| 1859 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1915 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 816 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1829 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1116 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 68 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1341 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1424 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1721 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 257 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3665 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1870 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2550 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1427 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2893 | Morohashi |
| 2947 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 646 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1415 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1519 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1026 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster
- On:
- ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 厄 【ヤク】 misfortune, bad luck, evil, disaster, unlucky year, critical year, year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky
- 厄年 【ヤクドシ】 unlucky year, critical year, year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō), bad year, annus horribilis
- 災厄 【サイヤク】 calamity, disaster, accident
- 大厄 【タイヤク】 calamity, disaster, great misfortune, grand climacteric
Readings
- Korean:
- aeg
Spanish
- desgracia
- mala suerte
- desastre
- calamidad
- abreviatura de año malo
Portuguese
- infeliz
- desgraça
- sorte ruim
- desaster
French
- malchance
- infortune
- désastre
| 3356 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2p2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 7121.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5384 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 瓜蒂 【カテイ】 stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 瓜田 【カデン】 melon field, melon patch
- 種なし西瓜 【タネナシスイカ】 seedless watermelon
- 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
- 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
- 草木瓜 【クサボケ】 dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica), (Japanese) flowering quince, Maule's quince, japonica
Kun reading compounds
- 瓜 【うり】 melon, gourd
- 瓜二つ 【うりふたつ】 exactly alike (in appearance), like two peas in a pod, (practically) identical, spitting image (of), carbon copy (of)
- 毛瓜 【もううり】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
- 赤瓜 【あかもううい】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う
- Korean:
- gwa
Spanish
- melón
Portuguese
French
- melon
| 2973 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1888 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 305 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3789 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1895 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21371X | Morohashi |
| 3038 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3686 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1877 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2022 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2662 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 7223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 74dc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
139 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 多 【タ】 multi-
- 多角 【タカク】 many-sided, versatile, polygonal, diversified
- 過多 【カタ】 excess, surplus, superabundance
- 最多 【サイタ】 most (numerous), largest (number of)
Kun reading compounds
- 多い 【おおい】 many, numerous, a lot, large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much, frequent, common
- 大いに 【おおいに】 very, very much, greatly, considerably, highly, exceedingly, a great deal, a lot, to one's heart's content
Readings
- Korean:
- da
Spanish
- abundante
- mucho
Portuguese
- muitos
- frequentar
- muito
French
- beaucoup
- nombreux
- fréquent
| 108 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 180 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 163 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 161 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1169 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 181 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 39 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 347 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 229 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 229 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 104 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 405 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2694 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1372 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1858 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 110 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5756 | Morohashi |
| 2170 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1127 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 108 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 113 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 128 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 129 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2560 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 2720.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 591a | Unicode hex code |