| 967 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 957 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 796 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3754 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 933 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 845 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 957 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1265 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1338 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1085 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1017 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3182 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1641 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 455 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29363 | Morohashi |
| 2573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4794 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 446 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 481 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 893 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
696 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 背後 【ハイゴ】 back, rear, background, behind the scenes
- 背景 【ハイケイ】 background, scenery, backdrop, setting, background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context, backing, support (from behind the scenes)
- 違背 【イハイ】 violation, transgression
- 向背 【コウハイ】 one's attitude, state of affairs
Kun reading compounds
- 背 【せ】 back, reverse, rear side, back (e.g. of a chair), spine (of a book), height, stature, ridge (of a mountain)
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 膝皿貝 【ひざらがい】 chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora), sea cradle, Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
- 角背 【かくせ】 flat back (book spine), square back
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 背丈 【せたけ】 stature, height
- 背く 【そむく】 to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe
- 背ける 【そむける】 to turn (one's face) away, to avert (one's eyes)
Readings
- Korean:
- bae, pae
Spanish
- espalda
- detrás
- estatura
- desobedecer
- infringir
- rebelarse
Portuguese
- estatura
- altura
- costas
- atrás
- desobedecer
- desafiar
- quebrar promesum
- rebelar
French
- stature
- taille
- dos
- arrière
- désobéir
- défier
- revenir sur
- se rebeller
| 1246 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 1222.7 | Four corner code |
| 1122.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 80cc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1453 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乾電池 【カンデンチ】 dry cell, battery
- 乾燥 【カンソウ】 dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes), dehydration, desiccation, insipidity
- 速乾 【ソッカン】 drying quickly
- 臘乾 【ラカン】 Chinese smoked and salted ham
- 乾 【ケン】 qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
- 乾位 【ケンイ】 northwest
Kun reading compounds
- 乾く 【かわく】 to get dry
- 乾かす 【かわかす】 to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate
- 干す 【ほす】 to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
- 干る 【ひる】 to dry (up), to become parched, to ebb, to recede
- 戌亥 【いぬい】 northwest
Readings
- Korean:
- gan, geon
Spanish
- seco
- secar
- secarse
- desecarse
Portuguese
- seca
- dessecar
- evaporar
- paraíso
- imperador
French
- sécheresse
- sécher
- dessécher
- vider (verre)
- cieux
- empereur
| 1099 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1355 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 784 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1195 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 292 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1411 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1190 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1249 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 904 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 27 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2113 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1101 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1500 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 204 | Morohashi |
| 1679 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 63 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 463 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1407 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1556 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c7.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 4841.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e7e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1486 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鯨肉 【ゲイニク】 whale meat
- 鯨飲 【ゲイイン】 drinking hard, drinking like a fish
- 酔鯨 【スイゲイ】 Suigei
- 白鯨 【ハクゲイ】 Moby-Dick (1851 novel by Herman Melville)
Kun reading compounds
- 鯨 【くじら】 whale (Cetacea spp.)
- 鯨肉 【げいにく】 whale meat
- タスマニア鯨 【タスマニアくじら】 Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
- 五島鯨 【ごとうくじら】 larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- ballena
Portuguese
- baleia
French
- baleine
| 1208 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1768 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5307 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1345 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1921 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2831 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 700 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 713 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 915 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1933 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2361 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1661 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 321 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 46257 | Morohashi |
| 1882 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6886 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 315 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 337 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1927 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2541 | 2001 Kanji |
| 11a8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-8 | SKIP code |
| 2039.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9be8 | Unicode hex code |