| 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 5
JLPT level N2
663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
- 川 【カワ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 星河 【セイガ】 Milky Way
- 暴虎馮河 【ボウコヒョウガ】 foolhardy courage
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
- 追河 【おいかわ】 pale chub (Zacco platypus), freshwater minnow
- 恋河 【こいかわ】 oceans of love
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かっ、 こ、 こう
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- río
- corriente
Portuguese
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
| 561 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 658 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 628 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 698 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2530 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 633 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 669 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 597 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 389 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 391 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1127 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1170 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 394 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 251 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 298 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 148 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17245 | Morohashi |
| 336 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3102 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 146 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 157 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 679 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 349 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.30 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3112.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6cb3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夜 【ヤ】 counter for nights
- 夜間 【ヤカン】 night, nighttime
- 同夜 【ドウヤ】 the same night, that night
- 通夜 【ツヤ】 all-night vigil over a body, wake
Kun reading compounds
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜明け 【よあけ】 dawn, daybreak
- 毎夜 【まいよ】 every evening, every night
- 短夜 【みじかよ】 short summer night
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜ご飯 【よるごはん】 dinner, evening meal
- 御寝 【およる】 sleep, rest
- 銀河鉄道の夜 【ぎんがてつどうのよる】 Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa), Milky Way Railroad
Readings
- Korean:
- ya
Spanish
- noche
- tarde
Portuguese
- noite
- à noite
French
- nuit
- soirée
| 144 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 232 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 212 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 298 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 336 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 766 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 471 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 479 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 93 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 406 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2550 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1301 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1770 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1046 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5763 | Morohashi |
| 2056 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1037 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1115 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 318 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 169 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 0024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 591c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
713 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 船 【セン】 ship, boat, vessel
- 船員 【センイン】 sailor, seaman, seafarer
- 造船 【ゾウセン】 shipbuilding
- 大船 【オオブネ】 large boat
Kun reading compounds
- 船 【ふね】 ship, boat, watercraft, vessel, seaplane, tank, tub, vat, trough, counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
- 船貝 【ふねがい】 Arca avellana (species of ark shell)
- 大船 【おおぶね】 large boat
- 釣り船 【つりぶね】 fishing boat, boat-shaped hanging flower vase
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふ
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- barco
- buque
- bote
Portuguese
- barco
French
- bateau
- navire
| 266 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 175 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 158 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 313 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3873 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 314 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 860 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1391 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 376 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 377 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 647 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1595 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1700 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 906 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1229 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1892 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30407 | Morohashi |
| 1341 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4939 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1874 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2019 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 208 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 877 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6c5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2846.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8239 | Unicode hex code |