| 1276 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1837 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2106 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1405 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 945 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1874 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2037 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1859 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 968 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3067 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1563 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2138 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 457 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13792 | Morohashi |
| 2413 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2430 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 448 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 483 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1188 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
descendants, elder brother, insect
- On:
- コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1688 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昆虫 【コンチュウ】 insect, bug
- 昆布 【コンブ】 kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica), konbu, kelp, any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
- 後昆 【コウコン】 grandchildren, posterity
Readings
- Korean:
- gon, hon
Spanish
- descendientes
Portuguese
- descendentes
- irmão mais velho
French
- descendant
- frère ainé
- insecte
| 3856 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 6011.1 | Four corner code |
| 6071.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6606 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis
- 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
- 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
- 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
- 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
- 蟻巻 【アリマキ】 aphid, plant louse, plant lice
Kun reading compounds
- 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
- 虫歯 【むしば】 tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries
- 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
- 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- む
- Korean:
- hwe, chung
Spanish
- insecto
- bicho
Portuguese
- inseto
- bichinho
- temperamento
French
- insecte
- vermine
- ver
- reptile
- colère
| 114 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 74 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 56 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1073 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4115 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 133 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 875 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 873 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 893 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 466 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 523 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32804 | Morohashi |
| 3530 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 517 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 60 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1671 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 5013.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 866b | Unicode hex code |
inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
45 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 相 【ソウ】 aspect, appearance, look, physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune), aspect, phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
- 相違 【ソウイ】 difference, discrepancy, variation
- 実相 【ジッソウ】 reality, real state of affairs, true state of affairs, true form of all things as they are, ultimate reality
- 世相 【セソウ】 social conditions, phase of life, (sign of) the times, state of society
- 相 【ショウ】 minister (of a government department)
- 相伴 【ショウバン】 partaking, participating, taking part in, sharing (something with someone)
- 厚相 【コウショウ】 Welfare Minister
- 宰相 【サイショウ】 prime minister, premier, chancellor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 い、 おう、 さ、 さが、 すけ
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- apariencia
- aspecto
- fase
- ministro de estado
- conjuntamente
- mutuamente
Portuguese
- inter-
- mútuo
- juntamente
- mutuamente
- ministro de estado
- conselheiro
- aspecto
- face
- fisionomia
French
- inter-
- mutuel
- ensemble
- ministre
- aspect
- phase
- physionomie
| 452 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 348 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 530 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 66 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2241 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 97 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 759 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 868 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 146 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 146 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 391 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1383 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1120 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 609 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 808 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 213 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23151 | Morohashi |
| 900 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3920 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 209 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 222 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 111 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 334 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1879 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 4690.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76f8 | Unicode hex code |
slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak
- On:
- ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1283 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 撲滅 【ボクメツ】 eradication, extermination, destruction, suppression
- 撲殺 【ボクサツ】 beat to death
- 打撲 【ダボク】 blow, hit (on the body), beating
Readings
- Korean:
- bag, bog
Spanish
- atizar
- golpear
- pegar
Portuguese
- tapa
- bater
- acesso
- batida
- contar
- falar
French
- battre
- claque
- frapper
- coup
- dire
- parler
| 1822 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1497 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1993 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1464 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1384 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1889 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2062 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1489 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 927 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 903 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 513 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 666 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1810 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12755 | Morohashi |
| 733 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2274 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1793 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1932 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1771 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 5203.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 64b2 | Unicode hex code |