| 80 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 124 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 317 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5403 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 286 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 284 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1486 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 206 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 45 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1940 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3406 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1754 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2388 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 176 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 48040 | Morohashi |
| 2740 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 7052 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 174 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 186 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 204 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
573 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke
- 黒衣 【コクイ】 black clothes
- 大黒 【ダイコク】 god of wealth, monk's wife
- 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
Kun reading compounds
- 黒 【くろ】 black, black stone, guilt, guilty person
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒ずむ 【くろずむ】 to blacken, to darken
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒色 【くろいろ】 black (colour, color)
Readings
- Korean:
- heug
Spanish
- negro
- maldad
Portuguese
- preto
French
- noir
| 3640 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 6033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9ed2 | Unicode hex code |
style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
- On:
- シキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
251 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 式 【シキ】 way, style, fashion, method, system, form, type, ceremony, rite, ritual, celebration, wedding (ceremony), equation, formula, expression, enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)
- 式場 【シキジョウ】 ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral), hall for ceremonies, place of ceremony
- 硬式 【コウシキ】 hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
- 型式 【カタシキ】 model (e.g. of a vehicle), type
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり
- Korean:
- sig
Spanish
- ceremonia
- método
- sistema
- forma
Portuguese
- estilo
- cerimônia
- rito
- método
- sistema
- formulário
French
- type
- protocole
- cérémonie
- rituel
- fonction
- processus
- système
- forme
| 417 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 311 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 295 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 185 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1556 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 349 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 515 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 306 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 525 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 534 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 796 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 602 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3785 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1931 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2623 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 359 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9663 | Morohashi |
| 3049 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1676 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 353 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 377 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 356 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 269 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1456 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4n3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4310.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f0f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2007 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 尉官 【イカン】 officer below the rank of major, company officer
- 中尉 【チュウイ】 first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
- 少尉 【ショウイ】 second lieutenant, sublieutenant, ensign
- 尉 【ジョウ】 inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system), old man, white ash (of charcoal)
- 尉鶲 【ジョウビタキ】 Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- 黒式尉 【コクシキジョウ】 noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)
Readings
- Korean:
- wi, ul
Spanish
- oficial militar
- carcelero
- rango
- viejo
Portuguese
- oficial militar
- carcereiro
- velho
- posição
French
- officier
- geôlier
- vieil homme
- rang
| 1004 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1765 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 231 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1232 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1223 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1410 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1617 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1725 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1882 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 507 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2119 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1105 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1504 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1104 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7440 | Morohashi |
| 1685 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1383 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1095 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1176 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1423 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3748 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 7420.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c09 | Unicode hex code |