| 1200 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1925 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1717 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1878 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2043 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1676 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1607 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3204 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1658 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2248 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 524 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32983 | Morohashi |
| 2591 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5302 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 518 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 557 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1482 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2031 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蛍光灯 【ケイコウトウ】 fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light, person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake
- 蛍光 【ケイコウ】 fluorescence
- 流蛍 【リュウケイ】 flying firefly
Kun reading compounds
- 蛍 【ほたる】 firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm
- 蛍藺 【ほたるい】 Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)
- 海蛍 【うみほたる】 sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii), seed shrimp
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
- luciérnaga
Portuguese
- pirilampo
- vaga-lume
French
- ver luisant
- luciole
| 3n8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 9013.6 | Four corner code |
| 3213.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 86cd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 光学 【コウガク】 optics
- 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
- 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
- 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence
Kun reading compounds
- 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
- 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
- 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
- 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
- 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
- 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- rayo
- luz
- paisaje
- honor
- brillar
- brillo
Portuguese
- raio
- luz
French
- rayon
- lumière
| 72 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 116 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 417 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1358 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 217 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 281 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 138 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 138 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 464 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3043 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1550 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2121 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 120 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1350 | Morohashi |
| 2391 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 349 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 119 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 125 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 345 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 121 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 9021.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5149 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
77 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 表 【ヒョウ】 table, chart, list, memorial to an emperor
- 表記 【ヒョウキ】 expression in writing, written representation, notation, transcription, orthography, writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope), inscribing on the face
- 一覧表 【イチランヒョウ】 list, table, schedule, catalogue, catalog
- 意表 【イヒョウ】 surprise, something unexpected
Kun reading compounds
- 表 【おもて】 surface, face (i.e. the visible side of an object), front (of a building, etc.), obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin, outside, exterior, appearance, public, first half (of an inning), top (of an inning), cover (for tatami mats, etc.), foreground, Omotesenke school of tea ceremony
- 表裏 【ひょうり】 front and back, inside and outside, two sides, both sides, duplicity, double-dealing, being two-faced
- 京表 【きょうおもて】 vicinity of Kyoto
- 中表 【なかおもて】 cloth folded inside out
- 表す 【あらわす】 to represent, to signify, to stand for, to reveal, to show, to display, to express, to make widely known
- 現れる 【あらわれる】 to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise, to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
- 表す 【あらわす】 to represent, to signify, to stand for, to reveal, to show, to display, to express, to make widely known
Readings
- Korean:
- pyo
Spanish
- superficie
- tabla
- diagrama
- expresar
- mostrar
Portuguese
- superfície
- tabela
- gráfico
- diagrama
French
- surface (apparente)
- face
- tableau
- graphique
- diagramme
| 309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 402 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 379 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 124 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 108 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 308 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 879 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 914 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 272 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 272 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 437 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1620 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3083 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1572 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2151 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1560 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34105 | Morohashi |
| 2429 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5422 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1546 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1666 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 178 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 311 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 5073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8868 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
237 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 示談 【ジダン】 settlement out of court, private settlement
- 示威 【ジイ】 demonstration, show of force
- 内示 【ナイジ】 unofficial announcement
- 開示 【カイジ】 release (e.g. information), disclosure (legal), show, indication, display
- 示し 【シメシ】 lesson, discipline, example (e.g. set a bad example), revelation
- 示唆 【シサ】 suggestion, hint, implication
- 公示 【コウジ】 public announcement, official notice, edict
- 内示 【ナイジ】 unofficial announcement
Kun reading compounds
- 示す 【しめす】 to (take out and) show, to demonstrate, to tell, to exemplify, to make apparent, to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.), to indicate, to show, to represent, to signify, to display
- 示偏 【しめすへん】 kanji "show" radical at left (radical 113)
Readings
- Korean:
- si, gi
Spanish
- mostrar
- enseñar
- indicar
- revelar
Portuguese
- espetáculo
- indicar
- apontar
- expressar
- mostrar
French
- montrer
- indiquer
- signaler
- exprimer
- exposer
| 622 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 723 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 695 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 415 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3228 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 575 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 769 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 148 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 615 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 625 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 814 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1413 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2435 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1229 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1694 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1095 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24623 | Morohashi |
| 1936 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1086 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1167 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 465 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 651 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3041 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-4 | SKIP code |
| 1090.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 793a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
517 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 管 【カン】 pipe, tube
- 管轄 【カンカツ】 jurisdiction, control
- 配管 【ハイカン】 plumbing, piping
- 移管 【イカン】 transfer of control
Kun reading compounds
- 管 【かん】 pipe, tube
- 管狐 【くだぎつね】 kuda-gitsune, pipe fox, fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses, stoat
- 手練手管 【てれんてくだ】 wiles, art of coaxing
- 手管 【てくだ】 wiles, trick, artifice, coquetry
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すが
- Korean:
- gwan
Spanish
- tubería
- tubo
- caño
- control
- controlar
- administrar
Portuguese
- flauta
- tubo
- instrumento de sopro
- conversa de bêbados
French
- tuyau
- tube
- instrument à vent
- discours d'ivrogne
- gestion
| 573 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 466 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 443 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 519 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3416 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 664 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 798 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2212 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 328 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 328 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 539 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1484 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3349 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1736 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2357 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26162 | Morohashi |
| 2701 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4317 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1273 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1365 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 613 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 2-9-5 | SKIP code |
| 8877.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7ba1 | Unicode hex code |