| 498 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 401 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 378 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1222 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 131 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 820 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 662 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 140 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1269 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1095 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1153 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 43 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 24 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 25 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 133 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17087 | Morohashi |
| 39 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3032 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 131 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 138 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 259 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
- 氷山 【ヒョウザン】 iceberg
- 海氷 【カイヒョウ】 sea ice
- 解氷 【カイヒョウ】 a thaw
Kun reading compounds
- 氷 【こおり】 ice, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
- 氷水 【こおりみず】 ice water, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
- 人造氷 【じんぞうこおり】 artificial ice
- 雪氷 【せっぴょう】 snow and ice, snow ice, frozen snow
- 氷 【ひ】 ice, hail
- 氷柱 【つらら】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
- 薄ら氷 【うすらひ】 thin ice
- 凍る 【こおる】 to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すい
- Korean:
- bing
Spanish
- hielo
- congelado
Portuguese
- estalactite
- gelo
- granizo
- geada
- congela
French
- glace
- glaçon
- grêle
- geler
- congeler
| 1142 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a1.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 3223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c37 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 戦々慄々 【センセンリツリツ】 trembling with fear, filled with trepidation
- 栗鼠 【リス】 squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae), Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
- リス亜目 【リスアモク】 Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)
- 片栗 【カタクリ】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
- 実栗 【ミクリ】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed
Kun reading compounds
- 栗 【くり】 Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
- 栗石 【くりいし】 construction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter), chestnut-sized pebble
- 片栗 【かたくり】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
- 実栗 【みくり】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くる、 りっ
- Korean:
- ryul
Spanish
- castaña
- estricto
Portuguese
French
- châtaigne
| 1571 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1219 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3280 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1694 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1623 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14695 | Morohashi |
| 2649 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2662 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1609 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1735 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a6.32 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 1090.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6817 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
334 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 優 【ユウ】 Excellent (grade), A, superiority, excellence, gentle, graceful, elegant, skillful
- 優位 【ユウイ】 predominance, superiority, ascendancy, advantage, supremacy
- 声優 【セイユウ】 voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
- 怪優 【カイユウ】 actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance
- 優曇華 【ウドンゲ】 udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata), something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years), Japanese fiber banana flower, green lacewing eggs
- 優婆夷 【ウバイ】 upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)
- 声優 【セイユウ】 voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
- 怪優 【カイユウ】 actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance
Kun reading compounds
- 優しい 【やさしい】 tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable
- 優しい声 【やさしいこえ】 soft voice
- 優れる 【すぐれる】 to surpass, to outstrip, to excel
- 勝る 【まさる】 to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival, to outweigh, to preponderate
- 優るとも劣らない 【まさるともおとらない】 not at all inferior to, rival or surpass, compare favorably (with)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ゆ、 よし
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- excelente
- sobresaliente
- especial
- papel
- función
- elegante
- tierno
- amable
- cariñoso
- sobrepasar
- dejar atrás
- sobresalir
Portuguese
- ternura
- superar
- superação
- ator
- superioridade
- gentileza
French
- tendresse
- gentillesse
- exceller
- surpasser
- supériorité
- acteur
| 995 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 984 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 453 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 564 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1148 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 336 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2599 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1033 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1074 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1168 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 140 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 200 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 130 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 156 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1002 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1261 | Morohashi |
| 177 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 334 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 993 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1068 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1000 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2167 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a15.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-15 | SKIP code |
| 2124.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 512a | Unicode hex code |