| 55 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 94 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 88 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 158 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2553 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 99 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 211 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1071 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 117 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 117 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 454 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1184 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 459 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 344 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 471 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17450 | Morohashi |
| 384 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 500 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 206 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 171 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
200 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海運 【カイウン】 maritime transport, shipping
- 海域 【カイイキ】 area of ocean
- 公海 【コウカイ】 high seas, international waters
- 内海 【ナイカイ】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
Kun reading compounds
- 海 【うみ】 sea, ocean, waters
- 海辺 【うみべ】 beach, seashore, seaside, coast
- 内海 【ないかい】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
- 血の海 【ちのうみ】 sea of blood, pool of blood
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あま、 うな、 うん、 え、 か、 た、 ひろ、 ひろし、 ぶ、 まち、 まま、 み、 め、 わたる
- Korean:
- hae
Spanish
- mar
- océano
- playa
Portuguese
- oceano
- mar
French
- mer
- océan
| 347 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3815.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d77 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 岸壁 【ガンペキ】 quay, wharf, jetty, wall-like shoreline, cliff wall
- 岸頭 【ガントウ】 shore, wharf
- 護岸 【ゴガン】 river dike
- 対岸 【タイガン】 opposite shore
Kun reading compounds
- 岸 【きし】 bank, coast, shore
- 岸辺 【きしべ】 shore, bank (of a body of water)
- 片岸 【かたぎし】 one bank (of a river)
- 彼の岸 【かのきし】 nirvana
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けし
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- playa
- costa
- orilla
Portuguese
- Praia
French
- côte
- rive
- plage
| 177 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 267 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 248 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 847 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1413 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 687 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 941 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 586 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 595 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 456 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 539 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2777 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1424 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1920 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1668 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8009 | Morohashi |
| 2236 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1459 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1653 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1782 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 294 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1255 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o5.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2224.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5cb8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 段 【ダン】 step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps, shelf, layer, tier, grade, level, class, dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank, paragraph, passage, column (of print), act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene, row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table), stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation, matter, occasion, degree, extent, counter for breaks in written language or speech
- 段階 【ダンカイ】 stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs
- 特段 【トクダン】 exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually
- 中段 【チュウダン】 half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
- 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
- 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
- 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- escalón
- escalera
- grado
Portuguese
- grau
- passos
- escada
French
- étape
- marche
- escalier
| 944 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 931 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 340 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2452 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 911 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 656 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 874 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 362 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 363 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 608 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1139 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1471 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 780 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1059 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1876 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16619 | Morohashi |
| 1144 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2991 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1859 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2003 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 425 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 891 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2668 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2s7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 7744.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bb5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1405 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丘陵 【キュウリョウ】 hill, hillock, rolling hills, foothills
- 丘疹 【キュウシン】 pimple, papule
- 墳丘 【フンキュウ】 tumulus, grave mound
- 砂丘 【サキュウ】 sand dune, sand hill
Kun reading compounds
- 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
- 岡辺 【おかべ】 vicinity of a hill
- 小高い丘 【こだかいおか】 small hill, low hill, hillock
- 嵐が丘 【あらしがおか】 Wuthering Heights (novel by Emily Bronte)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たかし
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- colina
Portuguese
- morro
- colina
French
- colline
- butte
| 1149 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1169 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 174 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1689 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1026 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 219 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1357 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1441 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1202 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 12 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4307 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2177 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2931 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1341 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 33 | Morohashi |
| 3495 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 19 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1329 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1427 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1035 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2673 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 7210.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e18 | Unicode hex code |