| 272 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 183 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 166 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 216 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 848 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 290 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 134 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 276 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 492 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 501 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 532 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 280 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2498 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1265 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1731 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 752 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3246 | Morohashi |
| 2005 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 699 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 744 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 805 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 436 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 111 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
262 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 台 【ダイ】 stand, rest, base, pedestal, platform, table, holder, support, rack, setting (of a gem), mounting, stock (in grafting), counter for machines and vehicles, level (e.g. price level), mark, range, decade (of one's life), tall building (with a fine view), (observation) platform, plateau, heights
- 台車 【ダイシャ】 platform truck, hand truck, trolley, dolly, cart, truck, bogie
- 管区気象台 【カンクキショウダイ】 district meteorological observatory
- 気象台 【キショウダイ】 meteorological observatory
- 台 【タイ】 Taiwan
- 台頭 【タイトウ】 rise (e.g. of a movement), emergence, rearing one's head, gaining prominence, coming to the fore, gaining power, gathering strength
- 屋台 【ヤタイ】 cart (esp. a food cart), stall, stand, festival float, portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house, dancing platform, stage prop fashioned after a large building, framework (of a building), foundation, house (esp. a small and miserable one)
- 最後の舞台 【サイゴノブタイ】 final performance, swan song, last act
Kun reading compounds
- 台 【うてな】 tower, stand, pedestal, calyx
- 弾正台 【だんじょうだい】 Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871), Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryō system)
Readings
- Korean:
- tae, i
Spanish
- estante
- banco
- tribuna
- pedestal
- contador para maquinas y vehículos
Portuguese
- pedestal
- stand
- sufixo para contagem de para máquinas e veículos
French
- piédestal
- socle
- compteur de voitures ou machines
| 2777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d2.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2360.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53f0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
153 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 北欧 【ホクオウ】 Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia
- 北緯 【ホクイ】 north latitude
- 極北 【キョクホク】 extreme north, North Pole
- 西北 【セイホク】 north-west
Kun reading compounds
- 北 【きた】 north, the North, northern territories, North Korea, north wind
- 北アイルランド 【きたアイルランド】 Northern Ireland
- 西北 【せいほく】 north-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きら、 ほう、 ほっ、 ほつ
- Korean:
- bug, bae
Spanish
- Norte
- huir
- perder
Portuguese
- norte
French
- nord
| 139 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 224 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 205 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 103 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 751 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 156 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 24 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 138 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 73 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 73 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 42 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 231 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 230 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 147 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 454 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2574 | Morohashi |
| 197 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 581 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 445 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 480 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 282 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 115 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 1111.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5317 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
79 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 経 【ケイ】 warp (weaving), longitude, scripture, sutra, trans-
- 経団連 【ケイダンレン】 Federation of Economic Organizations (Organisation)
- 月経 【ゲッケイ】 menstruation, menstrual period
- 政経 【セイケイ】 politics and economics
- 経 【キョウ】 sutra, Buddhist scriptures
- 経典 【キョウテン】 sacred books, sutras, scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
- 説経 【セッキョウ】 lecture on the sutras
- 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra
- 経行 【キンヒン】 meditation performed while walking
- 看経 【カンキン】 silent reading of the sutras, sutra chanting
Kun reading compounds
- 経る 【へる】 to pass, to elapse, to go by, to pass through, to go through, to experience, to go through, to undergo
- 経つ 【たつ】 to pass (of time), to elapse
- 縦糸 【たていと】 (weaving) warp
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つね、 のぶ
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- sutra
- longitud
- ley
- pasar
- dirigir
- transcurrir
- experimentar
Portuguese
- sutra
- longitude
- passar através de
- expirar
- empenar
French
- sûtra
- longitude
- passer (temps)
- expiré
- expérimenter
- chaîne (tissu)
| 596 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 685 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 658 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 135 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3523 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 341 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 815 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1957 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 548 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 557 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 515 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1523 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1687 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 898 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1218 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1372 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27392 | Morohashi |
| 1331 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4473 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1360 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1460 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 71 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 730 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a5.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2791.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d4c | Unicode hex code |
settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish, come to an end, excusable, need not
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
168 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 済州 【チェジュ】 Jeju (special self-governing province and island in South Korea)
- 済州大学 【サイシュウダイガク】 Cheju National University
- 決済 【ケッサイ】 settlement (of an account), liquidation of debts, payment
- 弁済 【ベンサイ】 repayment, settlement (of a debt), paying off, reimbursement (of expenses)
- 済世 【サイセイ】 saving the world, promoting national welfare
- 済美 【セイビ】 achieving virtue
- 既済 【キサイ】 already settled, paid-up
Kun reading compounds
- 済む 【すむ】 to finish, to end, to be completed, to merely result in something less severe than expected, to feel at ease, to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone, to be sorry
- 済まない 【すまない】 inexcusable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, sorry, remorseful, apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, excuse me, (I'm) sorry, thank you
- 済ます 【すます】 to finish, to get it over with, to conclude, to settle, to pay back, to get along (without something), to make do with (without)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すむ、 なり、 わたる
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- ayudar
- rescatar
- terminar
- finalizar
- acabar
- concluir
- reembolsar
- devolver
Portuguese
- fim
- terminar
- desculpável
- não necessário
French
- achever
- finir
- excusable
- s'en sortir sans
| 792 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 881 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 871 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 288 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2597 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 536 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 693 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1336 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 549 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 558 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 516 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1208 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 634 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 383 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 478 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1747 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17749 | Morohashi |
| 522 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3197 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1731 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1868 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 131 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 921 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 354 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a8.30 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3012.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e08 | Unicode hex code |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
- 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
- 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
- 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
- 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
- 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
- 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kun reading compounds
- 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
- 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
- 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
- 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
- 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
- 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かざり、 ふ、 も
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- letras
- literatura
Portuguese
- sentença
- literatura
- estilo
- arte
- decoração
- figuras
- plano
French
- phrase
- littérature
- style
- art
- décoration
- figure (de style)
- plan
- radical littéraire (no. 67)
| 134 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 77 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 68 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 136 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 71 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 180 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 86 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 949 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1708 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1741 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13450 | Morohashi |
| 1962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 89 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 35 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 466 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 0040.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6587 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
- 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
- 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
- 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
- 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
- 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
- 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
- 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
- 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
- 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cambiar
- transformarse
- modificarse
- disfrazarse
Portuguese
- mudança
- tomar a forma de
- influência
- encantar
- iludir
- seduzir
- -isação
French
- transformation
- prendre la forme de
- maquillage
- influence
- fantôme
- enchanter
- tromper
- chimie
- -isation
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 258 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 238 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 100 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 350 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 76 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 378 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 56 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 55 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 22 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1017 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2572X | Morohashi |
| 21 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 580 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1008 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 104 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 242 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2121.0 | Four corner code |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5316 | Unicode hex code |
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
- 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
- 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
- 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
- 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
- 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
- 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
- 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
Kun reading compounds
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
- 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
- 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
- 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
- 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- す
- Korean:
- dae
Spanish
- generación
- reinado
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- relevar
Portuguese
- substituto
- mudança
- convertido
- repor
- período
- idade
- geração
- carga
- valor
- taxa
French
- substituer
- changer
- convertir
- remplacer
- période
- âge
- ère
- génération
- montant d'argent
- taux
- prix
- redevance
| 463 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 358 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 338 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 68 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 364 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 85 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 111 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 125 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 256 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 256 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 413 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 61 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 34 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1014 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 386 | Morohashi |
| 30 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 125 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1005 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1080 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 87 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 257 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2324.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ee3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
77 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 表 【ヒョウ】 table, chart, list, memorial to an emperor
- 表記 【ヒョウキ】 expression in writing, written representation, notation, transcription, orthography, writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope), inscribing on the face
- 一覧表 【イチランヒョウ】 list, table, schedule, catalogue, catalog
- 意表 【イヒョウ】 surprise, something unexpected
Kun reading compounds
- 表 【おもて】 surface, face (i.e. the visible side of an object), front (of a building, etc.), obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin, outside, exterior, appearance, public, first half (of an inning), top (of an inning), cover (for tatami mats, etc.), foreground, Omotesenke school of tea ceremony
- 表裏 【ひょうり】 front and back, inside and outside, two sides, both sides, duplicity, double-dealing, being two-faced
- 京表 【きょうおもて】 vicinity of Kyoto
- 中表 【なかおもて】 cloth folded inside out
- 表す 【あらわす】 to represent, to signify, to stand for, to reveal, to show, to display, to express, to make widely known
- 現れる 【あらわれる】 to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise, to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
- 表す 【あらわす】 to represent, to signify, to stand for, to reveal, to show, to display, to express, to make widely known
Readings
- Korean:
- pyo
Spanish
- superficie
- tabla
- diagrama
- expresar
- mostrar
Portuguese
- superfície
- tabela
- gráfico
- diagrama
French
- surface (apparente)
- face
- tableau
- graphique
- diagramme
| 309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 402 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 379 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 124 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 108 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 308 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 879 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 914 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 272 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 272 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 437 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1620 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3083 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1572 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2151 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1560 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34105 | Morohashi |
| 2429 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5422 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1546 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1666 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 178 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 311 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 5073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8868 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
547 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 処刑 【ショケイ】 execution
- 処遇 【ショグウ】 treatment (of a person), dealing with
- 随所 【ズイショ】 everywhere, all over the place, here and there, at every turn
- 一所 【イッショ】 one place, the same place, one person, together
Kun reading compounds
- 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
- 所々 【ところどころ】 here and there, in places
- 一所 【いっしょ】 one place, the same place, one person, together
- 候処 【そうろうところ】 just, but
Readings
- Korean:
- cheo
Spanish
- lugar
- deshacerse de
- ingeniárselas
- arreglárselas
- tratar
Portuguese
- dispor
- administrar
- lidar com
- semtença
- condenar
- ato
- proceder
French
- traiter
- se débarrasser
- sentence
- condamner
- agir
- se comporter
- vierge
- lieu
| 811 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 907 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 896 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 674 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1162 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 553 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 350 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 177 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1137 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1189 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1212 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 398 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3764 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1918 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2609 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 303 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1745 | Morohashi |
| 3031 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 435 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 297 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 318 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 418 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 836 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2567 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 2740.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51e6 | Unicode hex code |