| 755 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 670 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 641 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 382 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1098 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 688 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 435 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1493 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 450 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 457 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 691 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 354 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3312 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1716 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2330 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1783 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5197 | Morohashi |
| 2673 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1040 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1767 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1904 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 251 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 726 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
241 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 基 【キ】 group, (free) radical, counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
- 起因 【キイン】 to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from, to be due to, cause, origin
- 塩基 【エンキ】 base
- 加爾基 【カルキ】 chlorinated lime, calcium hypochlorite, chloride of lime, bleaching powder
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, origin, source
- 失敗は成功のもと 【しっぱいはせいこうのもと】 failure teaches success, failure is a stepping-stone to success
- 生兵法は大怪我のもと 【なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと】 a little learning is a dangerous thing
- 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, origin, source
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きい、 とも
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- fundamento
- origen
- base
Portuguese
- fundamentais
- radicais (Quim.)
- comtador para máquinas
- fundação
French
- fondements
- radical (chimie)
- compteur de machines
- fondations
| 1972 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 4410.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 57fa | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
- 礎石 【ソセキ】 foundation stone, cornerstone
- 定礎 【テイソ】 laying a cornerstone (foundation stone)
- 柱礎 【チュウソ】 plinth
Kun reading compounds
- 礎 【いしずえ】 foundation stone, cornerstone
- 礎を築く 【いしずえをきずく】 to lay the foundation (for)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もと
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- piedra angular
- piedra base
- fundamento
Portuguese
- Pedra angular
- pedra de fundação
French
- première pierre
- première angulaire
| 1512 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1268 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3222 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1701 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1576 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2730 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1515 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1616 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 692 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1412 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1595 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 842 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 401 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24522 | Morohashi |
| 1248 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4054 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 394 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 421 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1898 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3370 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5a13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-13 | SKIP code |
| 1468.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 790e | Unicode hex code |
生
life, genuine, birth
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding
- 回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
- 公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 public health, public hygiene, sanitation
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生家 【セイカ】 house where one was born, one's parents' house
- 殺生 【セッショウ】 killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
- 死生 【シセイ】 life and death
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生きる糧 【いきるかて】 source of vitality, life sustenance
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
- 生ける屍 【いけるしかばね】 living corpse
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
- 生う 【おう】 to grow (of plants), to spring up
- 生える 【はえる】 to grow, to spring up, to sprout, to cut (teeth)
- 生やす 【はやす】 to grow, to cultivate, to let grow (e.g. weeds)
- 生 【き】 pure, undiluted, raw, crude
- 生地 【きじ】 cloth, fabric, material, texture, dough, batter, inherent quality, one's true character, one's true colours, unglazed pottery, skin with no make-up, uncoated metal
- 死に生き 【しにいき】 death and life, death or life, death
- 生 【なま】 raw, uncooked, fresh, natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed, unprotected (sex), raw, bareback, live (i.e. not recorded), inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude, impudence, sauciness, unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer, blank (e.g. disk), unused, just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-, insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory, cash, tipsiness
- 生り 【なまり】 boiled and half-dried bonito
- お生 【おなま】 impudence, sauciness
- 現ナマ 【げんナマ】 cold cash, hard cash
- 生る 【なる】 to bear fruit
- 生す 【なす】 to have a child
- 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あさ、 いき、 いく、 いけ、 うぶ、 うまい、 え、 おい、 ぎゅう、 くるみ、 ごせ、 さ、 じょう、 すぎ、 そ、 そう、 ちる、 なば、 にう、 にゅう、 ふ、 み、 もう、 よい、 りゅう
- Korean:
- saeng
Spanish
- vida
- nacimiento
- vivir
- existir
- nacer
- dar a luz
- puro
- crudo
Portuguese
- vida
- genuína
- nascimento
French
- vie
- naissance
- authentique
- cru
| 34 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 44 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 42 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 29 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2991 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 67 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 71 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 214 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 44 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 44 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 49 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1327 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4309 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2933 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1569 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21670 | Morohashi |
| 3497 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3715 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1555 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1675 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 9 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 43 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2510.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 751f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
161 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 産 【サン】 (giving) birth, childbirth, delivery, native (of), product of, produced in, -grown, -bred, assets, property, fortune
- 産科 【サンカ】 obstetrics
- 増産 【ゾウサン】 production increase
- 水産 【スイサン】 aquatic products, fisheries
Kun reading compounds
- 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
- 産霊 【むすひ】 divine spirit of creation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もと
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- producto
- producir
- propiedad
- dar a luz
- nacer
Portuguese
- produtos
- dar a luz
- nascer
- dar crias
- nascimento
- nativo
- bens
French
- production
- porter (fruits)
- donner naissance
- produire
- natal
- propriété
| 408 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 518 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 491 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 142 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3354 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 317 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 218 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1520 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 278 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 278 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 574 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1328 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4089 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2075 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2812 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1574 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21684P | Morohashi |
| 3298 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3716 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1560 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1681 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 92 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 567 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 0021.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7523 | Unicode hex code |