| 1031 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1246 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2494 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1531 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 666 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 693 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 706 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 907 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1158 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 258 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 196 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1253 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17133 | Morohashi |
| 222 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3047 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1245 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1334 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
908 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 汚水 【オスイ】 filthy water, sewage
- 汚職 【オショク】 corruption
- 防汚 【ボウオ】 antifouling, stain resistance, stain-proofing, anti-soiling
- 貪汚 【タンオ】 greed, corruption
Kun reading compounds
- 汚す 【よごす】 to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile
- 汚れる 【けがれる】 to be violated, to be corrupted, to be polluted, to be stained
- 汚らわしい 【けがらわしい】 filthy, unfair, dirty, untouchable, disgusting, nasty, foul, odious, repulsive
- 汚す 【よごす】 to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile
- 汚れる 【よごれる】 to get dirty, to become dirty, to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
- 汚い 【きたない】 dirty, filthy, foul, unclean, disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting), indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse, dastardly, mean, base, underhanded, stingy, greedy
- 汚い戦争 【きたないせんそう】 Dirty War (period of state terrorism in Argentina; 1976-1983)
Readings
- Korean:
- o
Spanish
- sucio
- manchado
- manchar
- deshonrar
- ensuciar
- difamar
- obsceno
- ensuciarse
Portuguese
- sujo
- poluir
- desgraça
- estupro
- sujar
French
- sale
- polluer
- disgrâce
- profaner
- souiller
| 352 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3112.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c5a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
439 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 仕 【シ】 official, civil service
- 試合 【シアイ】 match, game, bout, contest
- 勤労奉仕 【キンロウホウシ】 labor service, labour service
- 中仕 【ナカシ】 longshoreman, baggageman
- 仕込み 【ジコミ】 learned at ..., acquired at ...
- 仕丁 【シチョウ】 men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system), palanquin bearer (Edo period)
- 致仕 【チシ】 resignation, seventy years of age
Kun reading compounds
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- trabajo
- servir
- asistir
Portuguese
- atender
- ação
- oficial
- servir
French
- servir
- faire
- officiel
| 221 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 301 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 285 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 397 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 362 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 75 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 110 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 124 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 333 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 333 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 236 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 58 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 37 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 21 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 21 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 969 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 368 | Morohashi |
| 34 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 960 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1033 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 271 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 250 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ed5 | 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 |