| 1260 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1149 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3193 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1598 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 766 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1635 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1009 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1046 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1309 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1403 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1518 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 802 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1095 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 702 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24230 | Morohashi |
| 1183 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4008 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 695 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 750 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1571 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 硬 【コウ】 hardness
- 硬貨 【コウカ】 coin, hard currency
- 生硬 【セイコウ】 crude, immature, unpolished
- 重硬 【ジュウコウ】 heavy and hard (of a wood)
Kun reading compounds
- 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
- かたいことは言いっこなし 【かたいことはいいっこなし】 let's put formalities aside, let's not speak so stiffly
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- rígido
- duro
- firme
Portuguese
- duro
- rígido
French
- dur
- raide
| 3366 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5a7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 1164.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 786c | 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 |
cancer, cancerous evil
- On:
- ガン
2233 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 癌 【ガン】 cancer
- 癌遺伝子 【ガンイデンシ】 oncogene
- 子宮頸がん 【シキュウケイガン】 cervical cancer
- 膵癌 【スイガン】 pancreatic cancer
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- cáncer
Portuguese
French
| 3076 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 4076 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 22538 | Morohashi |
| 3840 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2576 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2626 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 5i12.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-12 | SKIP code |
| 0017.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 764c | Unicode hex code |