| 494 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 397 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 375 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1032 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5082 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 822 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 542 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1782 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1034 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1075 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 341 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 788 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3448 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1775 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2416 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1650 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10720 | Morohashi |
| 2775 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1897 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1635 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1763 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 409 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1014 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 悲 【ヒ】 karuna (compassion)
- 悲哀 【ヒアイ】 sorrow, grief, sadness
- 大慈大悲 【ダイジダイヒ】 great compassion and mercy
- 無慈悲 【ムジヒ】 merciless, ruthless, pitiless, unfeeling
Kun reading compounds
- 悲しい 【かなしい】 sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous
- 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
- 悲しむ 【かなしむ】 to be sad, to mourn for, to regret
- 悲しむべき境遇 【かなしむべききょうぐう】 pitiable condition
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- tristeza
- compasión
- triste
- estar triste
Portuguese
- célula de cadeia
- enlutar
- triste
- deplorar
- lamentar
French
- triste
- peine
- déplorer
- regret
| 1258 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k8.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 1133.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 60b2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
134 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 話 【ワ】 counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
- 話題 【ワダイ】 topic, subject, much talked about, topical, in the news, hot
- 懇話 【コンワ】 friendly talk, chat
- 秘話 【ヒワ】 secret story, unknown episode
Kun reading compounds
- 話す 【はなす】 to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat, to tell, to explain, to narrate, to mention, to describe, to discuss, to speak (a language)
- 話 【はなし】 talk, speech, chat, conversation, topic, subject, discussions, negotiation, argument, rumor, talk, hearsay, tale, story, fable, circumstances, particulars
- 話し合い 【はなしあい】 discussion, talk, tête-à-tête, conference
- いい話 【いいはなし】 good story, heartwarming story, good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
- 固い話 【かたいはなし】 serious topic (of conversation)
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cuento
- charla
- hablar
- narrar
Portuguese
- Conversar
- falar uma língua
- conto
French
- parler
- histoire
| 151 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 240 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 221 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 133 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4358 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 180 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 86 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 238 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 238 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 178 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1684 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1928 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1027 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1388 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 350 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35441 | Morohashi |
| 1527 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5608 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 344 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 368 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 125 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 229 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3077 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-6 | SKIP code |
| 0266.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a71 | Unicode hex code |