| 500 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 600 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 572 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 134 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 17 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 130 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 104 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 94 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 94 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 94 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 422 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 10 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4242 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2141 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2890 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1225 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19 | Morohashi |
| 3434 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 13 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1217 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1302 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 103 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 444 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 不 【フ】 un-, non-
- 不安 【フアン】 anxiety, uneasiness, worry, apprehension, fear, insecurity, suspense
- 意味不 【イミフ】 of uncertain meaning, ambiguous, cryptic, nonsensical, incomprehensible, perplexing
- 社不 【シャフ】 person unfit for society, misfit
- 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
- 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly
Readings
- Korean:
- bu, bul
Spanish
- prefijo negativo: in-
- des-
Portuguese
- Prefixo negativo
- negativa
- não
- feia
- ruim
- deselegante
French
- négation
- non
- mauvais
- laid
- maladroit
| 3154 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 1090.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e0d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1383 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 浄化槽 【ジョウカソウ】 water-purification tank, septic tank
- 浄化 【ジョウカ】 purification, cleanup (e.g. of politics), purge
- 自浄 【ジジョウ】 self-purification, self-cleansing
- 不浄 【フジョウ】 unclean, dirty, impure, bathroom, toilet (room), menstruation, menses, feces, faeces
Kun reading compounds
- 清める 【きよめる】 to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off
- 清い 【きよい】 clean, clear, pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- puro
- inocente
Portuguese
- limpar
- purificar
- limpeza
- exorcisar
- Disnastia Manchu
French
- nettoyer
- laver
- purifier
- dynastie Mandchoue
| 1417 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1559 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2548 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 976 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1472 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 823 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 664 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 675 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1495 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1187 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 457 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 282 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 342 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1163 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17451 | Morohashi |
| 382 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3128 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1155 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1239 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1274 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 347 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3715.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d44 | Unicode hex code |