| 90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 29 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 34 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 17 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 97 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 40 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 21 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 523 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 53 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 53 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 185 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 174 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4310 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2180 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2934 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 774 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1811 | Morohashi |
| 3498 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 445 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 767 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 829 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 8 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 41 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
13 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 出 【シュツ】 coming out, emerging, being born into (a certain family), being a native of (a particular place)
- 出演 【シュツエン】 appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.), performance
- 輩出 【ハイシュツ】 producing (people) in great numbers, appearing one after the other
- 歳出 【サイシュツ】 annual expenditure
- 出納 【スイトウ】 receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
- 出納簿 【スイトウボ】 cashbook
Kun reading compounds
- 出る 【でる】 to leave, to exit, to go out, to come out, to get out, to leave (on a journey), to depart, to start out, to set out, to move forward, to come to, to get to, to lead to, to reach, to appear, to come out, to emerge, to surface, to come forth, to turn up, to be found, to be detected, to be discovered, to be exposed, to show, to be exhibited, to be on display, to appear (in print), to be published, to be announced, to be issued, to be listed, to come out, to attend, to participate, to take part, to enter (an event), to play in, to perform, to be stated, to be expressed, to come up, to be brought up, to be raised, to sell, to exceed, to go over, to stick out, to protrude, to break out, to occur, to start, to originate, to be produced, to come from, to be derived from, to be given, to get, to receive, to be offered, to be provided, to be presented, to be submitted, to be handed in, to be turned in, to be paid, to answer (phone, door, etc.), to get, to assume (an attitude), to act, to behave, to pick up (speed, etc.), to gain, to flow (e.g. tears), to run, to bleed, to graduate, to ejaculate, to cum
- 出る杭は打たれる 【でるくいはうたれる】 the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, people that stick out too much get punished, tall trees catch much wind, people that excel at something become disliked
- 出す 【だす】 to take out, to get out, to put out, to reveal, to show, to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in, to publish, to make public, to send (e.g. letter), to produce (a sound), to start (fire), to serve (food), ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out), to begin ..., to start to ..., to burst into ...
- 出すことは舌を出すも嫌い 【だすことはしたをだすもきらい】 being exceptionally stingy
- 出でる 【いでる】 to go, to come
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いず、 いづ、 いで、 じ、 すっ、 すつ、 てん
- Korean:
- chul, chu
Spanish
- salir
- dejar
- sacar
Portuguese
- saída
- deixa
French
- sortir
- quitter
- présence
| 1276 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2277.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51fa | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
102 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 来 【ライ】 next (year, spring, etc.), coming, since (e.g. last month), for (e.g. 20 years)
- 来客 【ライキャク】 visitor, caller
- 在来 【ザイライ】 pre-existing, already there, conventional
- 再来 【サイライ】 return, coming back, second coming (e.g. of Christ), second advent, reincarnation
Kun reading compounds
- 来る 【くる】 to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive, to come back, to do ... and come back, to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue, to come from, to be caused by, to derive from, to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
- 来る年 【くるとし】 the coming year
- 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
- 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
- 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
- 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
- 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
- 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
- 来合わせる 【きあわせる】 to happen to come along
- 来掛かる 【きかかる】 to happen to come
- 不出来 【ふでき】 bad job, poor workmanship, bungle
- 行ってき 【いってき】 bye, see ya (afterwards), have fun, get going, now
- 来い 【こい】 come!, come on!
- 来し方 【きしかた】 the past
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くり、 くる、 ごろ、 さ
- Korean:
- rae
Spanish
- venir
- llegar
- acercarse
- aproximarse
Portuguese
- Vir
- devido
- próximo
- causa
- tornar-se
French
- venir
- dû à
- suivant
- causer
- devenir
| 147 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 237 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 217 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 113 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 202 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 25 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 62 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 538 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 69 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 133 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 36 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4366 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2211 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2975 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1902 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14489 | Morohashi |
| 3551 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2565 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1884 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2029 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 27 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 153 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1464 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 5090.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6765 | Unicode hex code |
above, up
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
35 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 上 【ジョウ】 from the standpoint of, from the viewpoint of, with respect to, in terms of, as a matter of, in view of, so far as ... is concerned, on, above, on top of, aboard (a ship or vehicle), the best, top, first class, first grade, first volume (of a two or three-volume set), first book, with my compliments
- 上位 【ジョウイ】 superior (in rank), top, ranking, higher order (e.g. byte), host computer (of connected device)
- 口上 【コウジョウ】 vocal message, speech, statement, prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
- 水上 【スイジョウ】 on the water, aquatic, waterside, water's edge
- 上人 【ショウニン】 holy priest, saint
- 上下 【ショウカ】 top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people
- 呈上 【テイジョウ】 giving, gifting, presenting
- 主上 【シュジョウ】 emperor
- 上海 【シャンハイ】 Shanghai (China)
- 上湯 【シャンタン】 top-grade Chinese soup stock
Kun reading compounds
- 上 【うえ】 above, over, up, top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase), surface, on (top of), the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part, superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class), elder, older, senior, with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk), besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ..., after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ..., since ..., now that ..., because ..., honorable, venerable, dear, emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo
- 上向き 【うわむき】 pointing up, pointing upward, upturn, uptrend, upward tendency
- 床上 【ゆかうえ】 on a floor, above floor level
- 一枚上 【いちまいうえ】 one step higher, one better, cut above, one up
- 上 【かみ】 upper reaches (of a river), upper stream, top, upper part, upper half (of the body), long ago, beginning, first, person of high rank (e.g. the emperor), government, imperial court, imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto), capital region (i.e. Kansai), region (or direction of) the imperial palace, head (of a table), wife, mistress (of a restaurant)
- 上期 【かみき】 first half of the (fiscal) year
- 風上 【かざかみ】 windward, upwind
- 御上 【おかみ】 the Emperor, His Majesty, the government, the authorities, proprietress, hostess, landlady, mistress, your wife, his wife, (one's) master, lord
- 上げる 【あげる】 to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...
- 上がる 【あがる】 to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop (of rain), to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to be complete, to finish, above, north of
- 上がり 【あがり】 rise, increase, ascent, income, takings, earnings, proceeds, (crop) yield, return, profit, completion, end, finish, end result (e.g. of crafts), how something comes out, finish, finishing (in a board or card game, etc.), green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant), after (rain, illness, etc.), ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat), former
- 上がり下り 【あがりおり】 going up and down, ascent and descent
- 芸者上がり 【げいしゃあがり】 ex-geisha, former geisha
- 上る 【のぼる】 to ascend, to go up, to climb, to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise, to go to (the capital), to be promoted, to add up to, to advance (in price), to swim up (a river), to sail up, to come up (on the agenda)
- 上り 【のぼり】 ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, up-train, train heading toward the starting point of its route, upbound (esp. toward Tokyo), upstream, uphill
- 上り下り 【のぼりくだり】 going up and down, ascent and descent, climb and descent
- 逆上せる 【のぼせる】 to feel dizzy, to have blood rush to one's head, to lose one's cool, to be obsessed, to be infatuated, to become conceited
- 上せる 【のぼせる】 to raise, to record, to bring up (a matter), to serve (food), to send some on out
- 上す 【のぼす】 to raise, to record, to bring up (a matter), to serve (food), to send someone out
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あおい、 あげ、 い、 か、 かき、 かず、 かん、 こう、 のぼり、 ほつ
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- arriba
- encima
- parte superior
- cima
- superficie
Portuguese
- acima
- para cima
- sobre
- subir
- galgar
- em cima
- escalar
French
- au-dessus
- haut
- monter
- donner (je te donne)
| 20 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 23 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 37 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 21 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 798 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 29 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 5 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 47 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 32 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 32 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 31 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 6 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4212 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2128 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 49 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13 | Morohashi |
| 3404 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 10 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 49 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 50 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 29 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 12 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1272 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 2110.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e0a | Unicode hex code |