| 1823 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1579 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2506 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1075 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1461 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 935 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 963 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1130 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1167 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 305 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 194 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 714 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17233 | Morohashi |
| 260 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3066 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 707 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 763 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1385 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 没 【ボツ】 death, rejection (of a manuscript, etc.), lacking, without
- 没後 【ボツゴ】 after death, posthumously
- 戦没 【センボツ】 death in battle, killed in action
- 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
- 没薬 【モツヤク】 myrrh
Readings
- Korean:
- mol
Spanish
- hundirse
- ocultarse
- morir
- perecer
- perder
- penetrar
- rechazar
- excluir
Portuguese
- afogar
- afundar
- esconder
- cair na mãos de
- desaparecer
- evaporar
French
- sombrer
- couler
- cacher
- immersion
- disparaître
- mourir
| 368 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a4.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3714.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ca1 | Unicode hex code |
食
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
- 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
- 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
- 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
- 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
Kun reading compounds
- 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
- 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
- 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
- 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
- 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
- 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐい
- Korean:
- sig, sa
Spanish
- alimento
- comida
- eclipse
- comer
Portuguese
- comer
- comida
- alimento
French
- manger
- nourriture
| 253 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 146 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 269 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5154 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 283 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 99 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1159 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 322 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 322 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 131 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1900 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2578 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1484 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44014 | Morohashi |
| 2075 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6674 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1472 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1582 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 207 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 180 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2865 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 8073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98df | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1218 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 酸 【サン】 acid, sourness, sour taste
- 酸化 【サンカ】 oxidation, oxidization
- 炭酸 【タンサン】 carbonic acid, carbonated water, carbonated drink, baking soda, sodium carbonate
- アミノ酸 【アミノサン】 amino acid
Kun reading compounds
- 酸い 【すい】 sour, acid
- 酸葉 【すいば】 sorrel (Rumex acetosa), Common sorrel, garden sorrel, spinach dock
Readings
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- ácido
- agrio
Portuguese
- ácido
- amargo
- azedo
- picante
French
- acide
- aigre
- amer
- sur (goût)
| 618 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 715 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 689 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1027 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4789 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 819 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1838 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 516 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 525 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1420 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1797 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1968 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1049 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1449 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39871 | Morohashi |
| 1563 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6177 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1437 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1545 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 791 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3267 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7e7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 1364.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9178 | Unicode hex code |