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has a Kanshudo usefulness of , which means it is among the most useful kanji in Japanese.

is one of the 138 kana characters, denoted with a usefulness rating of K. The kana are the most useful characters in Japanese, and we recommend you thoroughly learn all kana before progressing to kanji.

All kanji in our system are rated from 1-8, where 1 is the most useful. The 2136 Jōyō kanji have usefulness levels from 1 to 5, and are denoted with badges like this: 

The 138 kana are rated with usefulness K, and have a badge like this: 

All words in our system are rated from 1-12, where 1 is the most useful. Words with a usefulness level of 9 or better are amongst the most useful 50,000 words in Japanese, and have a colored badge in search results, eg:  

Many useful words have multiple forms, and less common forms have a badge that looks like this:  

For more details on Kanshudo usefulness levels and how to use them for your studies, read our comprehensive guide, How to prioritize Japanese vocabulary to study.

Kanshudo displays a badge indicating which level of the JLPT words might come up in - N5 (the first and easiest level) through to N1 (the highest). There are no official lists of JLPT vocab, so this analysis is based on past test papers.

You can use Kanshudo to study words and kanji for the JLPT. Check out our 84 collections of Japanese words by JLPT level, or our 22 collections of kanji by JLPT level.