Table Of Content

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (KKD) has for decades served as a standard reference work for learners of Japanese worldwide. Even now in this age of mobile apps, there is a quiet understand- ing that looking up in paper dictionaries enforces something in the mind that otherwise gets bypassed. The physical dictionary still has a place in this increasingly digitized world. At the same time there is no question that carrying around something as heavy as a comprehensive physical dictionary is not practical. This ebook edition of The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary maintains the intrinsic benefits of the format of the paper version, allowing you to have imme- diate access to a comprehensive kanji dictionary. For a fully interactive kanji dictionary app, please check out on Google Play and Apple’s App Store for The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (KKLD), a subset of this KKD which has become extremely popular among learners. We hope you enjoy this ebook and invite you to continue to keep an eye out for other apps and paper dictionaries published by the CJK Dictionary Institute (for “CJKI”). Kodansha USA This dictionary is based on the New Japanese- English Character Dictionary, copyright © Jack Halpern, first published in Japan by Kenkyusha, Ltd. in 1990. Published by Kodansha USA, Inc., 451 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016 Distributed in the United Kingdom and continental Europe by Kodansha Europe, Ltd. Copyright © 2013 by Jack Halpern. All rights reserved. Printed in South Korea through Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 978-1-56836-408-7 Jacket design by Andrew Lee IMPORTANT NOTICE: The System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns (SKIP) may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial- Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data The Kodansha Kanji dictionary / Editor in Chief, Jack Halpern.—Updated and revised ed. pages cm Text in English and Japanese. “This up- to- date revision of the New Japanese- English Character Dictionary, originally published in 1990, includes an addi- tional 886 Joyo Kanji and Jinmei Kanji characters that were not present in the first edition.” Includes indexes. ISBN 978-1-56836-408-7 1. Japanese language—Dictionaries—English. 2. Chinese characters—Dictionaries—Japanese. I. Halpern, Jack, 1946- II. Title: New Japanese- English Character Dictionary. PL677.5.N73 2013 495.6’321—dc23 2013004560 www.kodanshausa.com To Michal Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach… Samuel Johnson (1709‑1784) author of Dictionary of the English Language (1755) 全ての執筆者は称賛を追い求める。辞書編纂者が願うのは非難を免れることのみ。サミュエル･ジョンソン (1709‑1784) ｢英語辞典｣ (1755年) の著者 CONTENTS 目次 Foreword..............................................................................................................11a Foreword to the First Edition ........................................................................13a Preface ..................................................................................................................15a Acknowledgments ...........................................................................................17a Introduction .......................................................................................................19a Features of This Dictionary ............................................................................25a Explanatory Chart .............................................................................................35a Guide to the Dictionary ..................................................................................41a Abbreviations and Symbols ..........................................................................55a The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary ........................................................................1 APPENDIXES 1. Outline of the Japanese Writing System .......................................1773 2. System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns .............................................1781 3. How to Count Strokes ..........................................................................1810 4. How to Write Kanji .................................................................................1814 5. Kana and Romanization ......................................................................1820 6. Rules for Okurigana ...............................................................................1827 7. The Radicals .............................................................................................1835 8. Historical Tables ......................................................................................1846 9. Abbreviations of Place Names ..........................................................1849 10. Core Meanings Arranged by Frequency ........................................1850 11. Jōyō Kanji List ..........................................................................................1863 12. Important Variants .................................................................................1871 13. List of Kanji Synonym Groups............................................................1875 7a INDEXES On- Kun Index ..................................................................................................1945 Radical Index How to Use the Radical Index ............................................................1981 Quick Reference Radical Chart ..........................................................1984 Radical Index ...........................................................................................1988 Pattern Index How to Use the Pattern Index ...........................................................2012 Pattern Index ...........................................................................................2014 8a EDITORIAL STAFF 編集スタッフ Editor in Chief Jack Halpern CEO, The CJK Dictionary Institute Research Fellow, Institute of Modern Culture, Showa Women’s University Editorial Consultants Kusuo Hitomi President, Showa Women’s University Eleanor H. Jorden Mary Dolon Alger Professor of Linguistics, Cornell University Masaaki Nomura Director, Department of Computational Linguistics, The National Language Research Institute (Japan) Akiyasu Todo formerly Professor of Chinese Literature at University of Tokyo and Waseda University Associate Editors Masato Asada M.A., University of Tokyo Michael Carr Ph.D., University of Arizona Chikasada Harada Professor, Showa Women’s University Yukio Ishikawa M.A., Keio University Asako Kaneko Assistant Professor, Showa Women’s University Masako Nakamura B.A., Hiroshima University Michael Staley Editor, Kodansha Ltd. Kay Yokota B.A., College of William and Mary Editorial Assistants Kurt Easterwood Harumi Iida Chikako Imoto Takane Ito JeanPaul Jenack Keith Johnson Kazuyoshi Kawakami Ryoun Kobayashi Christine Lamarre Peter H. Liu Russel Marcus Susumu Miyazawa Yuko Momose Kimiko Morishita Ryoko Murase Tazuko Nagae Setsuo Nara Harumi Nishimoto Aki Ono Junko Osaki Xianhua Piao Jack Plimpton Meryl Schaffer Junko Suzuki Kazuko Suzuki Midori Tajima Yuriko Takagi Hiroko Takahashi Noriko Yamamoto Tsuneo Yatagai Tadashi Yumiketa Keyboarding Michal Halpern Yoshie Miura Taeko Moriguchi Haruko Oasa Kumiko Suga Nobuko Suzuki Keiko Uchida Chieko Yokoe Toshiko Yoshida Chief of Software Development Nicola Mettifogo Director of Automated Typesetting, The CJK Dictionary Institute Tyler Reid Senior Software Engineer, The CJK Dictionary Institute Programming and Computer Consultants Shoichi Fujita, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Koki Kondo, Toshio Otsuka Graphics Designer Toyoko Kon Secretarial and Clerical Assistants Chiaki Fujinawa Junko Higuchi Keiko Ikuta Miyuki Masuda Hikaru Matsumoto Keiko Matsuoka Keiko Matsushima Teruko Miyake Kumiko Nakagawa Sachiko Shibata Kazuto Shioiri Chieko Takahata Mitsuko Yanagisawa 9a