Today I present to you a list of the 500 most commonly used Kanji by the Japanese. It is very helpful if you are unsure which kanji to learn first.
- day
- one
- country
- meeting
- person
- year
- big
- ten
- two
- Book
- Middle
- long
- out
- three
- same
- Time
- 政
- thing
- self
- Going
- company
- see
- Moon
- part
- discussion
- after
- Before
- people
- Life
- connect
- Five
- Departure
- space
- versus
- up
- section
- East
- person
- party
- Earth
- Combine
- city
- Business
- inside
- mutual
- Direction
- four
- fixed
- Now
- Return
- New
- place
- Gold
- Member
- Nine
- Enter
- 選
- stand
- open
- hand
- rice
- power
- study
- Question
- High
- generation
- bright
- Actually
- Yen
- 関
- 決
- child
- motion
- 京
- All
- eye
- Table
- Battle
- 経
- Traffic
- Outside
- 最
- word
- surname
- current
- 理
- 調
- body
- Transformation
- field
- when
- eight
- six
- about
- Master
- Title
- down
- neck
- Meaning
- Law
- No
- Come
- Work
- sex
- of
- 要
- used
- Control
- 治
- degree
- 務
- strong
- Feeling
- small
- seven
- Become
- term
- public
- 持
- Field
- 協
- 取
- Capital city
- and
- 統
- 以
- Machine
- 平
- total
- Add
- Mountain
- Thought
- house
- talk/story
- world
- Acceptance
- District
- 領
- Many
- 県
- 続
- 進
- Correct
- Peaceful
- 設
- 保
- Change
- Number
- Record
- Institute
- woman
- First
- North
- 午
- finger
- Authority
- Heart
- 界
- 支
- The
- birth
- 結
- one hundred
- faction
- dot
- 教
- 報
- 済
- 書
- Prefecture
- alive
- Source
- Next
- together
- Got it
- 解
- Name
- 交
- 資
- You
- river
- toward
- Occasion
- 査
- win
- face
- Committee
- 告
- military
- Text
- anti
- Yen
- heavy
- 近
- one thousand
- 考
- Judgment
- 認
- drawing
- sea
- 参
- Sell
- 利
- group
- 知
- Proposal
- Path
- 信
- Plan
- collection
- 在
- item
- group
- Separate
- things
- side
- 任
- Pull
- 使
- 求
- place
- next
- Water
- half
- Item
- last
- Discussion
- 計
- death
- 官
- 増
- 係
- Feeling
- 特
- Emotion
- 投
- show
- strange
- strike
- Man
- Base
- I
- each
- 始
- island
- Straight
- 両
- Morning
- Leather
- 価
- Style
- Sure
- village
- 提
- Luck
- 終
- 挙
- 果
- West
- force
- decrease
- Table
- 広
- 容
- Must
- Response
- 演
- 電
- years old
- live
- Conflict
- 談
- can
- nothing
- again
- Position
- Place
- 企
- 真
- Flow
- Status
- Have
- 疑
- Mouth
- Past
- Bureau
- small
- 放
- 税
- 検
- 藤
- town
- 常
- school
- Material
- 沢
- 裁
- State
- Craft
- 建
- word
- ball
- 営
- Sky
- Occupation
- Proof
- Soil
- and
- 急
- stop
- 送
- 援
- offer
- OK
- role
- 構
- tree
- Divide
- 聞
- body
- expense
- 付 - attached (it's a term often used in Japanese to indicate the attachment of something)
- 施
- cut
- 由
- Statement
- turn
- Food
- 比
- Difficult
- 防
- 補
- car
- Superior
- Husband
- 研
- 収
- 断
- 井
- What
- South
- stone
- foot
- wrong
- Remove
- boundary
- God
- number
- 規
- 術
- 護
- 展
- 態
- 導
- Fresh
- 備
- home
- Harm
- 配
- vice
- Count
- 視
- 条
- trunk
- 独
- 警
- 宮
- 究
- Nurturing
- seat
- 輸
- 訪
- Fun
- 起
- ten thousand
- wear
- 乗
- store
- 述
- 残
- Think
- line
- rate
- illness
- 農
- state
- 武
- Voice
- Quality
- Nian
- 待
- 試
- 族
- elephant
- silver
- 域
- Help
- 労
- Example
- 衛
- Then
- 早
- 張
- Movie
- 限
- Parent
- forehead
- 監
- 環
- 験
- 追
- 審
- Commerce
- leaf
- righteousness
- 伝
- Work
- Form
- 景
- 落
- 欧
- 担
- 好
- Resignation
- 準
- Award
- to sue
- Side
- 造
- 英
- 被
- stock
- Head
- Skill
- 低
- Every
- Medicine
- 復
- 仕
- 去
- figure
- Taste
- 負
- 閣
- 韓
- 渡
- 失
- Move
- difference
- people
- individual
- Gate
- write
- 評
- class
- end
- 守
- 若
- brain
- extreme
- seed
- beauty
- 岡
- shadow
- Life
- included
- Fortune
- storehouse
- Quantity
- 望
- Pine
- Non
- 撃
- Sa
- nucleus
- View
- 察
- 整
- 段 (section)
- horizontal
- 融
- Type
- white
- 深
- Character
- 答
- Night
- Made
- Ticket
- 況
- Sound
- 申
- Mr./Ms./Mrs.
- wealth
- Port
- Recognition
- Note
- 呼
- 渉
- 達
