Remembering The Kanji List

Just a placeholder for now. This page will contain a list of the Kanjis from Heisig's book(s) called "Remembering The Kanji", it will allow you to quickly find a kanji by keyword/meaning or by number.

Codes And Their Meaning

(*baseball) Words like this with a star in paranthesis describes the primitive meaning according to Heisig, not the actual meaning of the Kanji itself.

Heisig 0001-0250

０００１　一　one
０００２　二　two
０００３　三　three
０００４　四　four
０００５　五　five
０００６　六　six
０００７　七　seven
０００８　八　eight
０００９　九　nine (*baseball)
００１０　十　ten
００１１　口　mouth
００１２　日　day
００１３　月　month
００１４　田　rice field
００１５　目　eye
００１６　古　old
００１７　吾　I
００１８　冒　risk
００１９　朋　companion
００２０　明　bright
００２１　唱　chant
００２２　晶　sparkle
００２３　品　goods
００２４　呂　spine
００２５　昌　prosperous
００２６　早　early
００２７　旭　rising sun
００２８　世　generation
００２９　胃　stomach
００３０　旦　nightbreak
００３１　胆　gall bladder
００３２　亘　span
００３３　凹　concave
００３４　凸　convex
００３５　旧　olden days
００３６　自　oneself
００３７　白　white
００３８　百　hundred
００３９　中　in
００４０　千　thousand
００４１　舌　tongue
００４２　升　measuring box
００４３　昇　rise up
００４４　丸　round
００４５　寸　measurement
００４６　専　specialty
００４７　博　Dr.
００４８　占　fortune telling
００４９　上　above
００５０　下　below
００５１　卓　eminent
００５２　朝　morning
００５３　只　only
００５４　貝　shellfish
００５５　貞　upright
００５６　員　employee
００５７　見　see
００５８　児　newborn babe
００５９　元　beginning
００６０　頁　page (*head)
００６１　頑　stubborn
００６２　凡　mediocre
００６３　負　defeat
００６４　万　ten thousand
００６５　句　phrase
００６６　肌　texture
００６７　旬　decameron
００６８　勺　ladle
００６９　的　bull's eye
００７０　首　neck
００７１　乙　fishguts
００７２　乱　riot
００７３　直　straightaway
００７４　具　tool
００７５　真　true
００７６　工　craft
００７７　左　left
００７８　右　right
００７９　有　possess
００８０　賄　bribe
００８１　貢　tribute
００８２　項　paragraph
００８３　刀　sword
００８４　刃　blade
００８５　切　cut
００８６　召　seduce
００８７　昭　shining
００８８　則　rule
００８９　副　vice
００９０　別　separate
００９１　丁　street (+*nail or spike)
００９２　町　village
００９３　可　can
００９４　頂　place on the head
００９５　子　child
００９６　孔　cavity
００９７　了　complete
００９８　女　woman
００９９　好　fond
０１００　如　likeness
０１０１　母　mama / mother
０１０２　貫　pierce
０１０３　兄　elder brother (*teenager)
０１０４　克　overcome
０１０５　小　little
０１０６　少　few
０１０７　大　large (St. Bernard dog)
０１０８　多　many
０１０９　夕　evening
０１１０　汐　eventide
０１１１　外　outside
０１１２　名　name
０１１３　石　stone (*stone/rocks)
０１１４　肖　resemblance (*spark or candle)
０１１５　硝　nitrate
０１１６　砕　smash
０１１７　砂　sand
０１１８　削　plane
０１１９　光　ray
０１２０　太　plump
０１２１　器　utensil
０１２２　臭　stinking
０１２３　妙　exquisite
０１２４　省　focus
０１２５　厚　thick
０１２６　奇　strange
０１２７　川　stream (+flood)
０１２８　州　state
０１２９　順　obey
０１３０　水　water
０１３１　氷　icicle
０１３２　永　eternity
０１３３　泉　spring
０１３４　原　meadow
０１３５　願　petition
０１３６　泳　swim
０１３７　沼　marsh
０１３８　沖　open sea
０１３９　江　creek
０１４０　汁　soup
０１４１　潮　tide
０１４２　源　source
０１４３　活　lively
０１４４　消　extinguish
０１４５　況　but of course
０１４６　河　river
０１４７　泊　overnight
０１４８　湖　lake
０１４９　測　fathom
０１５０　土　soil (+*dirt, ground, land)
０１５１　吐　spit
０１５２　圧　pressure
０１５３　埼　cape
０１５４　垣　hedge
０１５５　圭　squared jewel (*ivy)
０１５６　封　seal
０１５７　涯　horizon
０１５８　寺　Buddhist temple
０１５９　時　time
０１６０　均　level
０１６１　火　fire (*fireplace/hearth/conflagration) 
０１６１　火　fire (*when at bottom ovenfire, cauldron, cooking fire, flames) 
０１６２　炎　inflammation
０１６３　煩　anxiety
０１６４　淡　thin
０１６５　灯　lamp
０１６６　畑　farm
０１６７　災　disaster
０１６８　灰　ashes
０１６９　点　spot
０１７０　照　illuminate
０１７１　魚　fish
０１７２　漁　fishing
０１７３　里　ri (*computer)
０１７４　黒　black
０１７５　墨　black ink
０１７６　鯉　carp
０１７７　量　quantity
０１７８　厘　rin
０１７９　埋　bury
０１８０　同　same (+*monks dressed in a common habit)
０１８１　洞　den
０１８２　胴　trunk
０１８３　向　yonder
０１８４　尚　esteem
０１８５　字　character
０１８６　守　guard
０１８７　完　perfect
０１８８　宣　proclaim
０１８９　宵　wee hours
０１９０　安　relax
０１９１　宴　banquet
０１９２　寄　draw near
０１９３　富　wealth
０１９４　貯　savings
０１９５　木　tree (*wood, in diff shape: also pole/wooden pole)
０１９６　林　grove
０１９７　森　forest
０１９８　桂　Japanese Judas-tree
０１９９　柏　oak
０２００　枠　frame
０２０１　梢　treetops
０２０２　棚　shelf
０２０３　杏　apricot
０２０４　桐　paulownia
０２０５　植　plant
０２０６　枯　wither
０２０７　朴　crude
０２０８　村　town
０２０９　相　inter-
０２１０　机　desk
０２１１　本　book
０２１２　札　tag
０２１３　暦　calendar
０２１４　案　plan
０２１５　燥　parch
０２１６　未　not yet
０２１７　末　extremity
０２１８　沫　splash
０２１９　味　flavor
０２２０　妹　younger sister
０２２１　朱　vermilion
０２２２　株　stocks
０２２３　若　young
０２２４　草　grass
０２２５　苦　suffering
０２２６　寛　tolerant
０２２７　薄　dilute
０２２８　葉　leaf
０２２９　模　imitation
０２３０　漠　vague
０２３１　墓　grave
０２３２　暮　livelihood
０２３３　膜　membrane
０２３４　苗　seedling
０２３５　兆　portent (*full form=portent, left half=turtle)
０２３６　桃　peach tree
０２３７　眺　stare
０２３８　犬　dog (*chihuahua, small dog. In other form: pack of wild dogs)
０２３９　状　status quo
０２４０　黙　silence
０２４１　然　sort of thing
０２４２　荻　reed
０２４３　狩　hunt
０２４４　猫　cat
０２４５　牛　cow
０２４６　特　special
０２４７　告　revelation
０２４８　先　before
０２４９　洗　wash
０２５０　介　jammed in

Heisig 0251-0500

　０２５１　界　world 　０２５２　茶　tea 　０２５３　合　fit 　０２５４　塔　pagoda 　０２５５　王　king (king/scepter) 　０２５６　玉　jewel (*jewel/ball, lacks dot when on left in a kanji) 　０２５７　宝　treasure 　０２５８　珠　pearl 　０２５９　現　present 　０２６０　狂　lunatic 　０２６１　皇　emperor 　０２６２　呈　display 　０２６３　全　whole 　０２６４　栓　plug 　０２６５　理　logic 　０２６６　主　lord (*candlestick) 　０２６７　注　pour 　０２６８　柱　pillar 　０２６９　金　gold (+metal) 　０２７０　銑　pig iron 　０２７１　鉢　bowl 　０２７２　銅　copper 　０２７３　釣　angling 　０２７４　針　needle 　０２７５　銘　Inscription 　０２７６　鎮　tranquilize　 　０２７７　道　road-way 　０２７８　珍　guidance 　０２７９　辻　crossing 　０２８０　迅　swift 　０２８１　造　create 　０２８２　迫　urge 　０２８３　逃　escape 　０２８４　辺　environs 　０２８５　巡　patrol 　０２８６　車　car 　０２８７　連　take along (ie: bring someone along) 　０２８８　軌　rut (slentrian, köra fast) 　０２８９　輸　transport 　０２９０　前　in front 　０２９１　各　each 　０２９２　格　status 　０２９３　略　abbreviation 　０２９４　客　guest 　０２９５　額　forehead 　０２９６　夏　summer 　０２９７　処　dispose 　０２９８　条　twig (article, clause, item) 　０２９９　落　fall 　０３００　冗　superfluous 　０３０１　軍　army 　０３０２　輝　radiance 　０３０３　運　carry 　０３０４　冠　crown 　０３０５　夢　dream 　０３０６　坑　pit (deep pit etc.) 　０３０７　高　tall 　０３０８　享　receive 　０３０９　塾　cram school 　０３１０　熟　mellow 　０３１１　亭　pavilion 　０３１２　京　capital (capital city) 　０３１３　涼　refreshing 　０３１４　景　scenery 　０３１５　鯨　whale 　０３１６　舎　cottage 　０３１７　周　circumference (+*lap) 　０３１８　週　week 　０３１９　士　gentleman (*samurai) 　０３２０　吉　good luck (*aerosol can) 　０３２１　壮　robust 　０３２２　荘　villa 　０３２３　売　sell 　０３２４　学　study 　０３２５　覚　memorize 　０３２６　栄　flourish 　０３２７　書　write 　０３２８　津　haven 　０３２９　牧　breed 　０３３０　攻　aggression 　０３３１　敗　failure 　０３３２　枚　a sheet of 　０３３３　故　happenstance 　０３３４　敬　awe 　０３３５　言　say (*saying, speech, words) 　０３３６　警　admonish 　０３３７　計　plot 　０３３８　獄　prison 　０３３９　訂　revise 　０３４０　討　chastise 　０３４１　訓　instruction 　０３４２　詔　imperial edict 　０３４３　詰　packed 　０３４４　話　tale 　０３４５　詠　recitation 　０３４６　詩　poem 　０３４７　語　word 　０３４８　読　read 　０３４９　調　tune 　０３５０　談　discuss 　０３５１　諾　consent 　０３５２　諭　rebuke (tillrättavisa, banna) 　０３５３　式　style 　０３５４　試　test 　０３５５　弐　two 　０３５６　域　range 　０３５７　賊　burglar 　０３５８　栽　plantation 　０３５９　載　load (ride in edict) 　０３６０　茂　overgrown 　０３６１　成　turn into 　０３６２　城　castle 　０３６３　誠　sincerity 　０３６４　威　intimidate 　０３６５　滅　destroy 　０３６６　減　dwindle 　０３６７　桟　scaffold 　０３６８　銭　coin 　０３６９　浅　shallow 　０３７０　止　stop (*footprint) 　０３７１　歩　walk 　０３７２　渉　ford 　０３７３　頻　repeatedly 　０３７４　肯　agreement 　０３７５　企　undertake 　０３７６　歴　curriculum 　０３７７　武　warrior 　０３７８　賦　levy 　０３７９　正　correct 　０３８０　証　evidence 　０３８１　政　politics 　０３８２　定　determine 　０３８３　錠　lock 　０３８４　走　run 　０３８５　超　transcend 　０３８６　赴　proceed 　０３８７　越　surpass 　０３８８　是　just so 　０３８９　題　topic 　０３９０　堤　dike 　０３９１　建　build 　０３９２　延　prolong 　０３９３　誕　nativity 　０３９４　礎　cornerstone 　０３９５　婿　bridegroom 　０３９６　衣　garment 　０３９７　裁　tailor 　０３９８　装　attire 　０３９９　裏　back 　０４００　壊　demolition 　０４０１　哀　pathetic 　０４０２　遠　distant 　０４０３　猿　monkey 　０４０４　初　first time 　０４０５　布　linen 　０４０６　帆　sail 　０４０７　幅　hanging scroll 　０４０８　帽　cap 　０４０９　幕　curtain 　０４１０　幌　canopy 　０４１１　錦　brocade 　０４１２　市　market 　０４１３　姉　elder sister 　０４１４　肺　lungs 　０４１５　帯　sash 　０４１６　滞　stagnate 　０４１７　刺　thorn 　０４１８　制　system 　０４１９　製　made in ... 　０４２０　転　revolve 　０４２１　芸　technique 　０４２２　雨　rain (*+weather) 　０４２３　雲　cloud 　０４２４　曇　cloudy weather 　０４２５　雷　thunder 　０４２６　霜　frost 　０４２７　冬　winter 　０４２８　天　heavens (+*heaven) 　０４２９　橋　bridge 　０４３０　嬌　attractive 　０４３１　立　stand up (+*vase) 　０４３２　泣　cry 　０４３３　章　badge　 　０４３４　競　vie 　０４３５　帝　sovereign 　０４３６　童　juvenile 　０４３７　瞳　pupil 　０４３８　鐘　bell 　０４３９　商　make a deal 　０４４０　嫡　legitimate wife 　０４４１　適　suitable 　０４４２　滴　drip 　０４４３　敵　enemy 　０４４４　匕　spoon (+*someone sitting on ground) 　０４４５　北　north 　０４４６　背 stature 　０４４７　比　compare 　０４４８　昆　descendants 　０４４９　皆　all 　０４５０　混　mix 　０４５１　渇　thirst 　０４５２　謁　audience 　０４５３　褐　brown 　０４５４　喝　hoarse 　０４５５　旨　delicious 　０４５６　脂　fat 　０４５７　壱　I (one) 　０４５８　毎　every 　０４５９　敏　cleverness 　０４６０　梅　plum 　０４６１　海　sea 　０４６２　乞　beg 　０４６３　乾　drought (torka, regnbrist) 　０４６４　腹　abdomen 　０４６５　複　duplicate 　０４６６　欠　lack (*yawn or lack) 　０４６７　吹　blow　 　０４６８　炊　cook 　０４６９　歌　song 　０４７０　軟　soft 　０４７１　次　next (*second) 　０４７２　茨　briar 　０４７３　資　assets 　０４７４　姿　figure 　０４７５　諮　consult with 　０４７６　賠　compensation 　０４７７　培　cultivate 　０４７８　剖　divide 　０４７９　音　sound 　０４８０　暗　darkness 　０４８１　韻　rhyme (rim/vers) 　０４８２　識　discriminating (right primitive is kazoo) 　０４８３　鏡　mirror 　０４８４　境　boundary 　０４８５　亡　perish (+*deceased) 　０４８６　盲　blind 　０４８７　妄　delusion 　０４８８　荒　laid waste 　０４８９　望　ambition 　０４９０　方　direction (*compass) 　０４９１　妨　disturb 　０４９２　坊　boy 　０４９３　芳　perfumed 　０４９４　肪　obese 　０４９５　訪　call on 　０４９６　放　set free 　０４９７　激　violent 　　　　　　兌　devil 　０４９８　脱　undress 　０４９９　説　rumor 　０５００　鋭　pointed