35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
51 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
46 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
476 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
275 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
254 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
443 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
207 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
207 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
46 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1751 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2719 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1389 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36993 | Morohashi |
2193 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5840 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1743 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1880 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
406 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
68 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 赤軍 【セキグン】 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Japanese Red Army, JRA
- 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
- 七赤 【シチセキ】 seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
- 日赤 【ニッセキ】 Japanese Red Cross Society (abbr), Nisseki
- 赤銅 【シャクドウ】 shakudo, gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
- 赤銅色 【シャクドウイロ】 brown, tan
Kun reading compounds
- 赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
- 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
- 紅赤 【べにあか】 beniaka, variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh; product of the Kawagoe region, bright red tinged with yellow
- 真赤 【まあか】 bright red, deep red
- 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist
- 赤色 【あかいろ】 red, red color (colour), communism, the left
- 赤らむ 【あからむ】 to become red, to redden, to blush
- 赤らめる 【あからめる】 to blush, to redden
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あこ、 あま
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- rojo
- enrojecer
- enrojecerse
- sonrojarse
Portuguese
- vermelho
French
- rouge
1441 | 2001 Kanji |
3b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
4023.1 | Four corner code |
4033.1 | Four corner code |
1-32-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8d64 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
200 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海運 【カイウン】 maritime transport, shipping
- 海域 【カイイキ】 area of ocean
- 公海 【コウカイ】 high seas, international waters
- 内海 【ナイカイ】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
Kun reading compounds
- 海 【うみ】 sea, ocean, waters
- 海辺 【うみべ】 beach, seashore, seaside, coast
- 内海 【ないかい】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
- 血の海 【ちのうみ】 sea of blood, pool of blood
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あま、 うな、 うん、 え、 か、 た、 ひろ、 ひろし、 ぶ、 まち、 まま、 み、 め、 わたる
- Korean:
- hae
Spanish
- mar
- océano
- playa
Portuguese
- oceano
- mar
French
- mer
- océan
55 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
94 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
88 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
158 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2553 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
99 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
211 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1071 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
117 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
117 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
454 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1184 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
459 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
344 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
471 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17450 | Morohashi |
384 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
500 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
206 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
171 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
347 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3815.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d77 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1353 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 亀裂 【キレツ】 crack, crevice, fissure, chap, rift
- 亀甲 【キッコウ】 tortoise shell
- 霊亀 【レイキ】 mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck), Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
- 宝亀 【ホウキ】 Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)
Kun reading compounds
- 亀 【かめ】 tortoise, turtle, heavy drinker, turtle crest, turtle mon
- 亀綾 【かめあや】 high-quality glossy white habutai silk, raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern
- お亀 【おかめ】 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman, soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
- 出歯亀 【でばかめ】 voyeur, Peeping Tom
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひさ、 ひさし
- Korean:
- gwi, gyun
Spanish
- tortuga
Portuguese
French
- tortue
1288 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5445 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1921 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1531 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2284 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1889 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2637 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1346 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1826 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
540 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
210 | Morohashi |
2128 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
62 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
534 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
573 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
2n9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-9 | SKIP code |
4-11-4 | SKIP code |
2771.6 | Four corner code |
1-21-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e80 | Unicode hex code |