| 174 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 99 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 244 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 203 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2552 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 198 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 681 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 819 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 237 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 237 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 517 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1185 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 460 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 285 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 345 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 145 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17423 | Morohashi |
| 385 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3132 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 143 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 154 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 132 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 172 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
171 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 活 【カツ】 living, life, judo art of resuscitation, action, activity
- 活字 【カツジ】 printing type, movable type, printed text, print
- 死活 【シカツ】 life and death, life or death
- 就活 【シュウカツ】 job hunting, job searching
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
Readings
- Korean:
- hwal, gwal
Spanish
- vida
- energía
- actividad
Portuguese
- vivo
- resuscitação
- existência
- ser ajudado
- vida
French
- vivant
- animé
- résurrection
- être aidé
| 377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3216.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d3b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
485 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 字 【ジ】 character (esp. kanji), letter, written text, handwriting, penmanship, the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
- 字形 【ジケイ】 character style, character form
- 題字 【ダイジ】 title lettering
- 英字 【エイジ】 English letter, alphabetic character
Kun reading compounds
- 字 【あざ】 section of village
- 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village
- 大字 【おおあざ】 larger section (of village)
- 小字 【こあざ】 small administrative unit (of a village)
- 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- carácter
- letra
- palabra
Portuguese
- caracter
- letra
- palavra
- seção de aldeia
French
- caractère
- lettre
- mot
- hameau
| 86 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 78 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 28 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 612 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 121 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 156 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 110 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 110 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 528 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 457 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2696 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1374 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 188 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6942 | Morohashi |
| 2172 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1285 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 185 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 197 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 57 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 747 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 3040.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b57 | Unicode hex code |