| 536 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1394 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 215 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2212 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 884 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1419 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 869 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 696 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 709 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 970 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1075 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1075 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 580 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 769 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 793 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14516 | Morohashi |
| 864 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2592 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 785 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 848 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 483 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 508 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
- 鰹 【カツオ】 skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish
- 老松 【ロウショウ】 old pine tree
- 翠松 【スイショウ】 verdant pine, green pine
Kun reading compounds
- 松 【まつ】 pine tree (Pinus spp.), highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
- 松下電工 【まつしたでんこう】 Matsushita Electric Works
- 赤松 【あかまつ】 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine
- 浜松 【はままつ】 Hamamatsu (city)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 しょ、 ま、 まっ
- Korean:
- song
Spanish
- pino
Portuguese
- pinheiro
French
- pin
| 1871 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a4.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4893.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 677e | Unicode hex code |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
- 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
- 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
- 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
- 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
- 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Kun reading compounds
- 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
- 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 やの、 やん
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
| 38 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 58 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 24 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 60 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 21 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 48 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 89 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 34 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 34 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 100 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 535 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3658 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 775 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7869 | Morohashi |
| 2940 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 768 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 148 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 17 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1276 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 2277.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c71 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 区 【ク】 ward, borough, city (in Tokyo), district (e.g. electoral), section, zone (e.g. postal)
- 区域 【クイキ】 area, zone, district, quarter, section, limits, boundary
- 学区 【ガック】 school district, school area
- 鉱区 【コウク】 mining area, mine lot
Readings
- Korean:
- gu, u
Spanish
- barrio
- distrito
- sección
Portuguese
- waº
- distrito
French
- circonscription
- arrondissement
| 591 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 282 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 465 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 67 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 757 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 168 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 131 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 183 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 183 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 548 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 233 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3681 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2559 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1712 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2674 | Morohashi |
| 2963 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 585 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1696 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1831 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 243 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3475 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2t2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 7171.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 533a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 赤軍 【セキグン】 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Japanese Red Army, JRA
- 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
- 七赤 【シチセキ】 seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
- 日赤 【ニッセキ】 Japanese Red Cross Society (abbr), Nisseki
- 赤銅 【シャクドウ】 shakudo, gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
- 赤銅色 【シャクドウイロ】 brown, tan
Kun reading compounds
- 赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
- 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
- 紅赤 【べにあか】 beniaka, variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh; product of the Kawagoe region, bright red tinged with yellow
- 真赤 【まあか】 bright red, deep red
- 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist
- 赤色 【あかいろ】 red, red color (colour), communism, the left
- 赤らむ 【あからむ】 to become red, to redden, to blush
- 赤らめる 【あからめる】 to blush, to redden
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あこ、 あま
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- rojo
- enrojecer
- enrojecerse
- sonrojarse
Portuguese
- vermelho
French
- rouge
| 35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 51 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 46 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 476 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 275 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 254 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 443 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 207 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 207 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 46 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1751 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2719 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1389 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36993 | Morohashi |
| 2193 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5840 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1743 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1880 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 406 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 68 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1441 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4023.1 | Four corner code |
| 4033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8d64 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1836 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 峰頭 【ホウトウ】 summit of a peak
- 未踏峰 【ミトウホウ】 unclimbed mountain
- 高峰 【コウホウ】 high mountain, lofty peak
Kun reading compounds
- 峰 【みね】 peak, summit, ridge, top, back of a blade
- 峰打ち 【みねうち】 striking with the back of the sword
- 剣ヶ峰 【けんがみね】 rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
- 峰々 【みねみね】 peaks
- 剣ヶ峰 【けんがみね】 rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
- 峰々 【みねみね】 peaks
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぶ、 ほ
- Korean:
- bong
Spanish
- apogeo
- cumbre
- cima
- pico
- filo (espada)
Portuguese
- reunião de cúpula
- pico
French
- sommet
- pointe
- pic
| 1799 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1369 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1423 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1272 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1241 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1351 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1350 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1433 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1848 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 544 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 494 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 306 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 372 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1576 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8094 | Morohashi |
| 411 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1473 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1562 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1683 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1327 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1255 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 2250.4 | Four corner code |
| 2775.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5cf0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 市 【シ】 city
- 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
- 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
- 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city
Kun reading compounds
- 市 【いち】 market, fair
- 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
- 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
- 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 ち
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
- mercado
- ciudad
Portuguese
- mercado
- cidade
French
- marché
- ville
- cité
| 222 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 144 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 130 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 78 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 284 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 119 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 162 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 195 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 181 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 181 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 547 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 556 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2487 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1258 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1724 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 419 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8775 | Morohashi |
| 1993 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1549 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 412 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 440 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 305 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 109 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e02 | Unicode hex code |