| 429 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 332 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 316 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 336 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2574 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 612 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 686 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 845 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 864 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 219 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1194 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 531 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 327 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 402 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 146 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17529P | Morohashi |
| 443 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3158 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 144 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 155 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 458 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 357 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
345 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 消火 【ショウカ】 fire fighting, extinguishing a fire
- 消化 【ショウカ】 digestion (of food), digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding, consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion, losing one's form and turning into something else
- 費消 【ヒショウ】 spending, consumption, misappropriation, embezzlement
- 曖昧性解消 【アイマイセイカイショウ】 disambiguation
Kun reading compounds
- 消える 【きえる】 to disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight, to go away, to become lost, to go out (of a fire, light, etc.), to die, to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen), to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to vanish (e.g. of hope), to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness), to disappear, to fade away (e.g. of footsteps), to wear away (e.g. of an inscription), to rub out (of writing), to fade (e.g. of ink), to be lost (e.g. of a tradition), to die out, to disappear
- 消す 【けす】 to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete, to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off, to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out, to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison), to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle, to kill, to murder, to bump off, to rub out
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- extinguirse
- apagarse
- desaparecer
- apagar
- extinguir
Portuguese
- extinguir
- apagar
- desligar
- neutralizar
- cancelar
French
- éteindre
- effacer
- disparaître
- neutraliser
- annuler
| 346 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a7.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3912.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d88 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
- 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
- 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
- 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
- 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
- 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
- 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
- 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
- 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
- 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cambiar
- transformarse
- modificarse
- disfrazarse
Portuguese
- mudança
- tomar a forma de
- influência
- encantar
- iludir
- seduzir
- -isação
French
- transformation
- prendre la forme de
- maquillage
- influence
- fantôme
- enchanter
- tromper
- chimie
- -isation
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 258 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 238 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 100 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 350 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 76 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 378 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 56 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 55 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 22 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1017 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2572X | Morohashi |
| 21 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 580 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1008 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 104 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 242 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2121.0 | Four corner code |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5316 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
- 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
- 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
- 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
- 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
- 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
- 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
- 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
Kun reading compounds
- 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- sexo
- género
- naturaleza
- temperamento
Portuguese
- sexo
- gênero
- natureza
French
- sexe
- genre
- nature
- propriétés
| 645 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 745 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 723 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1666 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 280 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 535 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 564 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 421 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 811 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 357 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1572 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10478 | Morohashi |
| 299 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1558 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1679 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 119 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 690 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 9501.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6027 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 壊滅 【カイメツ】 (complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
- 潰瘍 【カイヨウ】 ulcer
- 全壊 【ゼンカイ】 complete destruction
- 擂潰 【ライカイ】 grinding
Kun reading compounds
- 潰す 【つぶす】 to smash, to crush, to flatten, to shut down, to put out of business, to force (a company) to close up shop, to wreck, to break, to block, to thwart, to butcher, to slaughter, to kill (livestock, for food), to kill (time), to while away (the time), to use up (one's time), to waste (e.g. talents)
- 潰れる 【つぶれる】 to be crushed, to be squashed, to be smashed, to be destroyed, to be broken, to collapse, to go bankrupt, to go under, to fail, to collapse, to be ruined (of a plan), to be cancelled, to collapse (e.g. of a project), to fall through, to blow up, to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.), to cease functioning, to be taken up (of one's time), to be lost, to be wasted, to be missed (of a chance), to be lost, to be lost (of face, composure, etc.), to broken down (e.g. of one's courage), to be broken (of one's heart), to be worn down (of a pen nib, saw teeth, etc.), to wear away, to become dull, to get dead drunk
- 潰える 【ついえる】 to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.), to be destroyed, to fall through, to break down, to be completely defeated (in battle), to be wiped out, to be routed
Readings
- Korean:
- gwe
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2701 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1229 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 919 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 677 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 18281 | Morohashi |
| 743 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3335 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2319 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1911 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3a12.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 3518.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6f70 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 胃潰瘍 【イカイヨウ】 stomach ulcer, gastric ulcer
- 消化性潰瘍 【ショウカセイカイヨウ】 peptic ulcer
Readings
- Korean:
- yang
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3062 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1958 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4073 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2801 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 22327 | Morohashi |
| 3825 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1817 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 5i9.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-9 | SKIP code |
| 0012.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-65-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 760d | Unicode hex code |