| 46 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 41 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 109 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 27 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 123 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 203 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 205 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 275 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 275 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 407 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1128 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4296 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2172 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2926 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 385 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16255 | Morohashi |
| 3484 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2955 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 379 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 405 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 139 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 42 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
143 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 正 【セイ】 (logical) true, regular, 10^40, ten duodecillion, original, positive, greater than zero, thesis (in dialectics)
- 正解 【セイカイ】 correct answer, right solution, correct interpretation, right decision, right choice, appropriate judgement
- 検事正 【ケンジセイ】 chief public prosecutor
- 適正 【テキセイ】 reasonable, suitable
- 正 【ショウ】 exactly, precisely, correct, right, true, greater (of equal court ranks), upper, senior, director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō period), chief
- 正月 【ショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January
- 大正 【タイショウ】 Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25), Taisho era
- 賀正 【ガショウ】 A Happy New Year!
Kun reading compounds
- 正しい 【ただしい】 right, correct, proper, righteous, just, honest, truthful, lawful
- 正しい行い 【ただしいおこない】 conducting oneself properly, right conduct, doing the right thing
- 正す 【ただす】 to correct, to rectify, to reform, to amend, to redress, to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.), to adjust
- 糺す 【ただす】 to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of
- 正 【まさ】 exact, precise
- 正に 【まさに】 exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt, right (when), just (as), just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of, really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally
- 正に 【まさに】 exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt, right (when), just (as), just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of, really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 くに、 ま、 まさし、 ただし
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- correcto
- justo
- arreglar
- enderezar
Portuguese
- corrigir
- justiça
- correto
- direito
- 10 elevado a 40
French
- correct
- positif
- juste
- droit
- 10**40
| 3173 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 1010.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b63 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
293 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 常識 【ジョウシキ】 common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette
- 常勤 【ジョウキン】 full-time employment
- 平常 【ヘイジョウ】 normal, usual, ordinary, everyday
- 経常 【ケイジョウ】 ordinary
Kun reading compounds
- 常 【つね】 usual state of things
- 常に 【つねに】 always, constantly
- 経常 【けいじょう】 ordinary
- 人の常 【ひとのつね】 human nature
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とき、 のぶ、 ひ、 ひた
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- habitual
- usual
- ordinario
- normal
- siempre
- interminable
Portuguese
- regular
- normal
- comum
- usual
French
- habituel
- ordinaire
- normal
| 642 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 740 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 718 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 356 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1364 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 199 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 499 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1463 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 497 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 506 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 708 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 566 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3203 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1657 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 807 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8955 | Morohashi |
| 2590 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1569 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 799 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 862 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 190 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 737 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1044 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 9022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e38 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
- 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
- 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
- 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
- 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
- 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
- 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
- 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
- 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
- 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cambiar
- transformarse
- modificarse
- disfrazarse
Portuguese
- mudança
- tomar a forma de
- influência
- encantar
- iludir
- seduzir
- -isação
French
- transformation
- prendre la forme de
- maquillage
- influence
- fantôme
- enchanter
- tromper
- chimie
- -isation
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 258 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 238 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 100 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 350 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 76 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 378 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 56 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 55 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 22 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1017 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2572X | Morohashi |
| 21 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 580 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1008 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 104 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 242 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2121.0 | Four corner code |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5316 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1340 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 偏 【ヘン】 left-hand radical of a character
- 偏見 【ヘンケン】 prejudice, bias, distorted view
- 普遍 【フヘン】 universal, general, ubiquitous, omnipresent
- 貝偏 【カイヘン】 kanji "shell" radical at left
Kun reading compounds
- 偏る 【かたよる】 to lean (to one side), to incline, to be unbalanced (e.g. diet), to be unduly weighted towards, to be concentrated on, to be partial, to be biased, to be prejudiced
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon
Spanish
- parcial
- lateral
- parte izquierda del kanji
- ser parcial
Portuguese
- parcial
- lado
- lado esquerdo
- radical
- inclinar-se
- tendencioso
French
- partial
- côté
- radical gauche d'un kanji
- incliné
- biais
| 1782 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1649 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 511 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1260 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1059 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1273 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1159 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1214 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1176 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 122 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 151 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 101 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 116 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1840 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 848X | Morohashi |
| 133 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 277 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1823 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1964 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1411 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2153 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a9.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 2322.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 504f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
22 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 見 【ケン】 view (of life, etc.), outlook
- 見解 【ケンカイ】 opinion, point of view
- 後見 【コウケン】 guardianship, guardian, (theatrical) assistant, prompter
- 政見 【セイケン】 political views
Kun reading compounds
- 見る 【みる】 to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe, to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge, to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on, to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.), to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try, to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...
- 見る見る 【みるみる】 very fast, in a twinkle, before one's eyes
- 見える 【みえる】 to be seen, to be visible, to be in sight, to look, to seem, to appear, to come
- 見える化 【みえるか】 visualization, rendering visible (e.g. a problem), digitization
- 見せる 【みせる】 to show, to display, to make (something or someone) look ..., to present an appearance of ..., to make (something) worth watching, to be entertaining, to have (something) looked at (by a specialist), to have (an antique, etc.) appraised, to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor), to take (someone) to a doctor, to make a show of (doing), to do in a conspicuous manner, to do in view of others, to resolve to do, to do at any cost, to show others that one will ...
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeon, hyeon
Spanish
- vista
- ver
- esperanza
- idea
- opinión
- observar
- ser visto
- estar a la vista
- poder verse
- mostrar
Portuguese
- ver
- esperanças
- oportunidades
- idéia
- opinião
- olhar
- visíveis
French
- regarder
- voir
- visible
- espoirs
- chances
- idée
- opinion
| 67 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 18 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 48 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4284 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 23 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 84 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 518 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 63 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 63 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 139 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1643 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3151 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1615 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2201 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 57 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34796 | Morohashi |
| 2544 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5522 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 57 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 61 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 20 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 62 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3957 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 6021.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 898b | Unicode hex code |