かず
number ; strength, fate, law, figures
List of kanji with the highest frequency based on Mainichi Shinbun rankings. This route is suitable for prioritizing characters that appear most often in general reading and news corpora.
かず
number ; strength, fate, law, figures
しる.す
scribe ; account, narrative
イン
Inst. ; institution, temple, mansion, school
おんな
woman ; female
はじ.め
first time ; beginning
きた
north
うま
noon ; sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
ゆび
finger ; point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
おもり
authority ; power, rights
こころ
heart ; mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
カイ
world ; boundary
ささ.える
branch ; support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
ダイ
No. ; residence
う.む
products ; bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
むす.ぶ
tie ; bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
ヒャク
hundred
ハ
faction ; group, party, clique, sect, school
つ.ける
spot ; point, mark, speck, decimal point
おし.える
teach ; faith, doctrine
むく.いる
news ; report, retribution, reward
す.む
settle (debt ; etc.), relieve (burden), finish, come to an end, excusable, need not
か.く
write
フ
borough ; urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
い.きる
lively ; resuscitation, being helped, living
はら
meadow ; original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
さき
before ; ahead, previous, future, precedence
とも
together ; both, neither, all, and, alike, with
え.る
gain ; get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
と.く
unravel ; notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
な
name ; noted, distinguished, reputation
まじ.わる
mingle ; mixing, association, coming & going
シ
assets ; resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to
あらかじ.め
beforehand ; previous, myself, I
かわ
stream ; river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
む.く
yonder ; facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
きわ
occasion ; side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
サ
investigate
か.つ
victory ; win, prevail, excel
おも
mask ; face, features, surface
ゆだ.ねる
committee ; entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
つ.げる
revelation ; tell, inform, announce
いくさ
army ; force, troops, war, battle
ふみ
sentence ; literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
そ.る
anti-
もと
beginning ; former time, origin
え
heavy ; important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
ちか.い
near ; early, akin, tantamount
セン
thousand