| 52 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 88 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 82 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 580 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 58 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 163 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 148 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1161 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 461 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 469 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 97 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 402 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2619 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1339 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1815 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 302 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5720 | Morohashi |
| 2113 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1120 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 296 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 317 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 188 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夏 【カ】 Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
- 夏季 【カキ】 summer season
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 盛夏 【セイカ】 midsummer, height of summer
- 夏 【ゲ】 summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
- 夏至 【ゲシ】 summer solstice
- 一夏 【イチゲ】 one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
- 半夏 【ハンゲ】 crow dipper (Pinellia tuber), 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
Kun reading compounds
- 夏 【なつ】 summer
- 夏季 【かき】 summer season
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 常夏 【とこなつ】 everlasting summer
Readings
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- verano
Portuguese
- verão
French
- été
| 3167 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 2-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 1024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1040.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 590f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1180 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 緑色 【ミドリイロ】 green, green color
- 緑化 【リョッカ】 greening (i.e. planting to increase greenery), tree planting, afforestation
- 新緑 【シンリョク】 fresh verdure, new green leaves
- 常緑 【ジョウリョク】 evergreen
- 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
- 四緑 【シロク】 fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)
Kun reading compounds
- 緑 【みどり】 green, greenery, verdure
- 緑色 【みどりいろ】 green, green color
- 黄緑 【きみどり】 pea green, yellow-green
- 青緑 【あおみどり】 blue-green, turquoise, aqua, spirogyra, algae forming pond scum
Readings
- Korean:
- rog
Spanish
- verde
- verdor
Portuguese
- Verde
French
- vert
| 532 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 435 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 412 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1102 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3564 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 876 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 824 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2535 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 537 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 546 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 731 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1546 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1741 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 934 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1259 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1383 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27541P | Morohashi |
| 1377 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4528 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1371 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1471 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 430 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2742 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 2793.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7dd1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
988 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 樹木 【ジュモク】 tree, trees and shrubs
- 樹脂 【ジュシ】 resin, rosin
- 植樹 【ショクジュ】 tree-planting
- 広葉樹 【コウヨウジュ】 broadleaf tree, broad-leaved tree
Kun reading compounds
- 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
- 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
- 一樹 【いちじゅ】 one tree, a tree
- 楷の木 【かいのき】 Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いつき、 うえ、 こ、 しげ、 じ、 たちき、 たつ、 たつる、 な
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- árbol
- vegetación
- establecer
Portuguese
- Madeira-de-lei
- madeira
French
- grume
- bois
| 897 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 888 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1034 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2377 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1053 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1446 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2483 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1144 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1197 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1853 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1117 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1363 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 735 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 987 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1458 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15496 | Morohashi |
| 1075 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2878 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1446 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1554 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 993 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1848 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a12.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 4490.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6a39 | Unicode hex code |
林
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
656 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 林道 【リンドウ】 path through forest, woodland path, logging road
- 林業 【リンギョウ】 forestry
- 雑木林 【ゾウキバヤシ】 grove of miscellaneous trees, copse, coppice, thicket
- 農林 【ノウリン】 agriculture and forestry
Kun reading compounds
- 林 【はやし】 wood, woods, forest, grove, copse, thicket, bunch (of something), cluster, line, collection
- 林原美術館 【はやしばらびじゅつかん】 Hayashibara Museum of Art
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し
- Korean:
- rim
Spanish
- arboleda
- soto
Portuguese
- bosque
- floresta
French
- bois (petite forêt)
- bois
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 64 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 75 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 420 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2210 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 57 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 197 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 633 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 127 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 127 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 459 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1081 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1071 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 765 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 200 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14551 | Morohashi |
| 861 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2590 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 196 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 208 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 75 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1864 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4499.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6797 | Unicode hex code |