| 34 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 44 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 42 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 29 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2991 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 67 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 71 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 214 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 44 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 44 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 49 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1327 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4309 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2933 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1569 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21670 | Morohashi |
| 3497 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3715 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1555 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1675 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 9 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 43 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
生
life, genuine, birth
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding
- 回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
- 公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 public health, public hygiene, sanitation
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生家 【セイカ】 house where one was born, one's parents' house
- 殺生 【セッショウ】 killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
- 死生 【シセイ】 life and death
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生きる糧 【いきるかて】 source of vitality, life sustenance
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
- 生ける屍 【いけるしかばね】 living corpse
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
- 生う 【おう】 to grow (of plants), to spring up
- 生える 【はえる】 to grow, to spring up, to sprout, to cut (teeth)
- 生やす 【はやす】 to grow, to cultivate, to let grow (e.g. weeds)
- 生 【き】 pure, undiluted, raw, crude
- 生地 【きじ】 cloth, fabric, material, texture, dough, batter, inherent quality, one's true character, one's true colours, unglazed pottery, skin with no make-up, uncoated metal
- 死に生き 【しにいき】 death and life, death or life, death
- 生 【なま】 raw, uncooked, fresh, natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed, unprotected (sex), raw, bareback, live (i.e. not recorded), inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude, impudence, sauciness, unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer, blank (e.g. disk), unused, just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-, insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory, cash, tipsiness
- 生り 【なまり】 boiled and half-dried bonito
- お生 【おなま】 impudence, sauciness
- 現ナマ 【げんナマ】 cold cash, hard cash
- 生る 【なる】 to bear fruit
- 生す 【なす】 to have a child
- 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あさ、 いき、 いく、 いけ、 うぶ、 うまい、 え、 おい、 ぎゅう、 くるみ、 ごせ、 さ、 じょう、 すぎ、 そ、 そう、 ちる、 なば、 にう、 にゅう、 ふ、 み、 もう、 よい、 りゅう
- Korean:
- saeng
Spanish
- vida
- nacimiento
- vivir
- existir
- nacer
- dar a luz
- puro
- crudo
Portuguese
- vida
- genuína
- nascimento
French
- vie
- naissance
- authentique
- cru
| 2472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2510.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 751f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1385 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 没 【ボツ】 death, rejection (of a manuscript, etc.), lacking, without
- 没後 【ボツゴ】 after death, posthumously
- 戦没 【センボツ】 death in battle, killed in action
- 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
- 没薬 【モツヤク】 myrrh
Readings
- Korean:
- mol
Spanish
- hundirse
- ocultarse
- morir
- perecer
- perder
- penetrar
- rechazar
- excluir
Portuguese
- afogar
- afundar
- esconder
- cair na mãos de
- desaparecer
- evaporar
French
- sombrer
- couler
- cacher
- immersion
- disparaître
- mourir
| 1823 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1579 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2506 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1075 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1461 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 935 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 963 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1130 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1167 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 305 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 194 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 714 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17233 | Morohashi |
| 260 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3066 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 707 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 763 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 368 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a4.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3714.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ca1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
- 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
- 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
- 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year
Kun reading compounds
- 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
- 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
- いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
- 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ね
- Korean:
- nyeon
Spanish
- año
- edad
Portuguese
- Ano
French
- année
- compteur d'années
| 126 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 20 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 64 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 3 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 188 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 64 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 51 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 342 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 45 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 45 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 24 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 574 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2528 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1752 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1045 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9168 | Morohashi |
| 2035 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1593 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1036 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1114 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 13 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 51 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 8050.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e74 | Unicode hex code |
un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
650 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 未 【ミ】 not yet, un-
- 未解決 【ミカイケツ】 unsolved, unresolved, unsettled, pending, outstanding
- 過現未 【カゲンミ】 past, present and future, three states of existence
- 未亡人 【ミボウジン】 widow
- 未央柳 【ビヨウヤナギ】 Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
- 丁未 【ヒノトヒツジ】 Fire Sheep (44th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1907, 1967, 2027)
- 癸未 【ミズノトヒツジ】 Water Sheep (20th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1943, 2003, 2063)
Kun reading compounds
- 未だ 【まだ】 still, as yet, only, (not) yet, more, (more) still, at least, comparatively, relatively, unfinished, incomplete, not yet done
- 未だかつて 【いまだかつて】 never (before)
- 未だ 【まだ】 still, as yet, only, (not) yet, more, (more) still, at least, comparatively, relatively, unfinished, incomplete, not yet done
- 未だしも 【まだしも】 rather, better
- 未 【ひつじ】 the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Ram, the Goat, hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm), south-southwest, sixth month of the lunar calendar
- 未草 【ひつじぐさ】 pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
- 辛未 【かのとひつじ】 Metal Sheep (8th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1931, 1991, 2051)
- 乙未 【きのとひつじ】 Wood Sheep (32nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1955, 2015, 2075)
Readings
- Korean:
- mi
Spanish
- aún no
- todavía
- hasta ahora
Portuguese
- já-
- não ainda
- até aqui
- ainda
- até mesmo agora
French
- non-
- encore
- pas encore
- jusqu'ici
- même maintenant
- signe de la 8ème branche terrestre
- signe du Mouton (zodiaque)
- 13 à 15 heures
| 872 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 617 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 794 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 801 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 179 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 626 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 615 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 210 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 306 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 306 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 583 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1048 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4318 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2185 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2941 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 221 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14419 | Morohashi |
| 3506 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2535 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 216 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 229 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 458 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1464 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 5090.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 672a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1178 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 詳報 【ショウホウ】 detailed report, full report, details, particulars
- 詳細 【ショウサイ】 details, particulars, specifics, detailed, specific, minute, close-up view (of a digitally displayed map), zoomed-in view
- 不詳 【フショウ】 unknown, unidentified, unspecified
- 姓名不詳 【セイメイフショウ】 unidentified, name unknown
Kun reading compounds
- 詳しい 【くわしい】 detailed, full, minute, knowing very well, knowledgeable (about), well-acquainted (with), well-informed (about), familiar (with)
- 詳らか 【つまびらか】 detailed, clear
- 詳らかでない 【つまびらかでない】 unknown
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よし
- Korean:
- sang, yang
Spanish
- detallado
- minucioso
Portuguese
- detalhado
- cheio
- bem-informado
- preciso
French
- détaillé
- complet
- précis
- bien informé
| 1409 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1172 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4357 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 896 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1752 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1927 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1577 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1683 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 944 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1682 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1926 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1026 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1386 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 556 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35446 | Morohashi |
| 1526 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5607 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 550 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 589 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1667 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a6.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-6 | SKIP code |
| 0865.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a73 | Unicode hex code |