| 896 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 886 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 372 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3926 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 982 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 863 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 692 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 544 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 553 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 125 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 648 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2785 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1430 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1928 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 228 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30796P | Morohashi |
| 2241 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5007 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 223 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 237 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 391 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 864 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 若年 【ジャクネン】 youth
- 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
- 老若 【ロウニャク】 young and old, all ages
- 瞠若 【ドウジャク】 (staring in) astonishment, amazement
- 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
- 若道 【ニャクドウ】 homosexuality, pederasty
- 老若 【ロウニャク】 young and old, all ages
- 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
- 若道 【ニャクドウ】 homosexuality, pederasty
- 般若 【ハンニャ】 prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment), hannya, mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy), dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy), terrifying facial expression
- 麦般若 【ムギハンニャ】 beer
Kun reading compounds
- 若い 【わかい】 young, youthful, immature, green, low (number), small
- 若い頃 【わかいころ】 one's youth, early life, one's early days, one's early years
- 若し 【もし】 if, in case, supposing
- 若しかしたら 【もしかしたら】 perhaps, maybe, perchance, by some chance, by any chance
- 若しくは 【もしくは】 or, otherwise
- 如し 【ごとし】 like, as if, the same as
Readings
- Japanese names:
- わく、 わこ
- Korean:
- yag, ya
Spanish
- joven
- algunos
- posiblemente
- de otra forma
Portuguese
- jovem
- se
- talvez
- possivelmente
- número baixo
- imaturo
French
- jeune
- si
- peut-être
- ou bien
- petit nombre
- inexpérimenté
- immature
| 1977 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4460.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82e5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1327 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 菜 【サイ】 side dish
- 菜園 【サイエン】 vegetable garden
- 山菜 【サンサイ】 edible wild plants
- 前菜 【ゼンサイ】 hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, appetiser, starter
Kun reading compounds
- 菜 【な】 greens, vegetables, rape (Brassica napus), rapeseed
- 菜種 【なたね】 rapeseed, coleseed
- 若菜 【わかな】 young greens, young herbs
- うまい菜 【うまいな】 Swiss chard
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よう
- Korean:
- chae
Spanish
- verduras
- entremeses
- vegetales
Portuguese
- legume
- salada
- verduras
French
- légume
- accompagnement (du riz)
| 401 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 483 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1108 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3982 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 870 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 246 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1447 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 931 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 958 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 774 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 660 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2880 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1486 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2004 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 742 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31184P | Morohashi |
| 2305 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5097 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 734 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 793 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 566 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k8.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 4490.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 83dc | Unicode hex code |