| 223 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 302 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 286 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 254 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2439 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 207 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 205 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 85 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 85 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 258 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1133 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4334 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2194 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2952 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 823 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16365 | Morohashi |
| 3521 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2968 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 815 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 878 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 238 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 267 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 死 【シ】 death, (an) out, death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
- 死因 【シイン】 cause of death
- 安楽死 【アンラクシ】 euthanasia
- 病死 【ビョウシ】 death from disease, death from illness
Kun reading compounds
- 死ぬ 【しぬ】 to die, to pass away, to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead, to cease, to stop
- 死ぬ気で 【しぬきで】 all out, like hell, like crazy, desperately, expecting to die
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- muerte
- morir
Portuguese
- morte
- dados
French
- mort
- mourir
| 3256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 1021.1 | Four corner code |
| 1021.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b7b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
661 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 亡 【ボウ】 death, the late, the deceased
- 亡命 【ボウメイ】 fleeing from one's country, seeking asylum, defection, emigration (for political reasons), (going into) exile, becoming a (political) refugee
- 存亡 【ソンボウ】 life or death, existence, destiny
- 興亡 【コウボウ】 rise and fall, ups and downs
- 亡者 【モウジャ】 the dead, ghost, person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.), person with a blind lust (for)
- 亡者船 【モウジャブネ】 ship of the dead which appears if one goes fishing during the Bon festival
- 焼亡 【ショウボウ】 destruction by fire
- 損亡 【ソンモウ】 loss
Kun reading compounds
- 亡い 【ない】 dead
- 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
- 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
- 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
Readings
- Korean:
- mang, mu
Spanish
- desaparecer
- perecer
- difunto
- huir
- escapar
Portuguese
- falecido
- agonizante
- atrasado
- perecer
French
- décédé
- feu ...
- mon regretté ...
- mourir
- périr
- détruire
| 985 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 973 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 887 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 979 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 297 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 672 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 684 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 582 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 37 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4210 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2126 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2874 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 496 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 287 | Morohashi |
| 3402 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 86 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 485 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 524 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 829 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 475 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 0071.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ea1 | Unicode hex code |
pagoda, tower, steeple
- On:
- トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1708 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 塔 【トウ】 tower, steeple, spire, stupa, pagoda, dagoba
- 塔跡 【トウアト】 ruins of a tower
- バベルの塔 【バベルノトウ】 Tower of Babel
- 鉄塔 【テットウ】 steel tower, electricity pylon, transmission tower
Readings
- Korean:
- tab
Spanish
- pagoda
- torre
- capitel
Portuguese
- pagode
- torre
- campanário
French
- pagode
- tour
- clocher
| 1651 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1516 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1109 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1570 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 437 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1558 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1840 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1991 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1438 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 383 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 683 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 411 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 517 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 260 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5332X | Morohashi |
| 561 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1052 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 254 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 270 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1517 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1477 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b9.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 4416.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5854 | Unicode hex code |