JLPT N4 Kanji · Story Method · Free

170 N4 Kanji
taught through story

Every kanji here has a cinematic mnemonic, named radicals, a reading hook, and a real example sentence. No rote memorisation — you learn by watching the character come alive.

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一
See the story

Every N4 kanji has a vivid 2-3 sentence mnemonic built around its radicals. The kanji becomes a scene you can picture, not a shape you have to memorise.

二
Hook the reading

A separate character-name sound hook locks the reading into your memory — so you never confuse 思 (omou) with 使 (tsukau) again.

三
See it in real Japanese

Every entry includes a real example sentence with translation plus three vocabulary words the kanji appears in — so you can read it the moment you meet it in the wild.

All 170 N4 kanji — organised by radical

Master one radical and unlock every kanji built from it. The 口 (mouth) radical alone reveals 10 N4 kanji at once.

海sea
体body
心heart
始begin
終end
持hold
歩walk
待wait
立stand
思think
使use
作make
買buy
売sell
親parent
族tribe
自self
強strong
広wide
明bright
朝morning
昼noon
夜night
注pour
春spring
夏summer
秋autumn
冬winter
兄older brother
姉older sister
弟younger brother
妹younger sister
知know
帰return
住live
起wake up
借borrow
貸lend
教teach
習learn
答answer
集gather
切cut
開open
走run
魚fish
鳥bird
牛cow
肉meat
茶tea
重heavy
院institution
室room
公public
場place
館hall
屋shop
紙paper
字character
質quality
試try
計measure
空sky
花flower
風wind
飲drink
新new
古old
駅station
赤red
青blue
週week
言say
手hand
者person
事thing
会meet
家house
的target
方direction
地ground
目eye
代replace
私I
物thing
田rice field
動move
社company
理reason
同same
発depart
世world
度degree
力power
意meaning
用use
主master
通pass through
文literature
業business
道road
身body
不not
口mouth
多many
野field
考think
近near
以by means of
問question
正correct
真true
味taste
界world
無nothing
少few
員member
画picture
死death
安peace
題topic
仕serve
京capital
足foot
品goods
着wear
別separate
音sound
元origin
特special
有exist
運carry
料fee
楽fun
色color
悪bad
店shop
町town
送send
映project
病illness
早early
台platform
可possible
建build
転revolve
医medicine
止stop
工craft
急urgent
図diagram
黒black
英England
歌song
旅travel
験test
写copy
去leave
研research
服clothes
銀silver
究investigate
洋ocean
堂hall
犬dog
夕evening
飯cooked rice
曜day of week
漢China
勉effort