| 985 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 973 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 887 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 979 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 297 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 672 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 684 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 582 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 37 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4210 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2126 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2874 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 496 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 287 | Morohashi |
| 3402 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 86 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 485 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 524 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 829 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
661 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 亡 【ボウ】 death, the late, the deceased
- 亡命 【ボウメイ】 fleeing from one's country, seeking asylum, defection, emigration (for political reasons), (going into) exile, becoming a (political) refugee
- 存亡 【ソンボウ】 life or death, existence, destiny
- 興亡 【コウボウ】 rise and fall, ups and downs
- 亡者 【モウジャ】 the dead, ghost, person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.), person with a blind lust (for)
- 亡者船 【モウジャブネ】 ship of the dead which appears if one goes fishing during the Bon festival
- 焼亡 【ショウボウ】 destruction by fire
- 損亡 【ソンモウ】 loss
Kun reading compounds
- 亡い 【ない】 dead
- 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
- 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
- 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
Readings
- Korean:
- mang, mu
Spanish
- desaparecer
- perecer
- difunto
- huir
- escapar
Portuguese
- falecido
- agonizante
- atrasado
- perecer
French
- décédé
- feu ...
- mon regretté ...
- mourir
- périr
- détruire
| 475 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 0071.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ea1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 妻 【サイ】 one's wife
- 妻子 【サイシ】 wife and children, wife
- 先妻 【センサイ】 former wife, late wife
- 後妻 【ゴサイ】 second wife
Kun reading compounds
- 妻 【つま】 wife, garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings, accompaniment, side (remark)
- 妻 【つま】 my dear, dear, honey
- 駐妻 【ちゅうつま】 expat wife, wife of an expatriate employee
- 我が妻 【わがつま】 my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife), my wife, my husband
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ずま、 め
- Korean:
- cheo
Spanish
- esposa
- mujer
- esposa propia
Portuguese
- esposa
- cônjuge
French
- épouse
- femme
| 790 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 708 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 681 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 767 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1206 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 861 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 449 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 959 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 671 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 682 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 596 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 427 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3166 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1628 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1907 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6140 | Morohashi |
| 2558 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1200 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1889 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2035 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 683 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1469 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e5.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 5040.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 59bb | Unicode hex code |