| 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, (mountain) forest, heap, pile, stack, mountain, protruding or high part of an object, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, (criminal) case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (from which players draw cards), draw pile, stock, wall, wall tile, 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1393 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陰 【イン】 (the) negative (e.g. pole), yin (in Chinese divination), hidden place, unseen part, private location
- 陰謀 【インボウ】 plot, intrigue, scheme, conspiracy, agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 外陰 【ガイイン】 vulva, pudenda
Kun reading compounds
- 陰 【かげ】 shade, shadow, behind (something), other side, back, the background, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.), darkness
- 陰口 【かげぐち】 malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 物陰 【ものかげ】 place hidden from view, cover, shelter, hiding place
- 陰る 【かげる】 to become clouded, to darken, to get dark, to become hidden (behind clouds), to darken (of a face), to worsen, to deteriorate, to become gloomy
Readings
- Korean:
- eum
Spanish
- sombra
- oscuridad
- oculto
- negativo
- ocultar
Portuguese
- matiz
- yin
- negativa
- órgões sexuais
- segredo
- sombra
French
- Yin
- ombre
- négatif
- secret
- organes sexuels
| 1013 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1408 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5006 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1031 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1872 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1563 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 867 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 886 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1525 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 735 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 657 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 397 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 494 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1606 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41691 | Morohashi |
| 541 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6462 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1592 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1718 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1496 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3671 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 7823.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9670 | Unicode hex code |