| 182 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 106 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 96 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 454 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1582 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 263 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 163 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1018 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 317 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 317 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 134 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 562 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 148 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 98 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 113 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1238 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8930 | Morohashi |
| 130 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1564 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1230 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1316 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 265 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 191 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
504 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帰還 【キカン】 return (home), repatriation, feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
- 帰化 【キカ】 naturalization, naturalisation
- 社会復帰 【シャカイフッキ】 rehabilitation (in society)
- 回帰 【カイキ】 return (to), revolution, recurrence, regression
Kun reading compounds
- 帰る 【かえる】 to return, to come home, to go home, to go back, to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.), to get home, to get to home plate
- 帰す 【かえす】 to send (someone) back, to send (someone) home
Readings
- Korean:
- gwi, gwe
Spanish
- regreso
- vuelta
- retorno
- regresar
- volver
Portuguese
- Retôrno a casa
- chegar em
- conduzir-se
- resultar
French
- retour à la maison
- arriver à
- mener à
- aboutir à
- renvoyer
| 1244 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-9 | SKIP code |
| 2702.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e30 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
987 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 納税 【ノウゼイ】 payment of taxes
- 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
- 未納 【ミノウ】 payment default, overdue on a payment
- 上納 【ジョウノウ】 payment to the government
- 納得 【ナットク】 consent, agreement, acceptance, understanding, satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation), being convinced
- 納豆 【ナットウ】 natto (fermented soybeans)
- 納得 【ナットク】 consent, agreement, acceptance, understanding, satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation), being convinced
- 納豆 【ナットウ】 natto (fermented soybeans)
- 納戸 【ナンド】 storage room, storeroom, closet, grayish blue
- 納戸色 【ナンドイロ】 grayish blue, greyish blue
- 出納 【スイトウ】 receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
Kun reading compounds
- 収める 【おさめる】 to put (into), to put away (in), to put back (in), to keep (in), to store (in), to restore (to its place), to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.), to contain, to publish (in), to capture (on film), to achieve (results, success, etc.), to obtain, to get, to gain, to win, to make (a profit), to pay (fees, taxes, etc.), to deliver, to supply, to accept (a gift or money), to keep (within a limit), to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.), to dedicate, to subdue, to suppress, to settle, to finish, to conclude, to wind up, to bring to a close
- 収まる 【おさまる】 to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.), to be contained within, to fall within (e.g. a budget), to settle down (into), to be installed (in one's rightful place), to be returned (to one's original position), to settle into (one's position), to take up (a post), to occupy (a role), to be delivered, to be paid (e.g. taxes), to be settled (dispute, conflict, etc.), to be sorted, to subside (e.g. wind), to calm down, to abate, to be satisfied (e.g. with an answer), to consent, to agree
Readings
- Japanese names:
- の、 ろ
- Korean:
- nab
Spanish
- pagar
- proveer
- suministrar
- entregar
- finalizar
- concluir
Portuguese
- acordo
- obtem
- colheita
- pagamento
- oferta
- loja
French
- installer
- obtenir
- récolter
- payer
- réserve
- remise
- hangar
| 856 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 963 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 953 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 994 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3508 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 733 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1621 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1685 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 758 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 771 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 733 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1519 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1652 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 877 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1368 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27264X | Morohashi |
| 1300 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4453 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1356 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1456 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 912 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2753 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 2492.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d0d | Unicode hex code |
poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 極 【キョク】 pole, climax, extreme, extremity, culmination, height, zenith, nadir
- 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
- 消極 【ショウキョク】 passive, negative, conservative, depolarization
- 対極 【タイキョク】 antipodes, other (opposite) extreme, opposite, antithesis
- 極 【ゴク】 quite, very, 10^48, quindecillion
- 極秘 【ゴクヒ】 absolute secrecy
- 極々 【ゴクゴク】 extremely, highly
- 失礼至極 【シツレイシゴク】 extremely rude, impertinent, impolite
Kun reading compounds
- 極める 【きわめる】 to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something, to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy), to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
- 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled
- 極まり 【きわまり】 extremity, end, bound, limit
- 極まりない 【きわまりない】 extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled, boundless (e.g. universe, ocean), limitless
- 極み 【きわみ】 height, acme, extremity, peak, end, limit
- 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
- 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
Readings
- Korean:
- geug
Spanish
- polo terrestre o magnético
- muy
- sumamente
- extremadamente
- alcanzar un extremo
Portuguese
- postes
- acordo
- conclusão
- fim
- a mais alta posição
- postes elétricos
- muitos
- extremamente
- maior
- altamente
- 10 elevado a48
French
- extrêmes
- pôles (N et S)
- décision
- conclusion
- fin
- plus haut rang
- pôles électriques
- très
- extrêmement
- le plus
- hautement
- 10**48
| 382 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 488 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 464 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 652 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 597 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 639 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1896 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 336 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 336 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 679 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1100 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1243 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 695 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 900 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1922 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15181 | Morohashi |
| 1017 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2753 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1903 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2052 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 311 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 584 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4191.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6975 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
405 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 限定 【ゲンテイ】 limit, restriction
- 限界 【ゲンカイ】 limit, bound
- 上限 【ジョウゲン】 upper limit, supremum
- 有限 【ユウゲン】 finite, limited
Kun reading compounds
- 限る 【かぎる】 to restrict, to limit, to confine, to be restricted to, to be limited to, to be confined to, to be best (for), to be the best plan, to be the only way (to)
- 限り 【かぎり】 limit, limits, bounds, degree, extent, scope, the end, the last, as long as ..., as far as ..., as much as ..., to the limits of ..., all of ..., unless ..., (not) included in ..., (not) part of ..., being very much (in a certain state), extreme amount (of a feeling, etc.), ... only (e.g. "one time only", "today only"), end of one's life, final moments, death, funeral, burial
- 限りない 【かぎりない】 unlimited, endless, boundless, infinite
- 中限 【なかぎり】 next-month delivery
Readings
- Korean:
- han
Spanish
- limitar
- restringir
- confinar
Portuguese
- limite
- restringir
- o melhor possível
French
- limite
- limiter
- restreindre
- autant que possible
| 601 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 691 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 665 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 474 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4987 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 600 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 985 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 847 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 866 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 975 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 728 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 475 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 296 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 357 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1478 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41627 | Morohashi |
| 398 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1466 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1576 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 370 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 696 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3665 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 7723.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9650 | Unicode hex code |