| 450 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 557 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 528 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 375 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2770 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 437 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 716 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1788 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 651 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 662 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 401 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1279 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3456 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1779 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2423 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 246 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19149 | Morohashi |
| 2782 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3435 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 241 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 256 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 144 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 592 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 然 【ゼン】 -like
- 然諾 【ゼンダク】 consent, saying yes
- 必然 【ヒツゼン】 inevitable, necessary, certain, sure, inevitability, necessity
- 漠然 【バクゼン】 vague, obscure, indistinct, hazy, ambiguous
- 寂然 【セキゼン】 lonely, desolate, forlornness, desolation
- 自然 【ジネン】 occurring naturally (without human influence)
Kun reading compounds
- 然 【しか】 like that, as such, yeah, uh-huh
- 然し 【しかし】 however, but
- 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so
- 然し 【しかし】 however, but
- 而して 【そして】 and, and then, thus, and now, and finally
- 然 【さ】 so, like that, in that way
- 然らば 【さらば】 farewell, goodbye, adieu, if so, in that case, then, and (then)
- 然然 【ささ】 such and such
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon
Spanish
- de esa forma
- en ese caso
Portuguese
- Tipos de objetos
- assim
- se assim
- naquele caso
- bem
French
- un certain
- si c'est comme ça
- dans ce cas
- suffixe adverbial
| 2540 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d8.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 2333.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7136 | Unicode hex code |
非
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
472 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 非 【ヒ】 fault, error, mistake, going poorly, being disadvantageous, being unfavorable, un-, non-, an-
- 非行 【ヒコウ】 delinquency, misconduct
- 是非是非 【ゼヒゼヒ】 certainly, by all means
- 理非 【リヒ】 right and wrong
Kun reading compounds
- 非ず 【あらず】 not, does not exist
- 非ずんば 【あらずんば】 if not, unless
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- negativo
- equivocado
- culpar
- agravar
- in-
Portuguese
- Prefixo negativo in-
- erro
- negativa
- injustiça
French
- in-
- non-
- négatif
- faute
- injustice
- condamner
| 698 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 794 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 773 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 491 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5080 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 353 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1001 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 498 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 507 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 707 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1873 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1101 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 598 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 790 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1647 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42585 | Morohashi |
| 889 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6563 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1632 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1760 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 222 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 693 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1111.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 975e | Unicode hex code |