| 1729 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 852 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4225 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1410 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 881 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 976 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1009 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1145 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1631 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1495 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 790 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1077 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 815 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34222 | Morohashi |
| 1163 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5445 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 807 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 870 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1390 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
431 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 被 【ヒ】 indicates the target of an activity, -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
- 被害 【ヒガイ】 (suffering) damage, injury, harm
- 外被 【ガイヒ】 (protective) coat, casing, housing, jacket
- 花被 【カヒ】 perianth, floral envelope
Kun reading compounds
- 被る 【こうむる】 to suffer, to receive (kindness, rebuke, support), to sustain (damage)
- 覆う 【おおう】 to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise
- 被る 【かぶる】 to put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself), to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water, to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden), to overlap (e.g. sound or color), to be similar, to be redundant, to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.), to close, to come to an end, to get a full house, to sell out, to blunder, to bungle, to fail, to be deceived
- 被せる 【かぶせる】 to cover (with something), to put on (e.g. someone's head), to pour liquid (on something), to dash liquid (over something), to plate (something) with metal, to cover (with a dental crown), to add (e.g. music to a video), to include (into something), to speak (over someone else), to put the blame (on someone), to place the responsibility (on someone)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぎぬ
- Korean:
- pi
Spanish
- sufrir perdidas
- recibir
- cargarse
Portuguese
- incorrer
- cobrir
- velar
- chocar
- proteger
- vestir
- vestir- se
- expor (filme)
- recepção
French
- subir
- couvrir
- voile
- ruminer (soucis)
- abri
- mettre (vêtement)
- porter (sur la tête)
- être exposé (film)
- victime
- souffrir
| 667 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5e5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 3424.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 88ab | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1378 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 覆 【フク】 concealment (of one's vices), veil, cover, overturning, toppling
- 覆面 【フクメン】 mask, veil, disguise, anonymous, unmarked, incognito
- 被覆 【ヒフク】 coating, covering, cover
- 傾覆 【ケイフク】 turning upside down
Kun reading compounds
- 覆う 【おおう】 to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise
- 覆す 【くつがえす】 to overturn, to capsize, to upset, to overthrow (government etc.), to reverse (decision etc.), to disprove (an established theory etc.), to overrule
- 覆る 【くつがえる】 to topple over, to be overturned, to capsize, to be overruled, to be reversed, to be discredited
Readings
- Korean:
- bog, bu
Spanish
- volcar
- tumbar
- volver
- cubrir
Portuguese
- emborcar
- capa
- matiz
- manto
- arruinar-se
French
- recouvrir
- chavirer
- store
- manteau
- être ruiné
| 1765 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1634 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4279 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1699 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1735 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1634 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1744 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1686 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1640 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3386 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1747 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2376 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1625 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34789P | Morohashi |
| 2726 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5517 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1611 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1738 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1906 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3267 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c14.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-12 | SKIP code |
| 1024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8986 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
- 作柄 【サクガラ】 crop conditions, quality (of art)
- 大作 【タイサク】 large-scale work, voluminous work, monumental work, great work, masterpiece
- 遺作 【イサク】 posthumous works
- 作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
- 作業 【サギョウ】 work, operation, task
- 所作 【ショサ】 conduct, behaviour, movements, gesture, one's carriage, performance (on stage, etc.), dance, acting, dance (in kabuki), dance play
- 安定操作 【アンテイソウサ】 stabilizing (stock) transaction
Kun reading compounds
- 作る 【つくる】 to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct, to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol), to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train, to till, to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write, to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose, to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found, to have (a child), to make up (one's face, etc.), to fabricate (an excuse, etc.), to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion, to form (a line, etc.), to set (a record), to commit (a sin, etc.)
- 作り 【つくり】 making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure, appearance (attire, make-up, etc.), build, physique, sashimi, forced (smile, etc.)
- 作り上げる 【つくりあげる】 to build up, to complete, to construct, to create, to put together, to make up, to fabricate, to invent, to cook up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くり、 さか、 さっ、 づくり、 とも、 なお、 はぎ、 まさか
- Korean:
- jag, ja, ju
Spanish
- hacer
- construir
- fabricar
- conducta
- comportamiento
- crear
Portuguese
- fazer
- produção
- preparar
- construção
French
- fabriquer
- produire
- construire
- préparer
| 82 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 141 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 127 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 99 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 147 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 116 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 362 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 360 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 361 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 137 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 75 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 77 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 49 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 52 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1151 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 518 | Morohashi |
| 68 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 167 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1142 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1224 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 120 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 144 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2154 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a5.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 2821.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f5c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
- 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
- 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
- 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
- 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
- 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest
Kun reading compounds
- 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
- 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
- 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
- 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain
Readings
- Korean:
- mul
Spanish
- cosa
- objeto
- materia
Portuguese
- coisa
- objeto
- matéria
French
- objet
- chose
- matière
| 313 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 410 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 387 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 126 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2857 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 74 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 214 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 611 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 79 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 79 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 321 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1290 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1084 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 587 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 777 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1059 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19959 | Morohashi |
| 874 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3538 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1050 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1129 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 95 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 313 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2451 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4g4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 2752.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7269 | Unicode hex code |