| 154 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 243 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 224 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1044 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2154 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 576 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 191 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1883 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 348 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 348 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 107 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 992 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1273 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 689 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 491 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14065 | Morohashi |
| 1010 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2503 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 480 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 519 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 415 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1040 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暗 【アン】 darkness
- 暗雲 【アンウン】 dark clouds, threatening signs, ominous indications
- 明暗 【メイアン】 light and darkness, light and shade
- 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade
Kun reading compounds
- 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
- 暗い過去 【くらいかこ】 shadowy past, murky past
- 眩む 【くらむ】 to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by, to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.), to become dark
- 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- oscuro
- poco claro
- memorizar
- sombrío
Portuguese
- escuridão
- desaparecer
- sombra
- informal
- escurecer
- cegar
French
- obscurité
- disparaître
- ombre
- informel
- s'assombrir
- être aveuglé
| 3878 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 6006.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6697 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1338 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黙祷 【モクトウ】 silent prayer
- 黙示 【モクシ】 (tacitly) implying, implication, revelation
- 寡黙 【カモク】 untalkative, quiet, taciturn, reticent, uncommunicative
- 温厚寡黙 【オンコウカモク】 gentle and reticent
Kun reading compounds
- 黙る 【だまる】 to be silent, to say nothing
Readings
- Korean:
- mug
Spanish
- silencio
- callarse
- dejar de hablar
Portuguese
- silêncio
- tornar-se silencioso
- parar de falar
- deixar como está
French
- silence
- se taire
- laisser en l'état
| 1856 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1418 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2796 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1581 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1925 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2405 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1578 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1684 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 869 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1941 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3554 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1833 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2494 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 245 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 48063P | Morohashi |
| 2865 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 7055 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 240 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 255 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1819 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3640 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d11.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-11-4 | SKIP code |
| 6333.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9ed9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
- 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
- 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
- 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
- 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
- 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Readings
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- inusual
- extraño
- cambio
- cambiar
- alterar
- modificar
Portuguese
- raro
- mudança
- estranhar
French
- insolite
- étrange
- changer
| 509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 609 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 581 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 324 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 191 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 443 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 970 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 257 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 257 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2569 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5703 | Morohashi |
| 2069 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1745 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 254 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 532 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 0024.7 | Four corner code |
| 0040.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5909 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 換金 【カンキン】 realization (of goods into money), conversion (into money), liquidation
- 換気 【カンキ】 ventilation
- 互換 【ゴカン】 interchange, transposition, compatible (e.g. PC)
- 代換 【ダイカン】 hypallage
Kun reading compounds
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
Readings
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- cambio
- intercambio
- intercambiar
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- ser intercambiado
- ser convertido
Portuguese
- trocar
- turno
- carga
- mudar
French
- échanger
- remplacer
- convertir
- change
| 1105 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 846 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1964 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 957 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 580 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1586 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1693 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 749 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 913 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 716 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 429 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 537 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1052 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12358 | Morohashi |
| 587 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2233 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1043 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1122 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1540 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c9.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 5703.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63db | Unicode hex code |