| 1139 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1851 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2026 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1356 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1387 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1517 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1618 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1791 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 930 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 969 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 540 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 706 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1423 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12870 | Morohashi |
| 788 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2307 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1411 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1514 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1869 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1990 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 擬 【ギ】 pseudo-, quasi-
- 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
Kun reading compounds
- 紛い 【まがい】 imitation, sham, -like
- 紛い物 【まがいもの】 imitation, fake, sham
- 擬き 【もどき】 -like, pseudo-, mock ..., imitation ..., in the style of ..., comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), criticism, censure
- 銀竜草擬 【ぎんりょうそうもどき】 Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
- 太平洋赤坊擬 【たいへいようあかぼうもどき】 Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), Indo-Pacific beaked whale, tropical bottlenose whale
Readings
- Korean:
- eui
Spanish
- imitar
- comparar
- parecerse
- suponer
Portuguese
- imitar
- alvo (uma arma)
- nomear
- imita
French
- imitation
- pointer une arme
- nommer
- comparer
| 1370 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c14.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-14 | SKIP code |
| 5708.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 64ec | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蟻蚕 【ギサン】 silkworm (in the first or second instar)
- 蟻酸 【ギサン】 formic acid, formic
- 兵蟻 【ヘイギ】 soldier ant
Kun reading compounds
- 蟻 【あり】 ant
- アリ学 【アリがく】 myrmecology, the study of ants
- 兵隊アリ 【へいたいアリ】 soldier ant
- 軍隊蟻 【ぐんたいあり】 army ant, driver ant
Readings
- Korean:
- eui
Spanish
- hormiga
Portuguese
French
| 4196 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2804 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 33672 | Morohashi |
| 5397 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2686 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2726 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6d13.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-13 | SKIP code |
| 5815.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 87fb | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
394 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 象 【ショウ】 form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon
- 将棋 【ショウギ】 shogi, Japanese chess
- 具象 【グショウ】 concreteness, embodiment, expressing concretely
- 抽象 【チュウショウ】 abstraction
- 象 【ゾウ】 elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
- 象牙 【ゾウゲ】 ivory
- アジア象 【アジアゾウ】 Asian elephant, Indian elephant
- 海象 【セイウチ】 walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)
Kun reading compounds
- 象る 【かたどる】 to model (something) on, to be modelled on, to be made in the shape of, to take the shape of, to imitate, to symbolize, to represent
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きさ
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- imagen
- imitar
- forma
- figura
- elefante
Portuguese
- elefante
- modelar
- imitar
- imagem
- forma
- sinal (dos tempos)
French
- éléphant
- modèle
- imiter
- image
- forme
- signe (des temps)
- phénomène
| 663 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 540 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 533 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 575 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4472 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 809 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 916 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1761 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 739 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 752 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 939 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1718 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2647 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1350 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1831 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1995 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36372 | Morohashi |
| 2134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5744 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1976 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2130 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 591 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2551 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2n10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2723.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c61 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis
- 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
- 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
- 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
- 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
- 蟻巻 【アリマキ】 aphid, plant louse, plant lice
Kun reading compounds
- 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
- 虫歯 【むしば】 tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries
- 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
- 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- む
- Korean:
- hwe, chung
Spanish
- insecto
- bicho
Portuguese
- inseto
- bichinho
- temperamento
French
- insecte
- vermine
- ver
- reptile
- colère
| 114 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 74 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 56 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1073 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4115 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 133 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 875 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 873 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 893 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 466 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 523 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32804 | Morohashi |
| 3530 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 517 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 60 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1671 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 5013.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 866b | Unicode hex code |