| 837 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 768 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 745 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1070 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1979 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 449 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 581 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 350 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 351 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 396 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 922 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 801 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 468 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 596 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 673 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12459 | Morohashi |
| 651 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2255 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 666 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 719 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 780 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
807 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 損 【ソン】 loss, damage, harm, unprofitable, disadvantage, handicap, drawback, unfavorable
- 損益 【ソンエキ】 profit and loss, advantage and disadvantage
- 毀損 【キソン】 damage, injury, defamation, harm
- 海損 【カイソン】 sea damage, average loss
Kun reading compounds
- 損なう 【そこなう】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to ruin, to fail to do, to do amiss, to miss one's opportunity to do, to almost do, to come close to doing
- 損なう 【そこなう】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to ruin, to fail to do, to do amiss, to miss one's opportunity to do, to almost do, to come close to doing
- 損ねる 【そこねる】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to wreck, to miss one's chance to (do something), to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
Readings
- Korean:
- son
Spanish
- pérdida
- desaparición
- desventaja
- dañar
- herir
Portuguese
- prejuízo
- perda
- desvantagem
- ferida
- ferir
French
- blesser
- nuire
- dommages
- perte
| 1361 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c10.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 5608.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 640d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
674 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 益 【エキ】 benefit, use, good, advantage, gain, profit, gains
- 益金 【エキキン】 profit
- 増益 【ゾウエキ】 increased (profit)
- 公益 【コウエキ】 public interest, public benefit, public good
- 益 【エキ】 benefit, use, good, advantage, gain, profit, gains
- 益体もない 【ヤクタイモナイ】 useless, worthless, silly, trivial
- 現世利益 【ゲンセリヤク】 benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings, happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings
Kun reading compounds
- 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
- 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まし、 ます
- Korean:
- ig
Spanish
- beneficio
- ganancia
- ventaja
- provecho
Portuguese
- benefício
- ganho
- lucro
- vantagem
French
- bénéfice
- gain
- profit
- avantage
| 742 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 648 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 619 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 825 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 597 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 631 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1553 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1201 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 716 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 729 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 921 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1370 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2849 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1468 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1978 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1899 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22972P | Morohashi |
| 2285 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3891 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1881 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2026 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 707 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 974 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 8010.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76ca | Unicode hex code |
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
24 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 分化 【ブンカ】 specialization, specialisation, differentiation
- 応分 【オウブン】 according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable
- 細分 【サイブン】 subdivision (into small parts)
- 分 【フン】 minute (unit of time), fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
- 分別 【フンベツ】 discretion, prudence, good sense, judgement, judgment, wisdom, discernment
- 毎分 【マイフン】 every minute, per minute
- 壊変毎分 【カイヘンマイフン】 disintegration per minute, dpm
- 分 【ブ】 one-tenth, one percent (one-tenth of a wari), 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun), 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes), 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale), one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency), thickness, advantageous circumstances, one-tenth of a monme of silver
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 一分 【イチブ】 one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryō (an old coin)
- 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Kun reading compounds
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 分け 【わけ】 division, splitting, classification, sharing, distribution, draw, tie
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 追分 【おいわけ】 forked road
- 分かれる 【わかれる】 to branch, to fork, to diverge, to separate, to split, to divide, to disperse, to scatter
- 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!
- 分かつ 【わかつ】 to divide, to separate, to share, to distribute, to distinguish
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いた、 わけ
- Korean:
- bun
Spanish
- parte
- segmento
- minuto
- dividir
- separar
Portuguese
- parte
- minuto
- segmento
- grau
- dever
- compreender
- saber
- valor
- 1%
- oportunidades
- shaku/100
French
- portion
- minute
- section
- part
- degré
- son lot dans la vie
- comprendre
- savoir
- devoir
- taux
- 1%
- chances
- bu = 1/100 de shaku = 3.03 mm
| 133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 218 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 199 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 35 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 578 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 35 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 22 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 64 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 38 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 38 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 26 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 180 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1713 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 788 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1853 | Morohashi |
| 1972 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 454 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 781 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 844 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 28 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 101 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2045 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5206 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1428 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 岐路 【キロ】 forked road, crossroads
- 多岐 【タキ】 digression, many divergences
- 壱岐 【イキ】 Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture), Iki (island)
- 岐阜 【ギフ】 Gifu (city, prefecture)
- 岐阜医療科学大学 【ギフイリョウカガクダイガク】 Gifu University of Medical Science
- 伊邪那岐 【イザナギ】 Izanagi (deity)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たかし、 また
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- bifurcación
- división
- dividir
- partir
Portuguese
- ramo cortado
- bifurcação
- cena
- arena
- teatro
French
- bifurcation
- embranchement
- scène
- arène
- théâtre
| 1121 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1433 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1410 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1769 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 599 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 872 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 892 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1443 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 536 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 285 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 178 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 779 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7936 | Morohashi |
| 241 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1447 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 772 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 834 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1118 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1267 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2474.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c90 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
539 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 図 【ズ】 drawing, picture, diagram, figure, illustration, chart, graph, map, sight, scene
- 図鑑 【ズカン】 pictorial book, picture book, illustrated reference book, identification manual, field guide
- 一途 【イチズ】 wholehearted, earnest, determined, intent, single-minded, straightforward, devoted to, doing nothing but
- 構図 【コウズ】 composition (of painting), structural outline, compositional arrangement
- 図書館 【トショカン】 library
- 図書 【トショ】 books
- 異図 【イト】 treasonable intent
- 隠された意図 【カクサレタイト】 hidden agenda
Kun reading compounds
- 図る 【はかる】 to plan, to attempt, to devise, to plot, to conspire, to scheme, to aim for, to strive for, to work towards, to seek, to deceive, to trick, to take in
Readings
- Japanese names:
- づ
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- dibujo
- ilustración
- consulta
- estrategia
- planear
- diseñar
Portuguese
- mapa
- desenho
- plano
- inesperado
- acidentalmente
French
- carte
- dessin
- plan
- inattendu
- accidentellement
| 261 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 167 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 150 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 631 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1034 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 388 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 142 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 502 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 339 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 339 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 329 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 342 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3809 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1951 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2645 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1188 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4734P | Morohashi |
| 3071 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 947 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1180 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1264 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 146 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 366 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 6040.3 | Four corner code |
| 6040.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 56f3 | 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 |