| 689 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 899 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 30940X | Morohashi |
| 5027 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 荊冠 【ケイカン】 crown of thorns
- 荊棘 【ケイキョク】 wild rose, bramble, briar patch, obstacle, source of difficulty, thorn
Kun reading compounds
- 茨 【いばら】 thorny shrub, wild rose, briar, thorn, cusp
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2f7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4240.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 834a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1516 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紫色 【ムラサキイロ】 purple, violet
- 紫外線 【シガイセン】 ultraviolet rays, ultraviolet radiation
- 紅紫 【コウシ】 crimson and purple, red-purple, magenta
- 九紫 【キュウシ】 ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)
Kun reading compounds
- 紫 【むらさき】 purple, violet, purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell, soy sauce
- 紫色 【むらさきいろ】 purple, violet
- 貝紫 【かいむらさき】 Tyrian purple
- 古代紫 【こだいむらさき】 reddish-purple
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さい、 ゆかり
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- púrpura
- violeta
Portuguese
- roxo
- violeta
French
- violet
| 1320 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1489 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1392 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1626 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2209 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1389 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1478 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1711 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1507 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3332 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1728 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2348 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1387 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27337X | Morohashi |
| 2688 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4486 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1375 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1475 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1577 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1241 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a6.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-6 | SKIP code |
| 2290.3 | Four corner code |
| 2190.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d2b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
70 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 関 【カン】 barrier, gate
- 関係 【カンケイ】 relation, relationship, connection, participation, involvement, concern, influence, effect, sexual relations, sexual relationship, related to, connected to
- 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
- 通関 【ツウカン】 customs clearance
Kun reading compounds
- 関 【せき】 barrier, gate, seki, mutual life
- 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
- 霞ヶ関 【かすみがせき】 Kasumigaseki, district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located, government ministries (of Japan), Japanese government bureaucracy
- 関わる 【かかわる】 to be affected, to be influenced, to be concerned with, to have to do with, to stick to (opinions)
- 覗き機関 【のぞきからくり】 peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
- 水機関 【みずからくり】 puppet powered by (falling) water, water-powered contrivance, show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwan, wan
Spanish
- barrera
- puerta
- relación
- mecanismo
- valla
Portuguese
- conexão
- obstáculo
- passagem
- emvolver
- concernente
French
- relation
- barrière
- lien
- rapport
- concerner
| 365 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 467 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 444 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4958 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 289 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 982 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2245 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 398 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 402 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 446 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1844 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4129 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2099 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2842 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2036 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41297 | Morohashi |
| 3328 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2017 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 84 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 614 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3863 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8e6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-6 | SKIP code |
| 7743.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 95a2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1617 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鎮 【チン】 a weight, temple supervisor, town (of China)
- 鎮圧 【チンアツ】 suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.), repression, putting down, quelling
- 重鎮 【ジュウチン】 leader, authority, mainstay
- 郷鎮 【ゴウチン】 township and village enterprises (in China), TVE
Kun reading compounds
- 静める 【しずめる】 to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.), to quieten, to make quiet, to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.), to compose (oneself), to appease (someone's anger), to pacify, to settle (e.g. discord), to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.), to quell, to put down, to get under control, to relieve (a cough, pain, etc.), to soothe, to alleviate, to ease, to appease (a spirit, soul, etc.), to pacify, to soothe
- 静まる 【しずまる】 to become quiet, to quiet down, to quieten down, to calm down, to die down, to subside, to abate, to be suppressed
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しげ、 じん、 ちか、 しん
- Korean:
- jin
Spanish
- tranquilo
- calmado
- tranquilizarse
- calmarse
- tranquilizar
- calmar
Portuguese
- tranqüilizar
- centros para preservação da paz
French
- tranquilliser
| 1605 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1520 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4903 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1348 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1857 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2751 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1786 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1919 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1606 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1833 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2210 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1154 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1570 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 282 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40745 | Morohashi |
| 1759 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6328 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 276 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 294 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1909 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2861 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a10.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-10 | SKIP code |
| 8418.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 93ae | Unicode hex code |