井蛙は以って海を語る可からず

Entry

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it
Proverbsee 井の中の蛙、大海を知らずsee 井蛙

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Characters in this word

井

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well, well crib, town, community

Kun: い
On: セイショウ

Strokes: 4
Taught: Grade 4
JLPT: N1
Frequency: 339 of 2500
Radical: 二 two
WaniKani: Level 45

Built from

｜ノ一二井

Used in names as

いのさいひ

Words starting with 井 Words ending in 井 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (30)

Code	Reference
4-4-3	SKIP code
0a4.46	The Kanji Dictionary
5500.0	Four corner code
1955	deroo
4e95	Unicode hex code
1-16-70	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
165	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76	New Nelson (John Haig)
3454	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4265	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2153	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2905	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1806	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1946	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
252	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
103	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
916	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
258	Morohashi
1470	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1193	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1255	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1031	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1019	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1064	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
34	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1824	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jing3	Pinyin reading
jeong	Korean reading
n1	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
45	WaniKani level

蛙

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frog

Kun: かえるかわず
On: アワ

Strokes: 12
Radical: 虫 insect

Built from

虫土

Words starting with 蛙 Words ending in 蛙 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (15)

Code	Reference
1-6-6	SKIP code
6d6.4	The Kanji Dictionary
5411.4	Four corner code
1672	deroo
86d9	Unicode hex code
1-19-31	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4137	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5313	New Nelson (John Haig)
1716	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2693	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2732	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1648	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
32997	Morohashi
wa1	Pinyin reading
wa, wae	Korean reading

以

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by means of, because, in view of, compared with

Kun: もっ.て
On: イ

Strokes: 5
Taught: Grade 4
JLPT: N4
Frequency: 126 of 2500
Radical: 人 person
WaniKani: Level 7

Built from

｜人丶

Used in names as

もち

Words starting with 以 Words ending in 以 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (34)

Code	Reference
1-2-3, 1-3-2	SKIP code
0a5.1	The Kanji Dictionary
2810.0	Four corner code
1262	deroo
4ee5	Unicode hex code
1-16-42	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
348	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
109	New Nelson (John Haig)
41	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
45	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
25	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
26	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1028	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1105	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
157	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
134	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
221	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
388	Morohashi
419	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
46	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
46	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
342	sakade
112	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
443	henshall3
446	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
118	crowley
420	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.10	busy_people
43	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1037	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi3	Pinyin reading
i	Korean reading
n4	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7	WaniKani level

海

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sea, ocean

Kun: うみ
On: カイ

Strokes: 9
Taught: Grade 2
JLPT: N4
Frequency: 200 of 2500
Radical: 水 water
WaniKani: Level 6

Built from

汁母毋乞

Used in names as

ああまうなうんえかたひろひろしぶまちままみめわたる

Words starting with 海 Words ending in 海 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (34)

Code	Reference
1-3-6	SKIP code
3a6.20	The Kanji Dictionary
3815.7	Four corner code
347	deroo
6d77	Unicode hex code
1-19-04	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2553	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3133	New Nelson (John Haig)
384	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
459	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
284	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
344	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
461	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
500	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
158	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1071	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
99	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17450	Morohashi
88	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
117	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
117	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55	sakade
211	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
94	henshall3
171	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
206	crowley
454	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.14	busy_people
1184	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
471	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hai3	Pinyin reading
hae	Korean reading
n4	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6	WaniKani level

語

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word, speech, language

Kun: かた.るかた.らう
On: ゴ

Strokes: 14
Taught: Grade 2
JLPT: N5
Frequency: 301 of 2500
Radical: 言 speech
WaniKani: Level 10

Built from

言口五

Words starting with 語 Words ending in 語 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (34)

Code	Reference
1-7-7	SKIP code
7a7.6	The Kanji Dictionary
0166.1	Four corner code
3077	deroo
8a9e	Unicode hex code
1-24-76	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4374	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5628	New Nelson (John Haig)
1543	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1944	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
347	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
274	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2136	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
231	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35533	Morohashi
112	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
209	sakade
87	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
124	henshall3
231	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
211	crowley
154	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1	busy_people
1685	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
353	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu3, yu4	Pinyin reading
eo	Korean reading
n5	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10	WaniKani level

可

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can, passable, approval

Kun: -べ.き-べ.し
On: カコク

Strokes: 5
Taught: Grade 5
JLPT: N2
Frequency: 314 of 2500
Radical: 口 mouth
WaniKani: Level 18

Built from

一口亅

Used in names as

よし

Words starting with 可 Words ending in 可 Anywhere in a word

Dictionary and index codes (33)

Code	Reference
3-2-3	SKIP code
3d2.12	The Kanji Dictionary
1062.0	Four corner code
3149	deroo
53ef	Unicode hex code
1-18-36	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
24	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
701	New Nelson (John Haig)
2969	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3687	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1882	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2562	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
93	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
97	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
510	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
165	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
253	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3245	Morohashi
816	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
388	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
390	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
744	sakade
397	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
655	henshall3
647	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
463	crowley
412	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
314	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
94	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ke3, ke4	Pinyin reading
ga, geug	Korean reading
n2	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18	WaniKani level