| 3657 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 6205 | Morohashi |
| 1210 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 生姜 【ショウキョウ】 dried ginger root (trad. medicine)
- 乾薑 【カンキョウ】 dried ginger
- 生姜 【ショウガ】 ginger (Zingiber officinale)
- 紅しょうが 【ベニショウガ】 red pickled ginger
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かん
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2o7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 8040.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-53-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 59dc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
300 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 建国 【ケンコク】 founding of a nation
- 建議 【ケンギ】 proposition, motion, proposal, suggestion
- 経営再建 【ケイエイサイケン】 management reorganization, management reorganisation
- 財政再建 【ザイセイサイケン】 finance reform, fiscal reconstruction
- 建立 【コンリュウ】 (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.), erection
- 再建 【サイコン】 (temple or shrine) rebuilding
Kun reading compounds
- 建てる 【たてる】 to build, to construct
- 建て 【たて】 contract, commitment
- 建前 【たてまえ】 face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts), ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
- 建つ 【たつ】 to be erected, to be built
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たけ、 たつ、 たて
- Korean:
- geon
Spanish
- construir
- edificar
- levantarse
- ser construido
Portuguese
- Construção
French
- construire
| 391 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 498 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 473 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 244 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1549 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 363 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 166 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 995 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 892 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 913 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1055 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 600 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3834 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1965 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2661 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 398 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9574 | Morohashi |
| 3090 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1660 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 391 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 417 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 278 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 524 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3567 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 1540.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5efa | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
705 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 清算 【セイサン】 (financial) settlement, squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)
- 清潔 【セイケツ】 clean, hygienic, sanitary, pure, virtuous, immaculate
- 血清 【ケッセイ】 serum, blood serum
- 乳清 【ニュウセイ】 whey
- 清浄 【セイジョウ】 pure, clean, purity
- 清浄無垢 【セイジョウムク】 purity, spotlessness
- 清 【シン】 Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty
- 清朝 【シンチョウ】 Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty, seichōtai, typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters
- 東清 【トウシン】 Eastern China
- 日清 【ニッシン】 Japan and Qing China
Kun reading compounds
- 清い 【きよい】 clean, clear, pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste
- 清い愛 【きよいあい】 pure love, platonic love
- 清まる 【きよまる】 to be purified, to be cleansed
- 清める 【きよめる】 to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 さや、 し、 すが、 すみ、 せ、 ちん
- Korean:
- cheong
Spanish
- puro
- claro
- purificar
- limpiar
Portuguese
- puro
- purificar
- limpar
- exorcisar
- Disnastia Manchu
French
- pur
- purifier
- exorciser
- nettoyer
- dynastie Mandchoue
| 440 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 547 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 517 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 509 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2605 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 654 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 692 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1342 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 660 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 671 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 754 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1213 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 635 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 384 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 479 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1553 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17695P | Morohashi |
| 523 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3205 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1539 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1659 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 569 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 346 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a8.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3512.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e05 | Unicode hex code |