| 2188 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 423 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1030 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 559 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 739 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 14477 | Morohashi |
| 835 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2560 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2500 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2562 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2062 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 途絶 【トゼツ】 stoppage, interruption, cessation, suspension
- 時鳥 【ホトトギス】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 時鳥 【ホトトギス】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 杜氏 【トウジ】 chief brewer at a sake brewery
- 杜撰 【ズサン】 careless, sloppy, faulty, using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing), piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
- 杜撰脱漏 【ズサンダツロウ】 careless (slipshod) and with many omissions
Kun reading compounds
- 森 【もり】 forest, shrine grove
- 杜の都 【もりのみやこ】 Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai City)
- 鎮守の杜 【ちんじゅのもり】 grove of the village shrine
Readings
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- bosque
- arboleda
- bloquear
- cerrar
Portuguese
French
| 4a3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4491.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 675c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 青果 【セイカ】 fruits and vegetables, produce
- 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
- 回青 【カイセイ】 Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)
- 黛青 【タイセイ】 blackish blue
- 青面金剛 【ショウメンコンゴウ】 Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
- 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
- 花緑青 【ハナロクショウ】 Paris green, emerald green
Kun reading compounds
- 青 【あお】 blue, azure, green, green light (traffic), black (horse coat color), blue 5-point card, immature, unripe, young
- 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
- プロシア青 【プロシアあお】 Prussian blue
- 深青 【ふかあお】 dark blue, deep blue, navy blue
- 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced
- 青色 【あおいろ】 blue
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お
- Korean:
- cheong
Spanish
- azul
- verde
- pálido
Portuguese
- verde
- azul
- imaturo
- verde-claro
French
- bleu
- vert
| 36 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 52 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 43 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 390 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5076 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 331 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 273 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 700 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 208 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 208 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 47 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1871 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3084 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1573 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1548 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42564P | Morohashi |
| 2430 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6557 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1534 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1654 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 393 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 74 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1446 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 5022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9752 | Unicode hex code |
林
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
656 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 林道 【リンドウ】 path through forest, woodland path, logging road
- 林業 【リンギョウ】 forestry
- 雑木林 【ゾウキバヤシ】 grove of miscellaneous trees, copse, coppice, thicket
- 農林 【ノウリン】 agriculture and forestry
Kun reading compounds
- 林 【はやし】 wood, woods, forest, grove, copse, thicket, bunch (of something), cluster, line, collection
- 林原美術館 【はやしばらびじゅつかん】 Hayashibara Museum of Art
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し
- Korean:
- rim
Spanish
- arboleda
- soto
Portuguese
- bosque
- floresta
French
- bois (petite forêt)
- bois
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 64 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 75 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 420 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2210 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 57 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 197 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 633 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 127 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 127 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 459 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1081 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1071 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 765 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 200 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14551 | Morohashi |
| 861 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2590 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 196 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 208 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 75 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1864 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4499.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6797 | Unicode hex code |