| 382 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 488 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 464 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 652 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 597 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 639 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1896 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 336 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 336 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 679 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1100 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1243 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 695 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 900 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1922 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15181 | Morohashi |
| 1017 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2753 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1903 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2052 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 311 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 584 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 極 【キョク】 pole, climax, extreme, extremity, culmination, height, zenith, nadir
- 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
- 消極 【ショウキョク】 passive, negative, conservative, depolarization
- 対極 【タイキョク】 antipodes, other (opposite) extreme, opposite, antithesis
- 極 【ゴク】 quite, very, 10^48, quindecillion
- 極秘 【ゴクヒ】 absolute secrecy
- 極々 【ゴクゴク】 extremely, highly
- 失礼至極 【シツレイシゴク】 extremely rude, impertinent, impolite
Kun reading compounds
- 極める 【きわめる】 to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something, to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy), to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
- 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled
- 極まり 【きわまり】 extremity, end, bound, limit
- 極まりない 【きわまりない】 extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled, boundless (e.g. universe, ocean), limitless
- 極み 【きわみ】 height, acme, extremity, peak, end, limit
- 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
- 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
Readings
- Korean:
- geug
Spanish
- polo terrestre o magnético
- muy
- sumamente
- extremadamente
- alcanzar un extremo
Portuguese
- postes
- acordo
- conclusão
- fim
- a mais alta posição
- postes elétricos
- muitos
- extremamente
- maior
- altamente
- 10 elevado a48
French
- extrêmes
- pôles (N et S)
- décision
- conclusion
- fin
- plus haut rang
- pôles électriques
- très
- extrêmement
- le plus
- hautement
- 10**48
| 1872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4191.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6975 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
862 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 秘 【ヒ】 secret, mystery
- 秘書 【ヒショ】 (private) secretary, treasured book, secret book
- 部外秘 【ブガイヒ】 restricted, confidential
- 社外秘 【シャガイヒ】 company secret
Kun reading compounds
- 秘める 【ひめる】 to hide, to keep to oneself
- 密か 【ひそか】 secret, private, surreptitious
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- secreto
- misterio
- mala evacuación
- esconder
- mantener en secreto
Portuguese
- segredo
- esconder
French
- garder secret
- cacher
| 974 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 964 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 865 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 940 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1583 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1117 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 807 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 824 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1102 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1436 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1490 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1074 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 913 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24977 | Morohashi |
| 1159 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4140 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 904 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 970 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 915 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2259 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 2390.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 79d8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
- 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
- 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
- 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency
Kun reading compounds
- 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
- 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
- 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ろ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cosa
- hecho
- asunto
- acción
Portuguese
- matéria
- coisa
- fato
- negócios
- razão
- possivelmente
French
- fait
- chose
- matière
- affaire
- raison
- peut-être
| 230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 293 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 32 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 272 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 73 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 108 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 80 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 80 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 30 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4384 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 241 | Morohashi |
| 3567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 71 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1240 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 10 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 5000.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e8b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
884 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 項 【コウ】 clause, paragraph, item, argument, term (of an equation), nape (of the neck)
- 項目 【コウモク】 item, heading, category, clause, headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.), entry
- 要項 【ヨウコウ】 important points, main points, gist, list of requirements
- 別項 【ベッコウ】 special heading, separate paragraph
Kun reading compounds
- 項 【うなじ】 nape (of the neck), nucha
Readings
- Korean:
- hang
Spanish
- párrafo
- cláusula
- articulo
- tema
Portuguese
- parágrafo
- nuca
- cláusula
- item
- termo (expressão)
French
- paragraphe
- clause
- nuque
- article (item)
- terme (expression)
| 1262 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 995 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1459 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1138 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1897 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1543 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1439 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1529 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1883 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 692 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 521 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 82 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43343 | Morohashi |
| 567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6617 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 82 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 86 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1604 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3161 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 1118.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9805 | Unicode hex code |