| 794 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 713 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 686 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 928 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3643 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 748 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 830 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2006 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 885 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 906 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1047 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1464 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1673 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2264 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1651 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28293 | Morohashi |
| 2610 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4644 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1636 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1764 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 775 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
732 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 罪 【ザイ】 crime
- 罪悪 【ザイアク】 crime, sin, vice
- 同罪 【ドウザイ】 same crime, being equally guilty, bearing the same amount of responsibility
- 功罪 【コウザイ】 merits and demerits, good points and bad points, strengths and weaknesses
Kun reading compounds
- 罪 【つみ】 crime, sin, wrongdoing, indiscretion, penalty, sentence, punishment, fault, responsibility, culpability, thoughtlessness, lack of consideration
- 罪滅ぼし 【つみほろぼし】 atonement (for one's sins), expiation, making amends, making up for (a misdeed)
- 無実の罪 【むじつのつみ】 false charge
- 重い罪 【おもいつみ】 serious crime, grave crime
Readings
- Korean:
- joe
Spanish
- culpabilidad
- pecado
- delito
- crimen
- defecto
- culpa
Portuguese
- culpa
- pecado
- crime
- falta
- ofensa
French
- culpabilité
- péché
- crime
- faute
- responsabilité
- délit
| 3654 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5g8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-8 | SKIP code |
| 6011.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7f6a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
742 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 障害者 【ショウガイシャ】 disabled person, person with a (physical or mental) disability
- 障害 【ショウガイ】 obstacle, impediment, hindrance, barrier, difficulty, disorder, defect, disability, handicap, impairment, dysfunction, steeplechase, obstacle race, steeplechase (athletics)
- 安全保障 【アンゼンホショウ】 security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
- 囲障 【イショウ】 fence (esp. between buildings)
Kun reading compounds
- 障る 【さわる】 to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate
Readings
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- estorbo
- impedimento
- obstáculo
- obstrucción
- estorbar
- impedir
- obstruir
- obstaculizar
Portuguese
- impedir
- ferido
- dano
French
- gêne
- faire du mal
| 913 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 902 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 676 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5019 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1145 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1880 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 858 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 877 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1028 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 751 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 875 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 504 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 647 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1307 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41821 | Morohashi |
| 715 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6479 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1297 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1393 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 976 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 7024.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 969c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
345 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 消火 【ショウカ】 fire fighting, extinguishing a fire
- 消化 【ショウカ】 digestion (of food), digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding, consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion, losing one's form and turning into something else
- 費消 【ヒショウ】 spending, consumption, misappropriation, embezzlement
- 曖昧性解消 【アイマイセイカイショウ】 disambiguation
Kun reading compounds
- 消える 【きえる】 to disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight, to go away, to become lost, to go out (of a fire, light, etc.), to die, to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen), to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to vanish (e.g. of hope), to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness), to disappear, to fade away (e.g. of footsteps), to wear away (e.g. of an inscription), to rub out (of writing), to fade (e.g. of ink), to be lost (e.g. of a tradition), to die out, to disappear
- 消す 【けす】 to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete, to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off, to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out, to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison), to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle, to kill, to murder, to bump off, to rub out
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- extinguirse
- apagarse
- desaparecer
- apagar
- extinguir
Portuguese
- extinguir
- apagar
- desligar
- neutralizar
- cancelar
French
- éteindre
- effacer
- disparaître
- neutraliser
- annuler
| 429 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 332 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 316 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 336 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2574 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 612 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 686 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 845 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 864 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 219 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1194 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 531 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 327 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 402 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 146 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17529P | Morohashi |
| 443 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3158 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 144 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 155 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 458 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 357 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 346 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a7.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3912.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d88 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 滅亡 【メツボウ】 downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction
- 滅罪 【メツザイ】 expiation
- 隠滅 【インメツ】 destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression, hiding, concealment
- 衰滅 【スイメツ】 decline, downfall, ruin(ation)
Kun reading compounds
- 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
- 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
- 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
Readings
- Korean:
- myeol
Spanish
- extinguirse
- apagarse
- estropearse
- ser destruido
- ser devastado
- estropear
- destruir
- devastar
- demoler
Portuguese
- destruir
- arruinar
- extinguir
- golpe
French
- anéantir
- détruire
- ruiner
- renverser
- périr
| 1848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1387 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2660 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1228 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1338 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1421 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1500 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1237 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 812 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 475 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 371 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18008 | Morohashi |
| 660 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3279 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 365 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 390 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1642 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 359 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a10.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ec5 | Unicode hex code |