| 1992 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2259 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 906 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 669 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 12747 | Morohashi |
| 2273 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2262 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2361 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2204 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 播種 【ハシュ】 sowing, seeding, planting
- は種床 【ハシュドコ】 container for growing seedlings, seedbed, sowing bed
- 播州 【バンシュウ】 old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
- 播但線 【バンタンセン】 Bantan Line (Hyogo Prefecture)
Kun reading compounds
- 蒔く 【まく】 to sow, to plant, to seed, to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict), to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はり
- Korean:
- pa
Spanish
- siembra
- propagación
- difusión
- sembrar
- propagar
- diseminar
Portuguese
French
| 3c12.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 5206.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 64ad | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1608 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 摩耗 【マモウ】 wear, abrasion
- 磨羯宮 【マカツキュウ】 Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign), the Goat
- 琢磨 【タクマ】 polish (jewels), cultivation
- 達磨 【ダルマ】 daruma, tumbling doll, round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted, Bodhidharma, prostitute
Kun reading compounds
- 磨く 【みがく】 to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens), to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
- 擦る 【する】 to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おさむ
- Korean:
- ma
Spanish
- pulido
- abrillantado
- pulir
- abrillantar
- lavarse los dientes
Portuguese
- moer
- polir
- explorar
- melhorar
- escovar (dentes)
French
- polir
- moudre
- récurer
- améliorer
- brosser (dents)
| 1831 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1376 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5393 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1985 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 768 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2596 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1531 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1632 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1731 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1410 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3946 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2033 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2744 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 601 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24449P | Morohashi |
| 3181 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4045 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 594 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 638 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1840 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 577 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q13.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 3-11-5 | SKIP code |
| 0026.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 78e8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
558 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 風 【フウ】 method, manner, way, style, appearance, air, tendency, folk song (genre of the Shi Jing), wind (one of the five elements)
- 風格 【フウカク】 personality, style, appearance
- 逆風 【ギャクフウ】 headwind, adverse wind
- 作風 【サクフウ】 style (of a work, author, artist, etc.), characteristics
- 風 【フウ】 method, manner, way, style, appearance, air, tendency, folk song (genre of the Shi Jing), wind (one of the five elements)
- 振り 【フリ】 swing, shake, sweep, wave, wag, appearance, behaviour, behavior, pretence, pretense, (false) show, pretending, (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction, postures (of a dance), lead in (to a joke, question, etc.), setup, unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment, counter for swords, blades, etc.
- 中風 【チュウフウ】 palsy, paralysis
- 破風 【ハフ】 gable
Kun reading compounds
- 風 【かぜ】 wind, breeze, draught, draft, manner, behaviour, behavior, cold, influenza
- 風邪 【かぜ】 (common) cold, influenza, flu, ague, inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
- 涼風 【りょうふう】 cool breeze, refreshing breeze
- 西風 【にしかぜ】 west wind
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 え
- Korean:
- pung
Spanish
- viento
- aire
- hábito
- estilo
- conducta
Portuguese
- vento
- ar
- estilo
- maneira
French
- vent
- air
- style
- manière
| 132 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 217 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 198 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 246 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5148 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 134 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 278 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 986 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 29 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 29 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 465 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 171 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3730 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1908 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2591 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 530 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43756 | Morohashi |
| 3007 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6663 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 524 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 563 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 316 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 187 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3656 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2s7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 7721.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98a8 | Unicode hex code |
土
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
307 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 土 【ド】 Saturday, earth, dirt, soil, land, lands, ground, earth (third of the five elements)
- 土地 【トチ】 plot of land, lot, soil, locality, region, place
- 浄土 【ジョウド】 pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha), (Buddhist) paradise, Pure Land Buddhism
- 郷土 【キョウド】 native place, birth-place, one's old home, province, region, locality
- 【ト】 Turkey
- 時計 【トケイ】 clock, watch, timepiece
- 下土 【カド】 lower world, this world, the earth
- 日ト 【ニット】 Japan and Turkey, Japanese-Turkish
Kun reading compounds
- 土 【つち】 earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud, the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land, low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud), (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
- 土方 【どかた】 construction worker, laborer (labourer), navvy
- 盛り土 【もりど】 embankment (for road, railway, etc.), raising the ground level, fill
- 赤土 【あかつち】 red clay, red earth, laterite, dark-red paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つく、 は、 ひじ
- Korean:
- to, du
Spanish
- suelo
- tierra
- Turquía
Portuguese
- solo
- terra
- chão
- Turquia
French
- sol
- terre
- terrain
- Turquie
| 17 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 19 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 60 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 316 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1050 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 19 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 37 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 42 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 24 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 24 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 22 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 347 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4211 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2127 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2875 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 152 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4867 | Morohashi |
| 3403 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 966 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 150 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 161 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 360 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 22 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4010.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 571f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
149 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 記 【キ】 account, history, chronicle, annals, record, notice, note, as follows, Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE), Records of Ancient Matters
- 記憶 【キオク】 memory, recollection, remembrance, memory, storage
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
- 左記 【サキ】 undermentioned (statement), the following, at left
Kun reading compounds
- 記す 【しるす】 to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of, to mention, to describe, to give an account of, to inscribe, to mark, to brand, to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- crónica
- narración
- memorizar
- anotar
- consignar por escrito
Portuguese
- escriba
- contar
- narrativa
- narrar
French
- inscrire
- compte-rendu
- narration
| 180 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 105 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 95 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 147 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4318 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 301 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 895 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1149 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 371 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 372 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 633 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1660 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1843 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 974 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1321 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 535 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35244 | Morohashi |
| 1453 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5563 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 529 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 568 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 209 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 190 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3056 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 0761.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a18 | Unicode hex code |