| 38 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 58 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 24 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 60 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 21 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 48 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 89 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 34 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 34 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 100 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 535 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3658 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 775 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7869 | Morohashi |
| 2940 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 768 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 148 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 17 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
- 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
- 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
- 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
- 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
- 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Kun reading compounds
- 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
- 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 やの、 やん
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
| 1276 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 2277.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c71 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 本 【ホン】 book, volume, script, this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue, main, head, principal, real, genuine, regular, proper, counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
- 本位 【ホンイ】 standard, basis, principle
- 社会資本 【シャカイシホン】 social capital, SOC
- 配本 【ハイホン】 distribution of books
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)
- 本木 【もとき】 original stock
- 大本 【おおもと】 root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
- 旗本 【はたもと】 shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まと、 ごう
- Korean:
- bon
Spanish
- libro
- origen
- base
- contador de cosas alargadas
Portuguese
- livro
- presente
- real
- verdadeiro
- principal
- sufixo p/ contagem De coisas longas
French
- livre
- présent
- essentiel
- origine
- principal
- réalité
- vérité
- compteur d'objets allongés
| 45 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 76 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 70 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 15 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 96 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 20 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 61 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 212 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 25 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 25 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 37 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1046 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4314 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2937 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 215 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14421 | Morohashi |
| 3502 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2536 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 211 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 224 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 47 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 5023.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 672c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1766 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宜陽殿 【ギヨウデン】 pavilion housing imperial treasures and historical artifacts (in Heian Palace)
- 時宜 【ジギ】 right time, appropriate time, season's greetings
- 友誼 【ユウギ】 friendship, friendly relations, fellowship
Kun reading compounds
- 宜しい 【よろしい】 good, OK, all right, fine, very well, will do, may, can
- 宜しく 【よろしく】 well, properly, suitably, best regards, please remember me, please treat me favorably (favourably), please take care of, please do, just like ..., as though one were ..., by all means, of course
- よろしくお願いいたします 【よろしくおねがいいたします】 please remember me, please help me, please treat me well, I look forward to working with you, please do, please take care of
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 たか、 のぶ、 のり、 よし
- Korean:
- eui
Spanish
- apropiado
- adecuado
- conveniente
- correcto
Portuguese
- melhores cumprimentos
- bons
French
- convenable
- bon
- mes amitiés!
| 1134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1872 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1290 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1042 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1207 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 675 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1086 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1137 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1658 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 478 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2763 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1414 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1909 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1799 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7111 | Morohashi |
| 2223 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1317 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1783 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1922 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1164 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 773 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3010.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b9c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
688 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 旧痾 【キュウア】 persistent disease
- 久安 【キュウアン】 Kyūan era (1145.7.22-1151.1.26)
- 恒久 【コウキュウ】 permanence, perpetuity
- 耐久 【タイキュウ】 endurance, persistence
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 久遠 【クオン】 eternity
- 上手く行く 【ウマクイク】 to go smoothly, to turn out well, to do the trick, to have peaceful relations
- 阿摩美久 【アマミキヨ】 Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)
Kun reading compounds
- 久しい 【ひさしい】 long (time that has passed), old (story)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きゅ、 わ、 なが、 ひさ、 ひさし
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- mucho tiempo
- largo tiempo
- largo
- continuado por mucho tiempo
Portuguese
- tempo longo
- estória antiga
French
- longtemps
- vieille histoire
| 582 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 676 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 647 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 591 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 153 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 704 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 289 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 45 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1210 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1273 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1097 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 20 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4191 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2121 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1025 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 118 | Morohashi |
| 3384 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 47 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1016 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1092 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 641 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2562 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2780.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e45 | Unicode hex code |