| 1096 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1410 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3731 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1516 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1666 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 408 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1272 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1346 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1107 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1022 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1045 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 563 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 747 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1664 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29273 | Morohashi |
| 841 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4762 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1649 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1778 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1134 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 肝硬変 【カンコウヘン】 cirrhosis (of the liver)
- 肝炎 【カンエン】 hepatitis
- 肺肝 【ハイカン】 lungs and livers, depths of one's heart, innermost heart
- 脂肪肝 【シボウカン】 fatty liver
Kun reading compounds
- 肝 【きも】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
- 肝いり 【きもいり】 good offices, auspices, sponsorship, help, assistance, village official (during the Edo period)
- 群肝 【むらぎも】 internal organs, entrails
- あん肝 【あんきも】 monkfish liver, goosefish liver
Readings
- Korean:
- gan
Spanish
- punto vital
- hígado
- ánimo
Portuguese
- fígado
- vísceras
- nervo
- chutzpah
French
- foie
- cran
- courage
- audace
| 3955 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 7124.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 809d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1054 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 吸収 【キュウシュウ】 absorption, suction, attraction
- 吸血鬼 【キュウケツキ】 vampire, bloodsucker
- 腹式呼吸 【フクシキコキュウ】 diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal breathing
- 外呼吸 【ガイコキュウ】 external respiration
Kun reading compounds
- 吸う 【すう】 to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale, to suck, to sip, to slurp, to absorb, to soak up, to kiss
Readings
- Korean:
- heub
Spanish
- aspirar
- absorber
- chupar
- fumar
Portuguese
- chupar
- inalar
- sugar
French
- aspirer
- absorber
- inhaler
- siroter
| 849 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 837 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1133 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 885 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1083 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 406 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1256 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1327 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 272 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 296 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 234 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 150 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 696 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3372P | Morohashi |
| 202 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 713 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 689 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 744 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 843 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3767 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 6704.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5438 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis
- 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
- 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
- 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
- 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
- 蟻巻 【アリマキ】 aphid, plant louse, plant lice
Kun reading compounds
- 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
- 虫歯 【むしば】 tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries
- 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
- 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- む
- Korean:
- hwe, chung
Spanish
- insecto
- bicho
Portuguese
- inseto
- bichinho
- temperamento
French
- insecte
- vermine
- ver
- reptile
- colère
| 114 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 74 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 56 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1073 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4115 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 133 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 875 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 873 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 893 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 466 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 523 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32804 | Morohashi |
| 3530 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 517 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 60 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1671 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 5013.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 866b | Unicode hex code |