| 1876 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1116 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1966 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1401 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1369 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1551 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 631 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 641 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1481 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 917 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 722 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 433 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 542 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 671 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12355 | Morohashi |
| 593 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2236 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 664 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 717 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1542 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1316 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 揚力 【ヨウリョク】 dynamic lift, lifting power
- 揚音 【ヨウオン】 acute (accent, etc.)
- 高揚 【コウヨウ】 elevation (of spirits), raising (of morale), uplift, upsurge
- 掲揚 【ケイヨウ】 hoisting (e.g. a flag), raising, flying, putting up
Kun reading compounds
- 上げる 【あげる】 to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...
- 上がる 【あがる】 to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop (of rain), to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to be complete, to finish, above, north of
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あがり
- Korean:
- yang
Spanish
- levantar
- alzar
- izar
- freír
Portuguese
- levantar
- fritar em gordura funda
French
- hisser
- frire
| 1351 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 5602.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63da | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
736 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陸 【リク】 land, shore
- 陸海 【リクカイ】 land and sea, army and navy
- 北陸 【ホクリク】 Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
- 内陸 【ナイリク】 inland
- 六 【ロク】 six, 6
- 碌 【ロク】 satisfactory, decent, good, proper, worthy
- 碌々 【ロクロク】 (not) well, (not) properly, (not) enough, (not) sufficiently
- 双六 【スゴロク】 race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track), ban-sugoroku, sugoroku, traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
Kun reading compounds
- 陸 【りく】 land, shore
- 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くが、 たち、 みち、 む、 むつ
- Korean:
- ryug
Spanish
- tierra
Portuguese
- terra
French
- continent
- six
| 529 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 627 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 597 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 651 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5005 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 193 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 987 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1312 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 647 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 657 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 833 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 740 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 659 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 399 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 496 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1527 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41708 | Morohashi |
| 543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6461 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1513 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1631 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 445 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 579 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3672 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 7421.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9678 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 指揮者 【シキシャ】 (musical) conductor, commander, leader, director
- 指揮 【シキ】 command, direction, supervision, conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
- 中指 【ナカユビ】 middle finger, long finger, second finger, tall finger, middle toe, third toe
- 食指 【ショクシ】 index finger, forefinger
Kun reading compounds
- 指 【ゆび】 finger, toe, digit
- 指先 【ゆびさき】 fingertip, finger, toe tip, toe
- 中指 【なかゆび】 middle finger, long finger, second finger, tall finger, middle toe, third toe
- 食指 【しょくし】 index finger, forefinger
- 指す 【さす】 to point, to nominate, to select someone, to specify some person, to identify, to indicate, to point out, to play (a game of shogi), to move (a piece), to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
- 刺股 【さすまた】 sasumata, man catcher, two-pronged weapon for catching criminals
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 いぶ、 さし、 さす
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- dedo
- apuntar
- señalar
Portuguese
- dedo
- apontar para
- indicar
- colocar dentro
- jogo (xadrez)
- medida (governantal)
French
- doigt
- désigner
- indiquer
- jouer (échecs)
- mesure (règle, mètre)
| 226 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 305 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 289 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 241 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1904 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 729 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 569 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 800 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1041 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1082 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 775 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 888 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 452 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 278 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 337 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 666 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12034 | Morohashi |
| 378 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2152 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 659 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 711 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 292 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 327 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1378 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c6.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 5206.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6307 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
946 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 揮発 【キハツ】 volatilization, volatilisation
- 揮毫 【キゴウ】 writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy), drawing, painting
- 総指揮 【ソウシキ】 supreme command, direction over all
- 陣頭指揮 【ジントウシキ】 taking command of a corps in a battle, command exercised by the leader of a group
Kun reading compounds
- 振るう 【ふるう】 to swing, to wield (physically), to exert, to exercise (e.g. power, ability), to exhibit, to display, to wield (metaphorically), to flourish, to prosper, to thrive
Readings
- Korean:
- hwi
Spanish
- manejar
- ejercer
- exhibir
- exponer
Portuguese
- agitar
- onda
- sacudir
- balançar
- mexer
French
- brandir
- agiter
- remuer
- balancer
- secouer
| 846 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 833 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 883 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1960 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1565 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1371 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1652 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1766 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 776 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 914 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 717 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 430 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 538 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 669 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12394 | Morohashi |
| 589 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2229 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 662 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 715 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 939 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c9.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 5705.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63ee | Unicode hex code |
warship
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1363 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 艦 【カン】 warship
- 艦船 【カンセン】 warships and other vessels, naval vessels
- 駆逐艦 【クチクカン】 destroyer (ship)
- 巡洋艦 【ジュンヨウカン】 cruiser (warship)
Readings
- Korean:
- ham
Spanish
- buque de guerra
Portuguese
- navio de guerra
French
- navire de guerre
| 1116 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1299 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3881 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 942 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1693 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1665 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1779 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1892 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1598 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1817 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 963 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1893 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30571 | Morohashi |
| 1435 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1875 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2020 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1938 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 874 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6c15.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-15 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-14 | SKIP code |
| 2841.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8266 | Unicode hex code |