| 872 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 862 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 927 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3500 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1233 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 809 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1423 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 820 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 839 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1295 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1515 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1629 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1174 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1367 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27243 | Morohashi |
| 1277 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4441 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1355 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1455 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 881 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紅 【クレナイ】 deep red, crimson, rouge, lipstick
- 紅茶 【コウチャ】 black tea
- 深紅 【シンク】 deep crimson
- 退紅 【タイコウ】 pink, light red
- 紅 【クレナイ】 deep red, crimson, rouge, lipstick
- 紅色 【コウショク】 red (color, colour)
- 深紅 【シンク】 deep crimson
Kun reading compounds
- 紅 【くれない】 deep red, crimson, rouge, lipstick
- 紅色 【こうしょく】 red (color, colour)
- 棒紅 【ぼうべに】 lipstick
- 愛敬紅 【あいきょうべに】 lipstick that actors put on their earlobes, cheeks and corners of eyes, lipstick discreetly put on the earlobes or the corners of the eyes (by women)
- 紅 【くれない】 deep red, crimson, rouge, lipstick
- 紅色 【こうしょく】 red (color, colour)
- 中紅 【なかくれない】 medium crimson
- 薄紅 【うすべに】 light pink, light crimson
- 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くれ、 もみ
- Korean:
- hong, gong
Spanish
- carmesí
- rojo fuerte
- carmín
Portuguese
- carmesim
- vermelho forte
French
- cramoisi
- rouge foncé
| 2772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a3.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 2191.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d05 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
628 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 園 【エン】 garden, orchard, park, plantation, kindergarten, nursery school, preschool
- 園芸 【エンゲイ】 horticulture, gardening
- 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
- 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
Kun reading compounds
- 園 【その】 garden, orchard, park, place, world, environment
- 園生 【えんせい】 garden (esp. with trees), park
- 竹の園 【たけのその】 bamboo garden, Imperial family
- 女の園 【おんなのその】 woman's world, feminine environment
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おん、 ぞの
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- parque
- jardín
- academia
Portuguese
- parque
- jardim
- quintal
- fazenda
French
- parc
- jardin
- ferme
| 159 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 84 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 234 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 412 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1047 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 327 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 425 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2046 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 447 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 454 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 324 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 346 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3914 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2017 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2722 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 592 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4818 | Morohashi |
| 3156 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 962 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 585 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 629 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 223 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 6073.2 | Four corner code |
| 6023.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5712 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 3
JLPT level N2
699 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 植物 【ショクブツ】 plant, vegetation
- 植樹 【ショクジュ】 tree-planting
- 写植 【シャショク】 phototypesetting
- 拓殖 【タクショク】 colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation
Kun reading compounds
- 植える 【うえる】 to plant, to grow, to raise, to insert, to transplant, to implant, to set (type), to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent), to instill (idea, value, etc.), to inculcate
- 植わる 【うわる】 to be planted
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うえ、 え、 げ
- Korean:
- sig, chi
Spanish
- planta
- plantar
- crecer
- ser plantado
Portuguese
- planta
French
- planter
| 435 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 337 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 321 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1013 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2303 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 438 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 637 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1902 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 424 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 430 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 678 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1102 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1247 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 677 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 903 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 209 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15023 | Morohashi |
| 990 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2751 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 205 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 217 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 402 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1875 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.32 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4491.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 690d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1089 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 隠滅 【インメツ】 destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression, hiding, concealment
- 陰謀 【インボウ】 plot, intrigue, scheme, conspiracy, agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
- 退隠 【タイイン】 retirement (from an official position)
- 大隠 【タイイン】 enlightened hermit
- 隠密 【オンミツ】 secret, clandestine, covert, stealthy, spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.), secret agent
- 隠形 【オンギョウ】 invisibility (through magic)
Kun reading compounds
- 隠す 【かくす】 to hide, to conceal
- 隠し 【かくし】 hiding, concealing, being hidden, being concealed, pocket
- 隠し引き出し 【かくしひきだし】 secret drawer, hidden drawer
- 釘隠 【くぎかくし】 nail hider, nailhead cover, decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
- 雉隠 【きじかくし】 Asparagus schoberioides
- 隠れる 【かくれる】 to hide, to conceal oneself, to take cover, to disappear (behind), to be hidden (by), to be covered, to go out of sight, to live in seclusion, to retire (from the world), to be unknown (e.g. of a talent), to be undiscovered, to be hidden (e.g. of a meaning), to pass away (of a person of high position)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 がくし
- Korean:
- eun
Spanish
- ocultar
- esconder
- cubrir
- esconderse
- estar escondido
Portuguese
- esconder
- esconderijo
- capa
French
- dissimuler
- cacher
- couvrir
| 1014 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1511 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5020 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1374 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1881 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2074 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 868 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 887 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1235 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 749 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 873 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 502 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 645 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1322 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41836P | Morohashi |
| 713 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6480 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1313 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1410 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1740 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3658 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 7223.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96a0 | Unicode hex code |