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List of the 380 JLPT N2 kanji

Every kanji you need for the JLPT N2, from most to least common. Pick a kanji to see its readings, strokes and example words.

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  1. 課 chapter
  2. 末 end
  3. 守 guard
  4. 若 young
  5. 脳 brain
  6. 極 extreme
  7. 種 species
  8. 美 beauty
  9. 岡 mount
  10. 影 shadow
  11. 命 fate
  12. 含 contain
  13. 福 blessing
  14. 蔵 storehouse
  15. 量 quantity
  16. 望 ambition
  17. 松 pine tree
  18. 非 un-
  19. 撃 beat
  20. 佐 assistant
  21. 核 nucleus
  22. 観 outlook
  23. 察 guess
  24. 整 organize
  25. 段 grade
  26. 横 sideways
  27. 融 dissolve
  28. 型 mould
  29. 深 deep
  30. 製 made in...
  31. 票 ballot
  32. 況 condition
  33. 申 have the honor to
  34. 様 Esq.
  35. 財 property
  36. 港 harbor
  37. 識 discriminating
  38. 呼 call
  39. 渉 ford
  40. 達 accomplished
  41. 良 good
  42. 響 echo
  43. 阪 heights
  44. 針 needle
  45. 専 specialty
  46. 推 conjecture
  47. 谷 valley
  48. 候 climate
  49. 史 history
  50. 階 storey
  51. 程 extent
  52. 満 full
  53. 敗 failure
  54. 管 pipe
  55. 値 price
  56. 突 stab
  57. 兵 soldier
  58. 接 touch
  59. 請 solicit
  60. 器 utensil
  61. 士 gentleman
  62. 光 ray
  63. 討 chastise
  64. 路 path
  65. 科 department
  66. 攻 aggression
  67. 崎 promontory
  68. 督 coach
  69. 授 impart
  70. 催 sponsor
  71. 細 dainty
  72. 効 merit
  73. 積 volume
  74. 丸 round
  75. 他 other
  76. 及 reach out
  77. 湾 gulf
  78. 録 record
  79. 処 dispose
  80. 省 government ministry
  81. 旧 old times
  82. 憲 constitution
  83. 太 plump
  84. 橋 bridge
  85. 離 detach
  86. 岸 beach
  87. 客 guest
  88. 激 violent
  89. 否 negate
  90. 周 circumference
  91. 師 expert
  92. 摘 pinch
  93. 材 lumber
  94. 登 ascend
  95. 系 lineage
  96. 批 criticism
  97. 郎 son
  98. 易 easy
  99. 健 healthy
  100. 戸 door
  101. 速 quick
  102. 存 exist
  103. 飛 fly
  104. 殺 kill
  105. 央 center
  106. 券 ticket
  107. 号 nickname
  108. 単 simple
  109. 盟 alliance
  110. 座 squat
  111. 破 rend
  112. 編 compilation
  113. 捜 search
  114. 竹 bamboo
  115. 除 exclude
  116. 完 perfect
  117. 降 descend
  118. 超 transcend
  119. 責 blame
  120. 並 row
  121. 療 heal
  122. 従 accompany
  123. 修 discipline
  124. 捕 catch
  125. 隊 regiment
  126. 危 dangerous
  127. 採 pick
  128. 織 weave
  129. 森 forest
  130. 競 emulate
  131. 拡 broaden
  132. 故 happenstance
  133. 振 shake
  134. 給 salary
  135. 介 jammed in
  136. 弁 valve
  137. 根 root
  138. 苦 suffering
  139. 就 concerning
  140. 迎 welcome
  141. 販 marketing
  142. 園 park
  143. 具 tool
  144. 異 uncommon
  145. 歴 curriculum
  146. 辞 resign
  147. 将 leader
  148. 因 cause
  149. 献 offering
  150. 厳 stern
  151. 馬 horse
  152. 愛 love
  153. 幅 hanging scroll
  154. 維 fiber
  155. 富 wealth
  156. 浜 seacoast
  157. 遺 bequeath
  158. 彼 he
  159. 般 carrier
  160. 未 un-
  161. 塁 bases
  162. 貿 trade
  163. 講 lecture
  164. 邦 home country
  165. 舞 dance
  166. 林 grove
  167. 装 attire
  168. 諸 various
  169. 素 elementary
  170. 亡 deceased
  171. 劇 drama
  172. 河 river
  173. 遣 dispatch
  174. 航 navigate
  175. 抗 confront
  176. 冷 cool
  177. 模 imitation
  178. 雄 masculine
  179. 適 suitable
  180. 婦 lady
  181. 鉄 iron
  182. 寄 draw near
  183. 益 benefit
  184. 込 crowded
  185. 顔 face
  186. 緊 tense
  187. 類 sort
  188. 児 newborn babe
  189. 余 too much
  190. 禁 prohibition
  191. 印 stamp
  192. 逆 inverted
  193. 王 king
  194. 返 return
  195. 標 signpost
  196. 換 interchange
  197. 久 long time
  198. 短 short
  199. 油 oil
  200. 妻 wife
  201. 暴 outburst
  202. 輪 wheel
  203. 占 fortune-telling
  204. 宣 proclaim
  205. 背 stature
  206. 昭 shining
  207. 廃 abolish
  208. 植 plant
  209. 熱 heat
  210. 宿 inn
  211. 薬 medicine
  212. 江 creek
  213. 清 pure
  214. 険 precipitous
  215. 頼 trust
  216. 僚 colleague
  217. 覚 memorize
  218. 吉 good luck
  219. 盛 boom
  220. 船 ship
  221. 倍 double
  222. 均 level
  223. 億 hundred million
  224. 途 route
  225. 圧 pressure
  226. 芸 technique
  227. 許 permit
  228. 皇 emperor
  229. 臨 look to
  230. 踏 step
  231. 署 signature
  232. 抜 slip out
  233. 壊 demolition
  234. 債 bond
  235. 便 convenience
  236. 伸 expand
  237. 留 detain
  238. 罪 guilt
  239. 停 halt
  240. 興 entertain
  241. 爆 bomb
  242. 陸 land
  243. 玉 jewel
  244. 源 source
  245. 儀 ceremony
  246. 波 waves
  247. 創 genesis
  248. 障 hinder
  249. 継 inherit
  250. 筋 muscle
  251. 狙 aim at
  252. 帯 sash
  253. 延 prolong
  254. 羽 feathers
  255. 努 toil
  256. 固 harden
  257. 闘 fight
  258. 精 refined
  259. 則 rule
  260. 葬 interment
  261. 乱 riot
  262. 避 evade
  263. 普 universal
  264. 散 scatter
  265. 司 director
  266. 康 ease
  267. 測 fathom
  268. 豊 bountiful
  269. 静 quiet
  270. 善 virtuous
  271. 逮 apprehend
  272. 婚 marriage
  273. 厚 thick
  274. 喜 rejoice
  275. 齢 age
  276. 囲 surround
  277. 卒 graduate
  278. 迫 urge
  279. 略 abbreviation
  280. 承 acquiesce
  281. 浮 floating
  282. 惑 beguile
  283. 崩 crumble
  284. 順 obey
  285. 紀 chronicle
  286. 聴 listen
  287. 脱 undress
  288. 絶 discontinue
  289. 級 class
  290. 幸 happiness
  291. 岩 boulder
  292. 練 practice
  293. 押 push
  294. 軽 lightly
  295. 倒 overthrow
  296. 了 complete
  297. 庁 government office
  298. 博 Dr.
  299. 城 castle
  300. 患 afflicted
  301. 締 tighten
  302. 等 etc.
  303. 救 salvation
  304. 執 tenacious
  305. 層 stratum
  306. 版 printing block
  307. 老 old man
  308. 令 orders
  309. 角 angle
  310. 絡 entwine
  311. 損 damage
  312. 房 tassel
  313. 募 recruit
  314. 曲 bend
  315. 撤 remove
  316. 裏 back
  317. 払 pay
  318. 削 plane
  319. 密 secrecy
  320. 庭 courtyard
  321. 徒 on foot
  322. 措 set aside
  323. 仏 Buddha
  324. 績 exploits
  325. 築 fabricate
  326. 貨 freight
  327. 志 intention
  328. 混 mix
  329. 載 ride
  330. 昇 rise up
  331. 池 pond
  332. 陣 camp
  333. 我 ego
  334. 勤 diligence
  335. 為 do
  336. 血 blood
  337. 遅 slow
  338. 抑 repress
  339. 幕 curtain
  340. 居 reside
  341. 染 dye
  342. 温 warm
  343. 雑 miscellaneous
  344. 招 beckon
  345. 奈 Nara
  346. 季 seasons
  347. 困 quandary
  348. 星 star
  349. 傷 wound
  350. 永 eternity
  351. 択 choose
  352. 秀 excel
  353. 著 renowned
  354. 徴 indications
  355. 誌 document
  356. 庫 warehouse
  357. 弾 bullet
  358. 償 reparation
  359. 刊 publish
  360. 像 statue
  361. 功 achievement
  362. 拠 foothold
  363. 香 incense
  364. 欠 lack
  365. 更 grow late
  366. 秘 secret
  367. 拒 repel
  368. 刑 punish
  369. 坂 slope
  370. 刻 engrave
  371. 底 bottom
  372. 賛 approve
  373. 塚 hillock
  374. 致 doth
  375. 抱 embrace
  376. 繰 winding
  377. 犯 crime
  378. 尾 tail
  379. 描 sketch
  380. 布 linen