| 37 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 53 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 65 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 266 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3095 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 79 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 73 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 205 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 205 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 44 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1362 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4305 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2175 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2929 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 37 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22678 | Morohashi |
| 3493 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3863 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 37 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 37 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 242 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 46 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
白
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 白 【ハク】 white, striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus), (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.), one's lines, white dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles, Belgium, white person, Caucasian
- 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
- 美白 【ビハク】 beautifully white (esp. of skin), whitening (of skin, teeth, etc.)
- 漂白 【ヒョウハク】 blanching, bleaching
- 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
- 白夜 【ビャクヤ】 night under the midnight sun, white night (at extreme latitudes), night during which the sun doesn't set
- 敬白 【ケイハク】 yours sincerely, sincerely yours, yours truly
- 恐惶敬白 【キョウコウケイハク】 very truly yours, very respectfully yours
Kun reading compounds
- 白 【しろ】 white, innocence, innocent person, blank space, white stone, white dragon tile, skewered grilled pig intestine
- 白い 【しろい】 white
- 面白 【おもしろ】 amusing, funny, interesting
- 蘿蔔 【すずしろ】 daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- 白い 【しろい】 white
- 白色 【しろいろ】 white
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 か、 はっ
- Korean:
- baeg, bae
Spanish
- blanco
Portuguese
- branco
French
- blanc
| 878 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c1.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 767d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昼食 【チュウショク】 lunch, midday meal, food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
- 昼間 【ヒルマ】 daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
- 炎昼 【エンチュウ】 hot summer early afternoon
- 春昼 【シュンチュウ】 spring day (which seems long and quiet)
Kun reading compounds
- 昼 【ひる】 noon, midday, daytime, lunch
- 昼食 【ちゅうしょく】 lunch, midday meal, food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
- 小昼 【こひる】 just before noon, late-morning snack
- 夜昼 【よるひる】 day and night
Readings
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- día
- mediodía
Portuguese
- dia
- meio-dia
French
- journée
- midi
| 279 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 188 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 172 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 863 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 53 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 828 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 189 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 983 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 470 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 478 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 92 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 974 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3841 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1972 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2668 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1084 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13886 | Morohashi |
| 3097 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2450 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1075 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1156 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 184 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-1 | SKIP code |
| 7710.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 663c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
71 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 決 【ケツ】 decision, vote
- 決意 【ケツイ】 decision, determination, resolution
- 表決 【ヒョウケツ】 vote, voting
- 強行採決 【キョウコウサイケツ】 forced passage (of a bill, measure, resolution, etc.), railroading, steamrolling, steamrollering
Kun reading compounds
- 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
- 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
- 決る 【しゃくる】 to dig out, to gouge out, to hollow out, to scoop, to ladle, to bail, to jerk (one's chin)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeol
Spanish
- decidir
- fijar
- quedar decidido
Portuguese
- decida
- fixar
- concordar sobre
- nomear
French
- décider
- fixer
- se mettre d'accord
- arrangement
| 202 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 271 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 94 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2509 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 230 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 667 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 402 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 356 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 357 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 277 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1163 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 308 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1656 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17174 | Morohashi |
| 263 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3070 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1641 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1770 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 138 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 281 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3513.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c7a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
751 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 闘士 【トウシ】 fighter (for), militant, champion (of), boxer
- 闘志 【トウシ】 fighting spirit, (will to) fight
- 敢闘 【カントウ】 fighting bravely
- 共闘 【キョウトウ】 joint struggle, common (united) front
Kun reading compounds
- 戦う 【たたかう】 to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against), to compete (against), to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
Readings
- Japanese names:
- と
- Korean:
- tu
Spanish
- pelear
- luchar
- combatir
Portuguese
- luta
- guerra
French
- lutte
- guerre
| 1659 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 654 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4973 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1056 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1865 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1511 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1612 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1328 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1847 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4136 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2102 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2847 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1644 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 45649P | Morohashi |
| 3334 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6418 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1629 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1757 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 367 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1910 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3848 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8e10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-10 | SKIP code |
| 1-11-7 | SKIP code |
| 7714.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 95d8 | Unicode hex code |