912 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1324 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
323 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
245 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
3443 | Morohashi |
764 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2169 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
108 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 呪 【ジュ】 spell, curse, dharani, mantra
- 呪術 【ジュジュツ】 magic, sorcery, incantation
- 消災呪 【ショウサイジュ】 disaster-preventing incantation, disaster-preventing dharani
- 明呪 【ミョウジュ】 mantra
- 呪詛 【ジュソ】 curse, malediction, hex
Kun reading compounds
- 呪う 【まじなう】 to pray that one avoids disaster or illness, to pray for harm or death to come upon someone, to curse, to charm, to conjure, to cast a spell (on someone), to treat illness (with a prayer)
- 呪い 【のろい】 curse, spell, malediction
- 呪い殺す 【のろいころす】 to curse (someone) to death, to put a deadly curse on (someone)
- 呪い 【まじない】 charm, incantation, spell, curse
- 呪う 【のろう】 to curse, to put a curse on, to detest intensely
Readings
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- maldición
- hechizo
- maldecir
- hechizar
- encantar
Portuguese
French
3d5.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
6601.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
546a | Unicode hex code |
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
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) |
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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 猫額 【ビョウガク】 (as small as a) cat's forehead
- 猫額大 【ビョウガクダイ】 tiny
- 怪猫 【カイビョウ】 monster cat, cat with magical powers
- 成猫 【セイビョウ】 adult cat, fully-grown cat
Kun reading compounds
- 猫 【ねこ】 cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus), shamisen, geisha, wheelbarrow, clay bed-warmer, bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
- 猫 【ねこま】 cat
- 野良猫 【のらねこ】 stray cat, alley cat
- 山猫 【やまねこ】 wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.), wild cat, stray cat
Readings
- Korean:
- myo
Spanish
- gato
Portuguese
- Gato
French
- chat
1742 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1763 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2893 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
730 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1304 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1470 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1567 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1410 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1304 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
651 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
391 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
488 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
250 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
20535X | Morohashi |
535 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3586 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
244 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
259 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1461 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2976 | 2001 Kanji |
3g8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
4426.0 | Four corner code |
1-39-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
732b | Unicode hex code |