| 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 1
JLPT level N5
574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 火 【カ】 Tuesday, fire (second of the five elements)
- 火炎瓶 【カエンビン】 Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb
- 発火 【ハッカ】 ignition, combustion, catching fire, firing a blank cartridge, discharge of a gun without bullets
- 点火 【テンカ】 ignition, lighting, firing, setting off
Kun reading compounds
- 火 【ひ】 fire, flame, blaze
- 火口 【ひぐち】 burner, nozzle, origin of a fire
- 飛び火 【とびひ】 leaping flames, flying sparks, spread of fire (due to leaping flames), repercussions in unanticipated areas, spilling over, effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved, impetigo contagiosa
- 不知火 【しらぬい】 phosphorescent light, mysterious lights on the sea, sea fire
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- fuego
- flama
- llama
Portuguese
- fogo
French
- feu
| 13 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 15 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 8 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 432 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2743 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 15 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 69 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 52 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 20 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 20 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 18 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1260 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4273 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2159 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2911 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 163 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18850 | Morohashi |
| 3463 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3394 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 161 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 27 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 9080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 706b | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2062 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 途絶 【トゼツ】 stoppage, interruption, cessation, suspension
- 時鳥 【ホトトギス】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 時鳥 【ホトトギス】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 杜氏 【トウジ】 chief brewer at a sake brewery
- 杜撰 【ズサン】 careless, sloppy, faulty, using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing), piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
- 杜撰脱漏 【ズサンダツロウ】 careless (slipshod) and with many omissions
Kun reading compounds
- 森 【もり】 forest, shrine grove
- 杜の都 【もりのみやこ】 Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai City)
- 鎮守の杜 【ちんじゅのもり】 grove of the village shrine
Readings
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- bosque
- arboleda
- bloquear
- cerrar
Portuguese
French
| 2188 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 423 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1030 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 559 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 739 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 14477 | Morohashi |
| 835 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2560 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2500 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2562 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4491.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 675c | Unicode hex code |