| 34 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 44 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 42 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 29 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2991 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 67 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 71 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 214 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 44 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 44 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 49 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1327 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4309 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2933 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1569 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21670 | Morohashi |
| 3497 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3715 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1555 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1675 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 9 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 43 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
生
life, genuine, birth
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding
- 回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
- 公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 public health, public hygiene, sanitation
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生家 【セイカ】 house where one was born, one's parents' house
- 殺生 【セッショウ】 killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
- 死生 【シセイ】 life and death
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生きる糧 【いきるかて】 source of vitality, life sustenance
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
- 生ける屍 【いけるしかばね】 living corpse
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
- 生う 【おう】 to grow (of plants), to spring up
- 生える 【はえる】 to grow, to spring up, to sprout, to cut (teeth)
- 生やす 【はやす】 to grow, to cultivate, to let grow (e.g. weeds)
- 生 【き】 pure, undiluted, raw, crude
- 生地 【きじ】 cloth, fabric, material, texture, dough, batter, inherent quality, one's true character, one's true colours, unglazed pottery, skin with no make-up, uncoated metal
- 死に生き 【しにいき】 death and life, death or life, death
- 生 【なま】 raw, uncooked, fresh, natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed, unprotected (sex), raw, bareback, live (i.e. not recorded), inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude, impudence, sauciness, unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer, blank (e.g. disk), unused, just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-, insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory, cash, tipsiness
- 生り 【なまり】 boiled and half-dried bonito
- お生 【おなま】 impudence, sauciness
- 現ナマ 【げんナマ】 cold cash, hard cash
- 生る 【なる】 to bear fruit
- 生す 【なす】 to have a child
- 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あさ、 いき、 いく、 いけ、 うぶ、 うまい、 え、 おい、 ぎゅう、 くるみ、 ごせ、 さ、 じょう、 すぎ、 そ、 そう、 ちる、 なば、 にう、 にゅう、 ふ、 み、 もう、 よい、 りゅう
- Korean:
- saeng
Spanish
- vida
- nacimiento
- vivir
- existir
- nacer
- dar a luz
- puro
- crudo
Portuguese
- vida
- genuína
- nascimento
French
- vie
- naissance
- authentique
- cru
| 2472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2510.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 751f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
161 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 産 【サン】 (giving) birth, childbirth, delivery, native (of), product of, produced in, -grown, -bred, assets, property, fortune
- 産科 【サンカ】 obstetrics
- 増産 【ゾウサン】 production increase
- 水産 【スイサン】 aquatic products, fisheries
Kun reading compounds
- 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
- 産霊 【むすひ】 divine spirit of creation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もと
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- producto
- producir
- propiedad
- dar a luz
- nacer
Portuguese
- produtos
- dar a luz
- nascer
- dar crias
- nascimento
- nativo
- bens
French
- production
- porter (fruits)
- donner naissance
- produire
- natal
- propriété
| 408 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 518 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 491 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 142 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3354 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 317 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 218 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1520 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 278 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 278 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 574 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1328 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4089 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2075 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2812 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1574 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21684P | Morohashi |
| 3298 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3716 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1560 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1681 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 92 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 567 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 0021.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7523 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
285 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 過 【カ】 surplus-, excess-, over-, per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
- 過激 【カゲキ】 extreme (measure, idea, etc.), radical, violent (language), strenuous (exercise, work, etc.), excessive, (physically) demanding
- 看過 【カンカ】 overlooking, turning a blind eye
- 輸出超過 【ユシュツチョウカ】 excess of exports
Kun reading compounds
- 過ぎる 【すぎる】 to pass through, to pass by, to go beyond, to pass (of time), to elapse, to have expired, to have ended, to be over, to exceed, to surpass, to be above, to be no more than ..., to be excessive, to be too much, to be too ...
- 過ごす 【すごす】 to spend (time), to pass, to lead (a life), to live, to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption), to drink (alcohol), to carry too far, to carry to excess, to take care of, to support, to overdo, to do too much, to ... without acting on it, to ... without getting involved
- 過ち 【あやまち】 fault, error, indiscretion, faux pas
- 過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという 【あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという】 a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake
- 過つ 【あやまつ】 to err
- 過ぎる 【よぎる】 to go by, to cross, to pass by, to flash across
- 過ぎる 【よぎる】 to go by, to cross, to pass by, to flash across
Readings
- Korean:
- gwa
Spanish
- pasar
- extralimitarse
- exceder
- fallo
- error
- traspasar
- fallar
Portuguese
- sobrepujar
- exceder
- ir além de
- erro
French
- passer
- dépasser
- excéder
- erreur
| 562 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 659 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 629 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 399 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4723 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 368 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 963 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1804 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 413 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 419 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 284 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 705 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3891 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2003 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2704 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1302 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39002P | Morohashi |
| 3137 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6090 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1293 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1389 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 230 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 750 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3649 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q9.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3730.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 904e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1448 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 剰余金 【ジョウヨキン】 surplus, balance
- 冗員 【ジョウイン】 supernumerary, superfluous staff, excess personnel, useless staff
- 余剰 【ヨジョウ】 surplus, remainder, residue, margin, balance
- 出生過剰 【シュッショウカジョウ】 excessive birth (rate)
Kun reading compounds
- 剰え 【あまつさえ】 besides, moreover, in addition
Readings
- Korean:
- ing
Spanish
- excedente
- sobrante
- además
Portuguese
- excedente
- além disso
French
- par dessus le marché
- en outre
- surplus
| 1418 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1546 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 698 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1662 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1097 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1426 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1068 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1115 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1321 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 202 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2233 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1164 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1584 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1600 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2107 | Morohashi |
| 1779 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 501 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1586 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1710 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1412 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2243 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-2 | SKIP code |
| 2290.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5270 | Unicode hex code |