| 1115 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 991 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2970 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1568 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 737 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2620 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 865 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 884 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1035 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1323 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1395 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 747 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1011 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 844 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21287 | Morohashi |
| 1090 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3680 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 836 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 899 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1875 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 環 【カン】 ring, band, rim, ring, circum-
- 環境 【カンキョウ】 environment, surroundings, circumstances
- 円環 【エンカン】 circle, ring
- 外環 【ガイカン】 outer ring, outer loop
Kun reading compounds
- 輪 【わ】 ring, circle, loop, hoop, wheel, circle (e.g. of friends), planetary ring
- 浮き輪 【うきわ】 swim ring, swimming ring, life buoy, life belt, life preserver, lifesaver
- 腕輪 【うでわ】 bracelet, bangle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たま、 たまき
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- círculo
- anillo
- eslabón
- giro
Portuguese
- argola
- círculo
- elo
- roda
French
- anneau
- cercle
- roue
- maillon
| 3165 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4f13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-13 | SKIP code |
| 1613.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 74b0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
346 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 境 【サカイ】 border, boundary, turning point, watershed, area, region, spot, space, environment, psychological state, mental state, cognitive object, something perceptible by the sense organs or mind
- 境界 【キョウカイ】 boundary, border, limit, bounds, frontier
- 越境 【エッキョウ】 crossing a border (illegally), border violation, border transgression
- 推奨環境 【スイショウカンキョウ】 system requirements (i.e. recommended hardware and software to run a package)
- 境内 【ケイダイ】 grounds (esp. of shrines and temples), compound, churchyard, precincts
- 境界 【ケイカイ】 land boundary, border (between properties)
Kun reading compounds
- 境 【さかい】 border, boundary, turning point, watershed, area, region, spot, space, environment, psychological state, mental state, cognitive object, something perceptible by the sense organs or mind
- 境目 【さかいめ】 borderline, boundary
- 生死の境 【せいしのさかい】 between life and death
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さか、 じき
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- límite
- frontera
- región
- circunstancia
- borde
Portuguese
- limite
- borda
- região
French
- frontière
- région
- environnement
| 761 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 680 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 651 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 792 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1135 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 751 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 440 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2076 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 864 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 883 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1036 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 387 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 835 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 482 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 618 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 495 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5409 | Morohashi |
| 676 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1085 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 484 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 523 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 787 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1457 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 4011.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5883 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 庁 【チョウ】 government office, agency, board
- 庁舎 【チョウシャ】 government office building
- 国税庁 【コクゼイチョウ】 National Tax Agency (Japan), national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)
- 政庁 【セイチョウ】 government office
Readings
- Korean:
- cheong
Spanish
- oficina del gobierno
- edificio público
Portuguese
- escritório de governo
French
- bureau du gouvernement
| 950 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 938 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 459 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1498 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1034 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 506 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 174 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 763 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 777 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 541 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 582 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3768 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1920 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2612 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 598 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9223 | Morohashi |
| 3034 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1603 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 591 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 635 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 837 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 0022.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e81 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
12 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 長 【チョウ】 head, chief, leader, elder, merit, strong point, superiority, major
- 長官 【チョウカン】 secretary (government), director, chief
- 体長 【タイチョウ】 length (of an animal), body length
- 医長 【イチョウ】 medical director, chief physician
Kun reading compounds
- 長い 【ながい】 long (distance, length), long (time), protracted, prolonged
- 長居 【ながい】 long visit, overstaying
- 長 【おさ】 head, chief, leader, the greatest (of all the ...)
- 【オサガメ】 leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- 田長 【たおさ】 master of the rice field, chief farmer, lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 死出田長 【しでたおさ】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 おしゃ、 たかし、 たけ、 な、 は、 ひさ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- largo
- jefe
- sobresaliente
Portuguese
- Longo
- ambicionar
- líder
- chefe
French
- long
- chef
| 116 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 189 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 173 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 25 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 155 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 95 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 939 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 95 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 95 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 89 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1837 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2212 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1939 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41100 | Morohashi |
| 2556 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6379 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1920 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2070 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 90 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 161 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-8-1 | SKIP code |
| 7173.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9577 | Unicode hex code |
bureaucrat, the government, organ
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
230 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 官 【カン】 government, government service, the bureaucracy, government post, government official
- 官界 【カンカイ】 bureaucracy
- 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
- 自衛官 【ジエイカン】 Japanese Self-Defense Force official, Self-Defense Force official
Readings
- Korean:
- gwan
Spanish
- gobierno
- gubernamental (lugar
- persona)
- órgano del cuerpo
Portuguese
- burocracia
- o governo
French
- fonctionnaire
- gouvernemental
| 364 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 465 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 441 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 225 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1295 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 318 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 462 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 672 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 326 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 326 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 540 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 469 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2766 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1417 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1912 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1279 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7107 | Morohashi |
| 2226 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1322 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1271 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1363 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 202 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 498 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3077.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b98 | Unicode hex code |