| 723 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 620 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 796 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 227 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2773 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 386 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 715 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1789 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 93 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 93 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 400 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1280 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2648 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1832 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1791 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19113 | Morohashi |
| 2135 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1775 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1913 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 179 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 600 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
274 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 無 【ム】 nothing, naught, nought, nil, zero, un-, non-
- 無意識 【ムイシキ】 unconsciousness, unconscious, involuntary, automatic, mechanical, unintentional, spontaneous, the unconscious
- 皆無 【カイム】 nonexistent, nil, none, nothing (at all), bugger-all
- 虚無 【キョム】 nihility, nothingness
- 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
- 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly
Kun reading compounds
- 無い 【ない】 nonexistent, not being (there), unowned, not had, unpossessed, unique, not, impossible, won't happen, not, to not be, to have not
- 【ないといけない】 have to (verb), must (verb), is indispensable, absolutely necessary
- 苦無 【くない】 ninja throwing knives, mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
Readings
- Korean:
- mu
Spanish
- nada
- inexistente
- prefijo negativo
- no hay
Portuguese
- Sem valor
- nada
- não sou/ estou
- nihil
- não
French
- néant
- rien
- ne pas
- non
- in-
- négatif
| 2340 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7121 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
405 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 限定 【ゲンテイ】 limit, restriction
- 限界 【ゲンカイ】 limit, bound
- 上限 【ジョウゲン】 upper limit, supremum
- 有限 【ユウゲン】 finite, limited
Kun reading compounds
- 限る 【かぎる】 to restrict, to limit, to confine, to be restricted to, to be limited to, to be confined to, to be best (for), to be the best plan, to be the only way (to)
- 限り 【かぎり】 limit, limits, bounds, degree, extent, scope, the end, the last, as long as ..., as far as ..., as much as ..., to the limits of ..., all of ..., unless ..., (not) included in ..., (not) part of ..., being very much (in a certain state), extreme amount (of a feeling, etc.), ... only (e.g. "one time only", "today only"), end of one's life, final moments, death, funeral, burial
- 限りない 【かぎりない】 unlimited, endless, boundless, infinite
- 中限 【なかぎり】 next-month delivery
Readings
- Korean:
- han
Spanish
- limitar
- restringir
- confinar
Portuguese
- limite
- restringir
- o melhor possível
French
- limite
- limiter
- restreindre
- autant que possible
| 601 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 691 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 665 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 474 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4987 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 600 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 985 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 847 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 866 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 975 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 728 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 475 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 296 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 357 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1478 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41627 | Morohashi |
| 398 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1466 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1576 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 370 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 696 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3665 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 7723.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9650 | Unicode hex code |
小
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
- 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
- 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
- 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium
Kun reading compounds
- 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
- 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
Portuguese
- Pequeno
- pouco
French
- petit
| 24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 27 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 36 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 63 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1355 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 33 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 46 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 21 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 27 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 27 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 88 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 511 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 7 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 106 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7473 | Morohashi |
| 7 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 126 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 15 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1141 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 9000.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c0f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
- 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
- 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
- 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
- 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
- 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Readings
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- inusual
- extraño
- cambio
- cambiar
- alterar
- modificar
Portuguese
- raro
- mudança
- estranhar
French
- insolite
- étrange
- changer
| 509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 609 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 581 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 324 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 191 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 443 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 970 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 257 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 257 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2569 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5703 | Morohashi |
| 2069 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1745 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 254 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 532 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 0024.7 | Four corner code |
| 0040.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5909 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 換金 【カンキン】 realization (of goods into money), conversion (into money), liquidation
- 換気 【カンキ】 ventilation
- 互換 【ゴカン】 interchange, transposition, compatible (e.g. PC)
- 代換 【ダイカン】 hypallage
Kun reading compounds
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
Readings
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- cambio
- intercambio
- intercambiar
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- ser intercambiado
- ser convertido
Portuguese
- trocar
- turno
- carga
- mudar
French
- échanger
- remplacer
- convertir
- change
| 1105 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 846 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1964 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 957 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 580 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1586 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1693 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 749 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 913 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 716 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 429 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 537 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1052 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12358 | Morohashi |
| 587 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2233 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1043 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1122 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1540 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c9.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 5703.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63db | Unicode hex code |