Entry
  1. Noun

    hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); hippo

    Usually written using kana alone

    夕方にまたサファリに出掛け、夜はカバの声を聞きながら眠りについた。
    In the evening I went out on safari again, at night I fell asleep hearing the grunting of the hippos.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

river

Kun
かわ
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
663 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

Used in names as

かっこう

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3a5.30The Kanji Dictionary
3112.0Four corner code
349deroo
6cb3Unicode hex code
1-18-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2530Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3102New Nelson (John Haig)
336New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
394Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
251Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
298Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
146Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
157Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
698A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
597Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
633Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17245Morohashi
628A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
389Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
391Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
561sakade
669Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
658henshall3
679Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1127Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1170Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
148Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
he2Pinyin reading
haKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level
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horse

Kun
うま
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
639 of 2500
Radical
horse
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

ばん

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-6-4, 4-10-1SKIP code
10a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
7132.7Four corner code
3450deroo
99acUnicode hex code
1-39-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5191Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6725New Nelson (John Haig)
3296New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4086Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2073Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2809Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1978Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2132Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
512A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1257Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
142Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44572Morohashi
191A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
283Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
283Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
127sakade
1015Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
210henshall3
199Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
484Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1912Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1997Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ma3Pinyin reading
maKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level