| 723 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 620 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 796 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 227 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2773 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 386 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 715 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1789 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 93 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 93 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 400 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1280 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2648 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1832 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1791 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19113 | Morohashi |
| 2135 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1775 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1913 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 179 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 600 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
274 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 無 【ム】 nothing, naught, nought, nil, zero, un-, non-
- 無意識 【ムイシキ】 unconsciousness, unconscious, involuntary, automatic, mechanical, unintentional, spontaneous, the unconscious
- 皆無 【カイム】 nonexistent, nil, none, nothing (at all), bugger-all
- 虚無 【キョム】 nihility, nothingness
- 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
- 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly
Kun reading compounds
- 無い 【ない】 nonexistent, not being (there), unowned, not had, unpossessed, unique, not, impossible, won't happen, not, to not be, to have not
- 【ないといけない】 have to (verb), must (verb), is indispensable, absolutely necessary
- 苦無 【くない】 ninja throwing knives, mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
Readings
- Korean:
- mu
Spanish
- nada
- inexistente
- prefijo negativo
- no hay
Portuguese
- Sem valor
- nada
- não sou/ estou
- nihil
- não
French
- néant
- rien
- ne pas
- non
- in-
- négatif
| 2340 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7121 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1500 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 駄 【ダ】 poor, low-grade, trivial, insignificant, worthless, load, pack, horse load, packhorse
- 駄目 【ダメ】 no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken, hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless, cannot, must not, not allowed, neutral point, intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game, no!, stop!
- 雪駄 【セッタ】 leather-soled sandals (geta)
- 足駄 【アシダ】 high clogs, rain clogs
- 中下駄 【チュウゲタ】 medium height geta
- 高下駄 【タカゲタ】 tall wooden clogs
Readings
- Korean:
- tae, ta
Spanish
- caballo de carga
- carga
- aburrido
Portuguese
- Incômodo
- bando de cavalos
- carga de cavalos
- enviar a cavalo
French
- fardeau
- cheval de bât
- charge de cheval
- envoyé par cheval
| 1541 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1591 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5198 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1909 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1880 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2046 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1610 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1917 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2291 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1617 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2005 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44633 | Morohashi |
| 1821 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6734 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1986 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2140 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1744 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3463 | 2001 Kanji |
| 10a4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 7433.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 99c4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
1046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 飯店 【ハンテン】 Chinese restaurant
- 飯切 【ハンギリ】 flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
- 米飯 【ベイハン】 cooked rice
- 赤飯 【セキハン】 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
Kun reading compounds
- 飯 【めし】 cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood
- 飯売女 【めしうりおんな】 maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
- 握り飯 【にぎりめし】 onigiri, rice ball
- 冷や飯 【ひやめし】 cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 いい、 いり、 え
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- comida
- arroz cocido
Portuguese
- refeição
- arroz cozido
French
- repas
- riz bouilli
| 696 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 594 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 565 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1083 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5158 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 768 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 279 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 325 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 325 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 604 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1904 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2126 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1110 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1509 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1485 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44064P | Morohashi |
| 1691 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6679 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1473 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1583 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 597 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2867 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8174.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98ef | Unicode hex code |
食
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
- 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
- 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
- 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
- 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
Kun reading compounds
- 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
- 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
- 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
- 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
- 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
- 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐい
- Korean:
- sig, sa
Spanish
- alimento
- comida
- eclipse
- comer
Portuguese
- comer
- comida
- alimento
French
- manger
- nourriture
| 253 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 146 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 269 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5154 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 283 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 99 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1159 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 322 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 322 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 131 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1900 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2578 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1484 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44014 | Morohashi |
| 2075 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6674 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1472 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1582 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 207 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 180 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2865 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 8073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98df | Unicode hex code |