| 123 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 206 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 189 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 484 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4375 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 55 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 88 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2142 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 244 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 244 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 180 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1689 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1943 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1038 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1401 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 354 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35580P | Morohashi |
| 1541 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5629 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 348 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 372 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 323 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 233 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
618 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 読書 【ドクショ】 reading (a book)
- 読者 【ドクシャ】 reader
- 積ん読 【ツンドク】 buying books and not reading them, stockpiling books, tsundoku, books bought but not read
- 必読 【ヒツドク】 must-read, required reading
- 読書 【ドクショ】 reading (a book)
- 読本 【トクホン】 reading-book, reader, guidebook, manual, textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
- 読点 【トウテン】 comma
- 句読 【クトウ】 breaks and pauses (in a sentence), punctuation, way of reading (esp. kanbun)
- 吏読 【リト】 Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
Kun reading compounds
- 読む 【よむ】 to read, to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant, to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine, to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji), to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time), to count, to estimate, to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よみ
- Korean:
- dog, du
Spanish
- leer
Portuguese
- leia
French
- lire
| 3057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 0461.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8aad | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
13 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 出 【シュツ】 coming out, emerging, being born into (a certain family), being a native of (a particular place)
- 出演 【シュツエン】 appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.), performance
- 輩出 【ハイシュツ】 producing (people) in great numbers, appearing one after the other
- 歳出 【サイシュツ】 annual expenditure
- 出納 【スイトウ】 receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
- 出納簿 【スイトウボ】 cashbook
Kun reading compounds
- 出る 【でる】 to leave, to exit, to go out, to come out, to get out, to leave (on a journey), to depart, to start out, to set out, to move forward, to come to, to get to, to lead to, to reach, to appear, to come out, to emerge, to surface, to come forth, to turn up, to be found, to be detected, to be discovered, to be exposed, to show, to be exhibited, to be on display, to appear (in print), to be published, to be announced, to be issued, to be listed, to come out, to attend, to participate, to take part, to enter (an event), to play in, to perform, to be stated, to be expressed, to come up, to be brought up, to be raised, to sell, to exceed, to go over, to stick out, to protrude, to break out, to occur, to start, to originate, to be produced, to come from, to be derived from, to be given, to get, to receive, to be offered, to be provided, to be presented, to be submitted, to be handed in, to be turned in, to be paid, to answer (phone, door, etc.), to get, to assume (an attitude), to act, to behave, to pick up (speed, etc.), to gain, to flow (e.g. tears), to run, to bleed, to graduate, to ejaculate, to cum
- 出る杭は打たれる 【でるくいはうたれる】 the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, people that stick out too much get punished, tall trees catch much wind, people that excel at something become disliked
- 出す 【だす】 to take out, to get out, to put out, to reveal, to show, to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in, to publish, to make public, to send (e.g. letter), to produce (a sound), to start (fire), to serve (food), ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out), to begin ..., to start to ..., to burst into ...
- 出すことは舌を出すも嫌い 【だすことはしたをだすもきらい】 being exceptionally stingy
- 出でる 【いでる】 to go, to come
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いず、 いづ、 いで、 じ、 すっ、 すつ、 てん
- Korean:
- chul, chu
Spanish
- salir
- dejar
- sacar
Portuguese
- saída
- deixa
French
- sortir
- quitter
- présence
| 90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 29 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 34 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 17 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 97 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 40 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 21 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 523 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 53 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 53 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 185 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 174 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4310 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2180 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2934 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 774 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1811 | Morohashi |
| 3498 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 445 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 767 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 829 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 8 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 41 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1276 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2277.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51fa | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
960 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 端 【タン】 origin, beginning, variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, tip, extremity
- 端緒 【タンショ】 start, beginning, first step, clue
- 末端 【マッタン】 end, tip, extremities, terminal
- 北端 【ホクタン】 northern extremity
Kun reading compounds
- 端 【はし】 end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least
- 端 【はした】 fraction, odd sum, odd money, small change, low class female servant
- 木の端 【きのはし】 fragment of wood
- 道の端 【みちのはし】 edge of a street
- 端 【はし】 end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least
- 端 【はした】 fraction, odd sum, odd money, small change, low class female servant
- 切羽 【きりは】 face, working face
- 継端 【つぎは】 opportunity to continue a conversation
- 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
- 端から 【はたから】 from outside, from the side
- 端 【はし】 end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least
- 鼻先 【はなさき】 tip of nose, before one's eyes, under one's nose, in front of, tip (of something)
- 出鼻 【でばな】 projecting part (of a headland, etc.), moment of departure, (on the) point of going out, outset, start, beginning
- 上がり端 【あがりはな】 entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house), start of a rise (e.g. in prices)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ただし、 みず
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- correcto
- justo
- filo
- borde
- punta
- extremo
Portuguese
- margem
- origem
- fim
- ponto
- borda
- limite
- cabo (geog.)
French
- bord
- origine
- bout
- pointe
- bordure
- rebord
- cap
| 1567 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 942 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3363 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1380 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1601 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2306 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1418 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1507 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 680 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1462 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1564 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 826 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1131 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1175 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25806 | Morohashi |
| 1221 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4243 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1167 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1251 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1720 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 453 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-9 | SKIP code |
| 0212.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7aef | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
456 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 末 【マツ】 the end (of), powder
- 末日 【マツジツ】 last day (of a month)
- 幕末 【バクマツ】 Bakumatsu period, closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, end of the Edo period
- 終末 【シュウマツ】 end, close, conclusion, termination
- 末路 【マツロ】 last days, the end, one's fate
- 末裔 【マツエイ】 descendant
Kun reading compounds
- 末 【すえ】 end, tip, top, end (of the year, month, etc.), close, youngest child, descendants, offspring, posterity, future, (finally) after, (at last) after, at the end of, trifles, trivialities, degenerate age
- 末広 【すえひろ】 spreading out like an open fan, becoming prosperous, folding fan, ceremonial folding fan
- 来月末 【らいげつまつ】 end of next month
- 末の末 【すえのすえ】 the last
- 末 【うら】 top end, tip
- 末枯れ 【うらがれ】 dying of the little twigs and branches
- 末 【うれ】 new shoots, new growth (of a tree)
- 末葉 【うらば】 end leaves, top leaves, last leaves
- 木の末 【このうれ】 treetop, tip of a branch
Readings
- Korean:
- mal
Spanish
- aún
- punta
- extremo
- final
- polvo
- fin
- futuro
- el más joven
Portuguese
- não ainda
- fim
- fechar
- dica
- pó
- posteridade
French
- extrémité
- fin
- dernier
- poudre
- avenir
- postérité
| 515 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 615 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 587 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 528 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 177 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 565 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 616 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 211 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 305 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 305 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 584 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1047 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4317 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2184 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2940 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 222 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14420 | Morohashi |
| 3505 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2534 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 217 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 230 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 457 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1464 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 5090.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 672b | Unicode hex code |