fit; suit; join; 0.1
Kun-yomi: あ.う/-あ.う/あ.い/あい-/-あ.い/-あい/あ.わす/あ.わせる/-あ.
On-yomi: ゴウ/ガッ/カッ

possess

Meaning: possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx
Kun-yomi: あ.る
On-yomi: ユウ/ウ

red

Meaning: red
Kun-yomi: あか/あか-/あか.い/あか.らむ/あか.らめる
On-yomi: セキ/シャク

research

Meaning: research; study
Kun-yomi: きわ.める
On-yomi: キュウ/ク

doctor

Meaning: doctor; medicine
Kun-yomi: い.やす/い.する/くすし
On-yomi:

private

Meaning: private; I; me
Kun-yomi: わたくし/わたし
On-yomi:

town

Meaning: town; village; block; street
Kun-yomi: まち
On-yomi: チョウ

run

Meaning: run
Kun-yomi: はし.る
On-yomi: ソウ

lower

Meaning: lower; short; humble
Kun-yomi: ひく.い/ひく.める/ひく.まる
On-yomi: テイ

younger brother

Meaning: younger brother; faithful service to elders
Kun-yomi: おとうと
On-yomi: テイ/ダイ/デ

sell

Meaning: sell
Kun-yomi: う.る/う.れる
On-yomi: バイ

village

Meaning: village; town
Kun-yomi: むら
On-yomi: ソン

separate

Meaning: separate; branch off; diverge; fork; another; extra; specially
Kun-yomi: わか.れる/わ.ける
On-yomi: ベツ

map

Meaning: map; drawing; plan; unexpected; accidentally
Kun-yomi: え/はか.る
On-yomi: ズ/ト

body

Meaning: body; substance; object; reality; counter for images
Kun-yomi: からだ/かたち
On-yomi: タイ/テイ

dwell

Meaning: dwell; reside; live; inhabit
Kun-yomi: す.む/す.まう/-ず.まい
On-yomi: ジュウ/ヂュウ/チュウ

make

Meaning: make; production; prepare; build
Kun-yomi: つく.る/つく.り/-づく.り
On-yomi: サク/サ

voice

Meaning: voice
Kun-yomi: こえ/こわ-
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

brush-stroke

Meaning: brush-stroke; picture
Kun-yomi: えが.く/かく.する/かぎ.る/はかりごと/はか.る
On-yomi: ガ/カク/エ/カイ

blue

Meaning: blue; green
Kun-yomi: あお/あお-/あお.い
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

place

Meaning: place
Kun-yomi: ところ/-ところ/どころ/とこ
On-yomi: ショ

know

Meaning: know; wisdom
Kun-yomi: し.る/し.らせる
On-yomi:

younger sister

Meaning: younger sister
Kun-yomi: いもうと
On-yomi: マイ
使

use

Meaning: use; send on a mission; order; messenger; envoy; ambassador; cause
Kun-yomi: つか.う/つか.い/-つか.い/-づか.い
On-yomi:

capital

Meaning: capital; 10**16
Kun-yomi: みやこ
On-yomi: キョウ/ケイ/キン

grove

Meaning: grove; forest
Kun-yomi: はやし
On-yomi: リン

commence

Meaning: commence; begin
Kun-yomi: はじ.める/-はじ.める/はじ.まる
On-yomi:

elder sister

Meaning: elder sister
Kun-yomi: あね/はは
On-yomi:

pour

Meaning: pour; irrigate; shed (tears); flow into; concentrate on; notes; comment; annotate
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ/さ.す/つ.ぐ
On-yomi: チュウ

flavor

Meaning: flavor; taste
Kun-yomi: あじ/あじ.わう
On-yomi:

matter

Meaning: matter; thing; fact; business; reason; possibly
Kun-yomi: こと/つか.う/つか.える
On-yomi: ジ/ズ

bright

Meaning: bright; light
Kun-yomi: あ.かり/あか.るい/あか.るむ/あか.らむ/あき.らか/あ.ける/-あ.け/あ
On-yomi: メイ/ミョウ/ミン

clothing

Meaning: clothing; admit; obey; discharge
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: フク

England

Meaning: England; English
Kun-yomi: はなぶさ
On-yomi: エイ

gate

Meaning: gate; counter for cannons
Kun-yomi: かど/と
On-yomi: モン

night

Meaning: night; evening
Kun-yomi: よ/よる
On-yomi:

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