| 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) |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1900 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 媒体 【バイタイ】 medium, media
- 媒酌 【バイシャク】 matchmaking, acting as a go-between
- 溶媒 【ヨウバイ】 solvent
- 冷媒 【レイバイ】 refrigerant, coolant
Kun reading compounds
- 仲人 【なこうど】 matchmaker, go-between, intermediary, middleman, mediator, intercessor
Readings
- Korean:
- mae
Spanish
- mediación
- mediador
- intermediario
- casamentero
Portuguese
- mediador
- ir entre
French
- médiateur
- intermédiaire
| 1692 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1862 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1241 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1403 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1198 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1496 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1595 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1760 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 450 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 686 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 412 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 518 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1777 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6498 | Morohashi |
| 564 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1247 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1761 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1898 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1522 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1764 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 4449.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5a92 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
- 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
- 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
- 紅花 【ベニバナ】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
- 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
- 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
- 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image
Kun reading compounds
- 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
- 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
- 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
- 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
Readings
- Japanese names:
- わ
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- flor
Portuguese
- flor
French
- fleur
| 43 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 70 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 9 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 551 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3909 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 328 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 81 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 481 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 255 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 255 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 314 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 641 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2740 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1405 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1018 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30734P | Morohashi |
| 2211 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4980 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1009 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1084 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 69 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1956 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k4.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4421.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82b1 | Unicode hex code |