JLPT N4 Kanij List - All 176 Characters You Need To Know

After mastering the JLPT N5 kanji, you're ready to take your Japanese kanji game to the next level. JLPT N4. Let's go.

How Many Kanji For JLPT N4?

As usual, the JLPT official organizers do not have a specific list of kanji they publicly share with the public. Which kanji and how many are in the test vary from one year to another. 

But on average, JLPT N4 contains around two times more new kanji to learn than in JLPT N5. You had between 80 and 100 kanji in JLPT N5 (our list contains 112 common kanji to make sure you're totally covered). In JLPT N4 you'll need double, meaning around 180 kanji.

Our N4 list below contains 176 kanji. With the 112 you learned in our N5 list, you'll know 288 kanji. With this amount of kanji, you should be able to read around 50% of texts in Japanese.

How to Memorize Kanji Fast

If you've already learned N5 kanji, you know it takes time and a lot of repetition before finally remembering the kanji.

You more consistent you are, the more you see the kanji, and the faster you will remember them. You need a way to constantly review them to be able to memorize them little by little.

This is why we created a JLPT N4 kanji poster with all N4 kanji, their English meaning, and Onyomi and Kunyomi readings. This way you can keep your kanji in front of your eyes and study without even opening an app or a textbook. If you don't remember a kanji, you can take a quick look at your poster to help.

The poster is now available and shipping worldwide.

You can order the N4 kanji poster from this page.

And without further ado, here is the list of all the kanji you need to reach JLPT N4 level: