154 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
243 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
224 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1044 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2154 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
576 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
191 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1883 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
348 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
348 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
107 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
992 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1273 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
689 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
491 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14065 | Morohashi |
1010 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2503 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
480 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
519 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
415 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1040 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暗 【アン】 darkness
- 暗雲 【アンウン】 dark clouds, threatening signs, ominous indications
- 明暗 【メイアン】 light and darkness, light and shade
- 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade
Kun reading compounds
- 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
- 暗い過去 【くらいかこ】 shadowy past, murky past
- 眩む 【くらむ】 to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by, to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.), to become dark
- 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- oscuro
- poco claro
- memorizar
- sombrío
Portuguese
- escuridão
- desaparecer
- sombra
- informal
- escurecer
- cegar
French
- obscurité
- disparaître
- ombre
- informel
- s'assombrir
- être aveuglé
3878 | 2001 Kanji |
4c9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-9 | SKIP code |
6006.1 | Four corner code |
1-16-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6697 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
573 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke
- 黒衣 【コクイ】 black clothes
- 大黒 【ダイコク】 god of wealth, monk's wife
- 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
Kun reading compounds
- 黒 【くろ】 black, black stone, guilt, guilty person
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒ずむ 【くろずむ】 to blacken, to darken
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒色 【くろいろ】 black (colour, color)
Readings
- Korean:
- heug
Spanish
- negro
- maldad
Portuguese
- preto
French
- noir
80 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
124 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
317 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5403 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
286 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
284 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1486 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
206 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
45 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1940 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3406 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1754 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2388 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
176 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
48040 | Morohashi |
2740 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7052 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
174 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
186 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
204 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3640 | 2001 Kanji |
4d7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-7-4 | SKIP code |
6033.1 | Four corner code |
1-25-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ed2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
- 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
- 近世 【キンセイ】 recent past, recent times, early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
- 創世 【ソウセイ】 creation of the world
- 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
- 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
- 夜店 【ヨミセ】 night stall, night shop, night fair
- 救世 【キュウセイ】 salvation
Kun reading compounds
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 世の中 【よのなか】 society, the world, the times
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし、 ゆ、 ゆき
- Korean:
- se
Spanish
- generación
- mundo
- edad
Portuguese
- geração
- mundo
- sociedade
- pública
French
- génération
- monde
- société
- public
263 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
344 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
327 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
152 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
95 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
177 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
105 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
335 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
252 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
252 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
156 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
13 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4308 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2178 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2932 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
28 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
31 | Morohashi |
3496 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
20 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
28 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
28 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
81 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
254 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1975 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.37 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
4-5-4 | SKIP code |
4-4-2 | SKIP code |
4471.7 | Four corner code |
1-32-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e16 | Unicode hex code |
world, boundary
- On:
- カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
158 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 界 【カイ】 community, circles, world, kingdom, erathem, field (electrical), border, boundary, division
- 界隈 【カイワイ】 neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity
- 球界 【キュウカイ】 the baseball world
- 経済界 【ケイザイカイ】 economic world, financial circles, business community
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- borde
- frontera
- extensión
- ámbito
Portuguese
- mundo
French
- monde
170 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
260 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
240 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
170 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2998 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
269 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
223 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
967 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
454 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
461 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
157 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1336 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3172 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1632 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
257 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21775 | Morohashi |
2563 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3739 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
251 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
266 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
164 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
320 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3654 | 2001 Kanji |
5f4.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
6022.8 | Four corner code |
1-19-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
754c | Unicode hex code |