| 831 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 929 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 735 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 643 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 606 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 717 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 415 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1799 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1191 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 676 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 295 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2921 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1501 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1044 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3904 | Morohashi |
| 2325 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 859 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1035 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 949 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 善 【ゼン】 good, goodness, right, virtue
- 善意 【ゼンイ】 virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides, good faith
- 親善 【シンゼン】 friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity
- 独善 【ドクゼン】 self-righteousness, self-justified
Kun reading compounds
- 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
- 善い行い 【よいおこない】 good deed
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
- 良く 【よく】 nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...
- 善くも 【よくも】 how dare ..., how could ..., surprisingly, unexpectedly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たる、 よし
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- bondad
- virtud
Portuguese
- bom
- virtuoso
- bondade
French
- bien
- bonté
- vertu
| 977 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-9-3 | SKIP code |
| 8060.5 | Four corner code |
| 8060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5584 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
- 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
- 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
- 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
- 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
- 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
- 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
- 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
Kun reading compounds
- 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- sexo
- género
- naturaleza
- temperamento
Portuguese
- sexo
- gênero
- natureza
French
- sexe
- genre
- nature
- propriétés
| 645 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 745 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 723 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1666 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 280 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 535 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 564 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 421 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 811 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 357 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1572 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10478 | Morohashi |
| 299 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1558 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1679 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 119 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 690 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 9501.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6027 | Unicode hex code |