| 510 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 610 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 582 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 578 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 450 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 265 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 118 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 330 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 330 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 101 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 105 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 71 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 75 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1000 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 659 | Morohashi |
| 95 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 219 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 991 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1066 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 533 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 便 【ベン】 convenience, service, facility, accommodation, excreta (esp. faeces), excrement, stool
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 利便 【リベン】 convenience
- 大便 【ダイベン】 feces, faeces, excrement, stool
- 便 【ビン】 flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service, mail, post, letter, opportunity, chance
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 穏便 【オンビン】 gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet, without fuss, simply
- 増便 【ゾウビン】 increase in the number of flights
Kun reading compounds
- 便り 【たより】 news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
- 便りがないのはよい便り 【たよりがないのはよいたより】 no news is good news
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon, byeon
Spanish
- conveniencia
- excremento
- noticias
- correspondencia
- carta
Portuguese
- conveniência
French
- commodité
- courrier
- vol (avion)
- nouvelles
| 2166 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2124.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4fbf | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 潜水 【センスイ】 diving, submerging, going underwater
- 潜在 【センザイ】 potentiality, dormancy, latency
- 原潜 【ゲンセン】 nuclear submarine
- 対潜 【タイセン】 antisubmarine
Kun reading compounds
- 潜む 【ひそむ】 to lurk, to be hidden, to be concealed, to lie dormant, to be latent
- 潜る 【もぐる】 to dive (into or under water), to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under, to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground
- 潜る 【くぐる】 to go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through, to dive (into or under the water), to evade, to get around, to slip past, to survive, to surmount
- 潜める 【ひそめる】 to hide, to conceal, to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard, to become quiet and inconspicuous
Readings
- Korean:
- jam
Spanish
- esconderse
- ocultarse
- silenciar
Portuguese
- submergir
- esconder
- ocultar
- abaixar (voz)
- calar
French
- s'immerger
- se cacher
- se dissimuler
- s'embusquer
- voix basse
- chut!
| 1497 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1302 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2703 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1458 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1501 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2272 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 937 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 967 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1393 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1251 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 922 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 521 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 680 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 852 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18241 | Morohashi |
| 746 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3337 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 844 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 907 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1779 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 378 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a12.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 3516.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6f5c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
832 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 血液 【ケツエキ】 blood
- 血圧 【ケツアツ】 blood pressure
- 脳出血 【ノウシュッケツ】 cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral haemorrhage
- 熱血 【ネッケツ】 hot blood, warm blood, zeal, fervor, fervour, ardor, ardour, enthusiasm
Kun reading compounds
- 血 【ち】 blood, blood, ancestry, lineage, stock, (the) blood, feelings, passions
- 血筋 【ちすじ】 lineage, stock, descent, strain, blood relationship
- 黄色い血 【きいろいち】 blood low in blood cells (caused by frequent blood donations), yellow blood
- 生き血 【いきち】 lifeblood
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeol
Spanish
- sangre
- consanguinidad
Portuguese
- sangue
French
- sang
| 389 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 288 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 270 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 637 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4205 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 344 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 876 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 337 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 789 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 803 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 928 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1611 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4339 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2196 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2955 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1460 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 33964 | Morohashi |
| 3526 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5411 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1448 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 489 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 265 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 874 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5h1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2710.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8840 | Unicode hex code |