Kanji: 字

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	子 Radical name: こへん
Meaning:	Character, letter, word, section of village
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 500 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	漢字(かんじ)	Chinese character
N5	字引(じびき)	Dictionary
N4	字(じ)	character
N3	数字(すうじ)	numeral, figure
N3	文字(もじ)	letter (of alphabet), character
N3	文字(もんじ)	letter (of alphabet), character
N2	活字(かつじ)	printing type
N2	習字(しゅうじ)	penmanship
N2	名字(みょうじ)	surname, family name
N1	赤字(あかじ)	deficit, go in the red
N1	字(あざ)	section of village
N1	当(あ)て字(じ)	phonetic-equivalent character, substitute character
N1	英字(えいじ)	English letter (character)
N1	黒字(くろじ)	balance (figure) in the black
N1	字体(じたい)	type, font, lettering
N1	十字路(じゅうじろ)	crossroads
N1	ローマ字(じ)	romanization, Roman letters