WaniKani Extra (more Readings and Meanings for existing Kanji ☝)

Level 46

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (さる)

    • エン
      • 猿人(えんじん),     野猿(やえん),     三猿(さんえん)
      • 犬猿(けんえん)(なか)
      • 意馬心猿(いばしんえん)
      • 猿猴月(えんこうつき)()
  • (たんれん)

    • 鍛冶(かじ)
  • (とう)

    • (むね)
      • 棟上(むねあ)(しき),     棟割長屋(むねわりながや),     寄棟造(よりむねづくり)
      • 棟木(むなぎ)
    • More vocabularies
      • 棟梁(とうりょう)

Level 47

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (きり)

      • 霧散(むさん)
  • (とつじょ)

    • ニョ
      • 如実(にょじつ),     不如意(ふにょい)
    • (ごと)
  • (くちびる)

    • シン
      • 読唇術(どくしんじゅつ)
      • 口唇音(こうしんおん)

Level 48

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (てちょう)

    • notebook / veil
    • veil
      • チョウ
        • 几帳(きちょう),     開帳(かいちょう),     紙帳(しちょう)
      • (とばり)
      • 蚊帳(かや) (in WaniKani)
  • (へび)

    • ジャ
      • 蛇口(じゃぐち),     大蛇(だいじゃ)
      • (じゃ)(みち)(へび)
      • 蛇行(だこう),     長蛇(ちょうだ)(れつ)
      • 蛇足(だそく)
      • 竜頭蛇尾(りゅうとうだび)

Level 49

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (かいたく)

    • (ひら)
  • (むぼう)

    • 謀反(むほん)
  • (おうひ)

    • (きさき)
  • (とうき)

    • burn in (from making of pottery)
      • 陶冶(とうや),     薫陶(くんとう)
    • gloomy
      • 鬱陶(うっとう)しい
    • entranced
      • 陶酔(とうすい)
  • (こうち)

    • (こだわ)る,     (こだわ)
    • (かか)わらず
    • (かかず)らう ( (かかず)()う)

Level 50

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (ふんき)

    • (ふる)
      • (ふる)()こす
      • (ふる)()
  • (せき)

    • ()
      • ()()める
    • エン
      • 堰堤(えんてい)
  • (れんぽう)

    • More vocab
      • 最高峰(さいこうほう)
  • (こうごう)

    • (きさき)
  • (はあく)

    • 把手(とって)
    • More vocab
      • 大雑把(おおざっぱ)

Level 51

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • ()
    • (いつく)しむ

Level 52

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
    • (Frostbite)
      • to dawdle (?)
      • to endure / to be torn down
      • => *(しの)
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (さっ)

    • More vocabularies
      • 颯爽(さっそう)
  • (しさ)

    • (そそのか)

Level 53

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (ひじゅん)

    • Semi
      • (じゅん)(きょう)(じゅ)
    • Allowing; letting pass
      • 批准(ひじゅん) (already in WaniKani)
  • (もうこ)

    • (こうむ)
  • (あけぼの)

    • ショ
      • 曙光(しょこう)
  • (ちょうだい)

    • More vocabularies (タイ)
      • 戴冠式(たいかんしき),     推戴(すいたい)
      • 不倶戴天(ふぐたいてん)(てき)
  • (りょうかい)

    • Non-proper nouns
      • 諒解(りょうかい),     諒承(りょうしょう)

Level 54

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (しっかん)

  • (くき)

    • ケイ
      • 陰茎(いんけい),     根茎(こんけい),     花茎(かけい)
  • (ゆうかい)

    • (さら)
    • (かどわ)かす
  • (どうよう)

    • (うたい)
      • 素謡(すうたい),     地謡(じうたい)
  • (げいは)   ((くじら))

    • 鯨波(げいは)

Level 55

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (もちろん)

    • (なか)
  • (ふにん)

    • (おもむ)

Level 56

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (ちゅうい)

    • More vocabularies
      • (じゅん)()
  • (こくもつ)

    • 穀潰(ごくつぶ)
  • (うやうや)しい

    • キョウ
      • 恭順(きょうじゅん)

Level 57

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (じょうせい)

    • More vocabularies
      • (かも)()
  • (たくや)

    • サイ
      • 快哉(かいさい)
    • (かな)

Level 58

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (おだく)

    • More vocabularies
      • 連濁(れんだく),     濁点(だくてん),     濁音(だくおん)
  • (しの)

    • リョウ
      • 凌駕(りょうが),     凌雲(りょううん)
  • (きょうじゅ)

    • ()ける
    • More vocabularies
      • 享楽(きょうらく)
  • (ようしゃ)

    • (ゆる)
      • (ゆる)して(くだ)さい

Level 59

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

  • (あこが)

    • ショウ
      • 憧憬(しょうけい)
    • ドウ
      • 憧憬(どうけい)
  • (ちゅうとん)

    • (たむろ),     (たむろ)する
  • (きとく)

    • (あつ)
  • (すうはい)

    • (たた)
    • (あが)める

Level 60

Radicals

  • Different Kanji meaning
  • Upper level Kanji
  • Non-Wanikani Kanji
  • Traditional radicals, non-Kanji
  • Non-Kanji, non-radicals
  • Images
  • Same level Kanji
  • Lower level Kanji

Kanji

I would probably add vocabularies in two ways.

  • By level as I go though WaniKani
    • I thought about stop doing this as well, but sometimes it’s just 許せない.
  • Sporadically from reading

Probably anyone can add, as I made every level a Wiki.

Really wish this one was on WK! Got very confused when I met it in the wild, that 天 could have another reading. I feel like it’s a common enough word that it’s worth teaching too, seeing as all the planets are already taught.

Image radicals might be particularly interesting to suggest more. Copied from here – A list of kanji with common components that aren't Wanikani radicals

Level 1-10

Level 11-20

Level 21-30

Level 31-40

Level 41-50

Level 51-60

Extras



  1. Broken center

    • When a person is hooked, he is broken in the center (央).
    • (けつ)だん - decide, 8 = (さんずい) + Broken center
    • けい(かい) - pleasant, 30 = (りっしんべん) + Broken center
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  2. Standing tree

    • (しん)せん - new, 9 = Standing tree + (おの)
    • りょう(しん) - parent, 10 = Standing tree + ()
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  3. Horns on the heaven

    • Chinese simplification of (かん)れん
    • ほう(そう) - send, 9 = (しんにょう) + Horns on the heaven
    • (かん)れん - related, 16 = (もん) + Horns on the heaven
    • ()く - blossom, 48 = (くち) + Horns on the heaven
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  4. Stamping stool

    • (ふく) - clothes, 9 = (にくづき) + Stamping stool
    • (ほう)こく - news, 18 = (しあわ)せ + Stamping stool
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  5. World tree

    • ()っぱ - leaf, 10 = (くさかんむり) + world-tree
    • (しゃべ)る - chat, 35 = (くち) + world-tree
    • (ちょう) - butterfly, 56 = (むし) + world-tree
    • (ちょう)ほう - spy = ()う + world-tree
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  6. Low ground

    • さい(さい) - low, 11 = (にんべん) + low-ground
    • (そこ) - bottom, 17 = 广(まだれ) + low-ground
    • (てい)こう - resist, 37 = (てへん) + low-ground
    • (てい)たく - residence, 51 = low-ground + (おおざと)
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  7. Pi tree

    • (しん)ど - deep, 12 = (さんずい) + Pi tree
    • (たん)さく - look for, 31 = (てへん) + Pi tree
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  8. Flow

    • It sucks to know that all rivers flows, but the way to know that, is that there are trashes flowing on it.
    • (りゅう)こう - stream, 12 = (さんずい) + Flow
    • (りゅう)さん - sulfur, 58 = (いし) + Flow
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  9. Triple power

    • (きょう)りょく - cooperation, 14 = (じゅう) + Triple power
    • (わき) - armpit, 48 = (にくづき) + Triple power
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  10. Turkey fighter

    • Turkey with two wolverine claws above his head, ready for a fight.
    • (よう)び - weekday, 16 = () + Turkey fighter
    • (やく) - leap, 39 = 𧾷(あしへん) + Turkey fighter
    • せん(たく) - wash, 51 = (さんずい) + Turkey fighter
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  11. Hooked arrow

    • いん(こう) - throat, 18 = (くち) + ((にんべん) + Hooked arrow)
    • (こう) - climate, 25 = (leader + stick) + Hooked arrow
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  12. Open box of concerns

    • Treasure chest is opened, and grass came out - isn’t that an open box of concerns?
    • (のう) - brain, 18 = (にくづき) + Open box of concerns
    • (なや)み - worry, 27 = (りっしんべん) + Open box of concerns
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  13. Historical forest

    • Not to be confused with たい() = dotted version
    • (れき)し - continuation, 19 = Historical forest + ()める
    • せい(れき) - calendar, 45 = Historical forest + ()
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  14. Rice on the lion

    • せつ(だん) - cut off, 21 = Rice on the lion + (おの)
    • (けい)ぞく - inherit, 36 = (いと) + Rice on the lion
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  15. Capped turkey

    • Capped rather than a hat, although it is called “arrow” in WaniKani.
    • A turkey get shot by an arrow on its head, so he needs to hide the wound with a cap.
    • (けん)り - rights, 21 = () + Capped turkey
    • (かん)さつ - view, 22 = Capped turkey + ()
    • (かん)せい - delight, 34 = Capped turkey + ()かす
    • (かん)こく - recommend, 39 = Capped turkey + (ちから)
    • (つる) - crane, 49 = Capped turkey + (とり)
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  16. Public heart

    • (そう)さい - whole, 21 = (いと) + public-heart
    • (そう)めい - wise, 51 = (みみ) + public-heart
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  17. Cliff tofu

    • () - sect, 21 = (さんずい) + cliff-tofu
    • (みゃく) - vein, 31 = (にくづき) + cliff-tofu
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  18. Wolverine on the stool

    • Where’s wolverine? He is on the stool’s forehead!
    • ()る - lie down, 22 = roof + (icicle + Wolverine on the stool)
    • (しん)にゅう - invade, 41 = (にんべん) + Wolverine on the stool
    • (しん)すい - immersed, 49 = (さんずい) + Wolverine on the stool
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  19. Drunkard holding a cross

    • Drunkard holding a cross high.
    • (さい)ばん - judge, 23 = (ころも) + Drunkard holding a cross
    • けい(さい) - publish, 24 = (くるま) + Drunkard holding a cross
    • ちょう(だい) - receive, 53 = (こと)なる + Drunkard holding a cross
    • (せん)い - fiber, 53 = (いと) + (spikes + Drunkard holding a cross)
    • (さい)ばい - planting, 54 = () + Drunkard holding a cross
    • たく() - question mark, 57 = (くち) + Drunkard holding a cross
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  20. Narrow RHS

    • RHS - right hand side. I might also use LHS (left hand side) later.
    • (せま)い - narrow, 24 = (けものへん) + Narrow RHS
    • (はさ)む - between, 51 = (てへん) + Narrow RHS
    • (きょう)こく - ravine, 57 = (やま) + Narrow RHS
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  21. Net zombie

    • (かん)きょう - loop, 24 = (おう) + net-zombie
    • せい(かん) - send back, 38 = (しんにょう) + net-zombie
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  22. Hidden RHS

    • Why hidden? Because it rolls with the tongue better.
    • (いん)たい - hide, 25 = (こざとへん) + Hidden RHS
    • へい(おん) - calm, 46 = (いね) + Hidden RHS
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  23. Humbly sit

    • Humbly sit on the stool.
    • (そう)さく - search, 25 = (てへん) + Humbly sit
    • (そう)しん - thin, 34 = (やまいだれ) + Humbly sit
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  24. Windblown hat

    • The wind is so strong that it blows your hair under that.
    • (しん)さつ - diagnose, 29 = ()う + Windblown hat
    • (ちん)み - rare, 43 = (おう) + Windblown hat
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  25. Servant stool

    • (きん)ちょう - tense, 29 = servant-stool + (いと)
    • (かた)い - solid, 42 = servant-stool + (つち)
    • (けん)めい - clever, 48 = servant-stool + (かい)
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  26. Kind clothes

    • (かい) - break, 29 = (つち) + Kind clothes
    • (なつ)かしい - nostalgia, 30 = (りっしんべん) + Kind clothes
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  27. Kind heart

    • A kind soldier, crossing the net to save us.
    • ぜん(とく) - virtue, 31 = (ぎょうにんべん) + Kind heart
    • (ちょう)もん - listen, 37 = (みみ) + Kind heart
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  28. Safety roof

    • Putting on a better roof makes it certain to be safe (in an earthquake).
    • おん(みつ) - secrecy, 32 = Safety roof + (やま)
    • はち(みつ) - honey, 41 = Safety roof + (むし)
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  29. Samurai jackhammer

    • (どれい) - slave, 34 = Samurai jackhammer + (れいづくり)
    • やっ(かん) - article, 60 = Samurai jackhammer + ()かす
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  30. Horned lantern

    • Chinese simplification of 併
    • (へい)ごう - join, 38 = (にんべん) + Horned lantern
    • (もち) - mochi, 42 = ()べる + Horned lantern
    • (びん) - bottle, 51 = Horned lantern + (かわら)
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  31. Big turkey

    • (うば)う - rob, 39 = big-turkey + (すん)
    • (ふん)ぱつ - stirred up, 50 = big-turkey + ()んぼ
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  32. Suitable flowery crown

    • (とう) - tower, 44 = (つち) + Suitable flowery crown
    • (とう)さい - board, 53 = (てへん) + Suitable flowery crown
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  33. Sun over spikes

    • 湿(しつ)げん - damp, 45 = (さんずい) + Sun over spikes
    • (けん)げん - appear, 54 = Sun over spikes + (ぺーじ)
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  34. I have a scooter

    • (ずい)ぶん - all, 53 = (こざとへん) + have-scooter
    • こつ(ずい) - marrow, 55 = (ほね) + have-scooter
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  35. Faithful husband

    • A husband let himself being stepped on by a cleat (of his wife), because he is faithful enough.
    • (けい)らん - chicken, 58 = Faithful husband + (とり)
    • (けい)こく - valley, 60 = (さんずい) + Faithful husband
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Renamed Kanji / printable characters

Level 21-30



  1. Tool of the slave

    • けん(こう) - ease, 27 = 广(まだれ)   +   (れいづくり)
    • (れい) - slave, 34 = Samurai jackhammer + (れいづくり)
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