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List of the 370 JLPT N3 kanji

Every kanji you need for the JLPT N3, from most to least common. Pick a kanji to see its readings, strokes and example words.

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1. 宛 address
2. 萎 wither
3. 咽 throat
4. 淫 lewdness
5. 謁 audience
6. 臆 timidity
7. 箇 counter for articles
8. 苛 torment
9. 崖 cliff
10. 骸 bone
11. 顎 jaw
12. 且 moreover
13. 伎 deed
14. 僅 a wee bit
15. 巾 towel
16. 斤 axe
17. 虞 fear
18. 窟 cavern
19. 詣 visit a temple
20. 隙 crevice
21. 桁 beam
22. 舷 gunwale
23. 勾 be bent
24. 梗 for the most part
25. 墾 ground-breaking
26. 塞 close
27. 采 dice
28. 柵 stockade
29. 拶 be imminent
30. 璽 emperor's seal
31. 爵 baron
32. 遵 abide by
33. 醒 awake
34. 戚 grieve
35. 羨 envious
36. 腺 gland
37. 詮 discussion
38. 塑 model
39. 遡 go upstream
40. 痩 get thin
41. 遜 humble
42. 汰 washing
43. 唾 saliva
44. 旦 daybreak
45. 綻 be rent
46. 酎 sake
47. 捗 make progress
48. 朕 majestic plural
49. 潰 crush
50. 溺 drown
51. 妬 jealous
52. 痘 pox
53. 頓 suddenly
54. 弐 II
55. 捻 twirl
56. 氾 spread out
57. 肘 elbow
58. 賦 levy
59. 丙 third class
60. 蔽 cover
61. 貌 form
62. 勃 suddenness
63. 昧 dark
64. 耗 decrease
65. 冶 melting
66. 沃 fertility
67. 濫 excessive
68. 吏 officer
69. 璃 glassy
70. 侶 companion
71. 瞭 clear
72. 賂 bribe
73. 弄 play with
74. 傲 be proud
75. 刹 temple
76. 喩 metaphor
77. 嘲 ridicule
78. 毀 break
79. 彙 same kind
80. 慄 fear
81. 憬 yearn for
82. 拉 Latin
83. 曖 dark
84. 楷 square character style
85. 鬱 gloom
86. 璧 sphere
87. 瘍 swelling
88. 箋 paper
89. 籠 basket
90. 羞 feel ashamed
91. 諧 harmony
92. 貪 covet
93. 踪 remains
94. 辣 pungent
95. 錮 confinement
96. 塡 fill in
97. 頰 cheeks
98. 𠮟 scold
99. 剝 come off
100. 政 politics
101. 議 deliberation
102. 民 people
103. 連 take along
104. 対 vis-a-vis
105. 党 party
106. 合 fit
107. 市 market
108. 内 inside
109. 相 inter-
110. 定 determine
111. 回 -times
112. 選 elect
113. 米 rice
114. 実 reality
115. 関 connection
116. 決 decide
117. 全 whole
118. 表 surface
119. 戦 war
120. 経 sutra
121. 最 utmost
122. 氏 family name
123. 現 present
124. 調 tune
125. 化 change
126. 当 hit
127. 約 promise
128. 首 neck
129. 法 method
130. 性 sex
131. 的 bull's eye
132. 要 need
133. 制 system
134. 治 reign
135. 務 task
136. 成 turn into
137. 期 period
138. 協 co-
139. 取 take
140. 都 metropolis
141. 和 harmony
142. 統 overall
143. 機 loom
144. 平 even
145. 総 general
146. 加 add
147. 受 accept
148. 区 ward
149. 領 jurisdiction
150. 県 prefecture
151. 続 continue
152. 進 advance
153. 設 establishment
154. 保 protect
155. 改 reformation
156. 数 number
157. 記 scribe
158. 初 first time
159. 指 finger
160. 権 authority
161. 支 branch
162. 第 No.
163. 産 products
164. 結 tie
165. 派 faction
166. 点 spot
167. 報 report
168. 済 settle (debt, etc.)
169. 府 borough
170. 活 lively
171. 原 meadow
172. 共 together
173. 得 gain
174. 解 unravel
175. 交 mingle
176. 資 assets
177. 予 beforehand
178. 向 yonder
179. 際 occasion
180. 査 investigate
181. 勝 victory
182. 面 mask
183. 委 committee
184. 告 revelation
185. 軍 army
186. 反 anti-
187. 判 judgement
188. 認 acknowledge
189. 参 nonplussed
190. 利 profit
191. 組 association
192. 案 plan
193. 信 faith
194. 策 scheme
195. 在 exist
196. 件 affair
197. 団 group
198. 側 side
199. 任 responsibility
200. 引 pull
201. 求 request
202. 所 place
203. 次 next
204. 昨 yesterday
205. 論 argument
206. 官 bureaucrat
207. 増 increase
208. 係 person in charge
209. 感 emotion
210. 情 feelings
211. 投 throw
212. 示 show
213. 変 unusual
214. 打 strike
215. 基 fundamentals
216. 各 each
217. 島 island
218. 直 straightaway
219. 両 both
220. 革 leather
221. 価 value
222. 式 style
223. 確 assurance
224. 村 village
225. 提 propose
226. 挙 raise
227. 果 fruit
228. 勢 forces
229. 減 dwindle
230. 容 contain
231. 必 invariably
232. 応 apply
233. 演 performance
234. 歳 year-end
235. 争 contend
236. 談 discuss
237. 能 ability
238. 無 nothingness
239. 再 again
240. 位 rank
241. 置 placement
242. 企 undertake
243. 流 current
244. 格 status
245. 疑 doubt
246. 過 overdo
247. 局 bureau
248. 放 set free
249. 税 tax
250. 検 examination
251. 藤 wisteria
252. 常 usual
253. 沢 swamp
254. 裁 tailor
255. 状 status quo
256. 球 ball
257. 営 camp
258. 職 post
259. 証 evidence
260. 与 bestow
261. 援 abet
262. 供 submit
263. 可 can
264. 役 duty
265. 構 posture
266. 割 proportion
267. 身 somebody
268. 費 expense
269. 付 adhere
270. 施 give
271. 由 wherefore
272. 説 opinion
273. 比 compare
274. 難 difficult
275. 防 ward off
276. 補 supplement
277. 優 tenderness
278. 夫 husband
279. 収 income
280. 断 severance
281. 井 well
282. 石 stone
283. 違 difference
284. 消 extinguish
285. 境 boundary
286. 神 gods
287. 番 turn
288. 規 standard
289. 術 art
290. 護 safeguard
291. 展 unfold
292. 態 attitude
293. 導 guidance
294. 鮮 fresh
295. 備 equip
296. 宅 home
297. 害 harm
298. 配 distribute
299. 副 vice-
300. 算 calculate
301. 視 inspection
302. 条 article
303. 幹 tree trunk
304. 独 single
305. 警 admonish
306. 宮 Shinto shrine
307. 育 bring up
308. 席 seat
309. 輸 transport
310. 訪 call on
311. 乗 ride
312. 述 mention
313. 残 remainder
314. 想 idea
315. 線 line
316. 率 ratio
317. 農 agriculture
318. 州 state
319. 武 warrior
320. 声 voice
321. 念 wish
322. 象 elephant
323. 域 range
324. 助 help
325. 労 labor
326. 例 example
327. 衛 defense
328. 然 sort of thing
329. 張 counter for bows & stringed instruments
330. 限 limit
331. 額 forehead
332. 監 oversee
333. 環 ring
334. 追 chase
335. 審 hearing
336. 商 make a deal
337. 葉 leaf
338. 義 righteousness
339. 伝 transmit
340. 働 work
341. 形 shape
342. 景 scenery
343. 落 fall
344. 欧 Europe
345. 担 shouldering
346. 好 fond
347. 退 retreat
348. 準 semi-
349. 賞 prize
350. 訴 accusation
351. 辺 environs
352. 造 create
353. 被 incur
354. 株 stocks
355. 頭 head
356. 技 skill
357. 低 lower
358. 復 restore
359. 姿 figure
360. 負 defeat
361. 閣 tower
362. 韓 Korea
363. 渡 transit
364. 失 lose
365. 移 shift
366. 差 distinction
367. 衆 masses
368. 個 individual
369. 門 gate
370. 評 evaluate