| 1309 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1470 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1713 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1304 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1304 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1725 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1843 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1457 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 818 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 585 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 354 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 441 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1737 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10850 | Morohashi |
| 483 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1896 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1721 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1857 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1433 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1463 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 惨 【サン】 appalling
- 惨事 【サンジ】 disaster, tragedy, tragic incident, horrible accident
- 凄惨 【セイサン】 ghastly, gruesome, appalling, lurid
- 陰惨 【インサン】 sadness and gloom
- 残虐 【ザンギャク】 cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous
- 残酷 【ザンコク】 cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman
- 冷酷無惨 【レイコクムザン】 cruel and heartless, merciless, implacable, cold-blooded
Kun reading compounds
- 惨め 【みじめ】 miserable, wretched, unhappy, sad, pitiable
- 惨い 【むごい】 cruel, merciless, pitiless, brutal, atrocious, inhuman, tragic, horrible, terrible, dreadful, miserable, ugly, horrifying
Readings
- Korean:
- cham, chim
Spanish
- cruel
- horrible
- desastroso
Portuguese
- desprezível
- desastre
- crueldade
- severo
French
- choquant
- misérable
- désastre
- cruauté
- rude
| 1160 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 9302.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 60e8 | Unicode hex code |
harm, injury
- On:
- ガイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
358 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 害 【ガイ】 injury, harm, evil influence, damage
- 害虫 【ガイチュウ】 harmful insect, noxious insect, vermin, pest
- 薬害 【ヤクガイ】 harmful side effects of a medicine or drug
- 傷害 【ショウガイ】 injury, inflicting bodily injury
Readings
- Korean:
- hae, hal
Spanish
- desastre
- obstáculo
- daño
- lesión
Portuguese
- dano
- injúria
French
- tort
- mal
- blessure
| 362 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 460 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 437 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 425 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 450 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 468 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1181 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 518 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 527 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 785 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 481 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2826 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1457 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1962 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1565 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7165 | Morohashi |
| 2272 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1333 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1551 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1671 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 428 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 538 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5bb3 | Unicode hex code |