| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 毛茸 【モウジョウ】 hair, trichome
- 鹿茸 【ロクジョウ】 pilose antler (used in traditional Chinese medicine), velvet antler
Kun reading compounds
- 茸 【きのこ】 mushroom
- キノコ狩り 【きのこがり】 mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom gathering
- 幻覚キノコ 【げんかくきのこ】 hallucinogenic mushroom, magic mushroom
- 毒キノコ 【どくキノコ】 toadstool, poisonous mushroom
- 茸 【きのこ】 mushroom
- キノコ狩り 【きのこがり】 mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom gathering
- 藍茸 【あいたけ】 green-cracking russula (Russula virescens), quilted green russula, green brittlegill
- 舞茸 【まいたけ】 hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
Readings
- Korean:
- yong
Spanish
- seta
- hongo
- champiñón
Portuguese
French
| 3935 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 925 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2809 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1949 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 30918X | Morohashi |
| 5026 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2394 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2475 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 4440.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8338 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
- 貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
- 越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
- 蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Kun reading compounds
- 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
- 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
- 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
Readings
- Korean:
- pae
Spanish
- concha
Portuguese
- Marisco
- conchas
French
- coquillage
| 169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 49 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 90 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1590 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4486 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 44 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 917 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 498 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 719 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1720 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3150 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1614 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2200 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 54 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36656 | Morohashi |
| 2543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5766 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 54 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 56 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 70 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3961 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 6080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c9d | Unicode hex code |