| 1652 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4384 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1747 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 81 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1986 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1429 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 563 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35586 | Morohashi |
| 1578 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5642 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2712 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 598 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 484 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1933 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 誰何 【スイカ】 challenging (an unknown person), asking a person's identity
Kun reading compounds
- 誰 【だれ】 who
- 誰か 【だれか】 someone, somebody
- どこの誰 【どこのだれ】 who the heck, just who
- 誰々 【だれだれ】 so-and-so, who?, which people?
- 誰 【だれ】 who
- 誰彼 【だれかれ】 this or that person, anybody, many people
- 誰 【だれ】 who
- 誰が為に 【たがために】 for whom
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- quién
- alguien
Portuguese
French
- qui
- quelqu'un
| 7a8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-8 | SKIP code |
| 0061.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8ab0 | Unicode hex code |
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 為政者 【イセイシャ】 statesman, administrator, politician, policymaker
- 為公会 【イコウカイ】 Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
- 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
- 営為 【エイイ】 business, occupation
Kun reading compounds
- 為 【ため】 good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, purpose, objective, aim, consequence, result, effect, affecting, regarding, concerning
- 為に 【ために】 for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of
- 外為 【がいため】 foreign exchange
- 念のため 【ねんのため】 (just) making sure, just to be sure, just in case, for caution's sake
- 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
- 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
- なす術 【なすすべ】 means, method, way
- 為る 【する】 to do, to carry out, to perform, to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into), to serve as, to act as, to work as, to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.), to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as, to decide on, to choose, to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.), to be (in a state, condition, etc.), to be worth, to cost, to pass (of time), to elapse, to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B, to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B, to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B, to feel A about B, verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"), creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"), to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
- 成り 【なり】 promoted (of a piece)
- 成り代わる 【なりかわる】 to take over for (someone), to stand in for, to substitute for, to replace, to take the place of (something)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- びい
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
- hacer
- ocurrir
- razón
- causa
Portuguese
- mudança
- benefício
- bem-estar
- é de uso
- tentativa
- prática
- custo
- servir para
- bom
- vantagem
- como um resultado de
French
- faire
- changer
- bénéfice
- bien-être
- être utile
- atteindre
- essayer
- s'entraîner
- coûter
- servir pour
- bon
- avantage
- par suite de
| 1003 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1137 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 977 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1514 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1005 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1484 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1581 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 736 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1274 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4395 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2225 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2994 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1937 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18981P | Morohashi |
| 3577 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3411 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1918 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2067 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 446 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1277 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 950 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d5.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 3402.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 70ba | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1681 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鐘楼 【ショウロウ】 belfry, bell tower
- 鍾乳洞 【ショウニュウドウ】 limestone cave, limestone cavern
- 警鐘 【ケイショウ】 alarm bell, fire bell, warning, wake-up call
- 鳴鐘 【メイショウ】 bell-ringing (at a temple)
Kun reading compounds
- 鐘 【かね】 bell (often a large hanging bell), chime
- 鐘つき 【かねつき】 ringing of a bell, bell ringer
- 入相の鐘 【いりあいのかね】 evening bell, vespers bell
- 時の鐘 【ときのかね】 hour bell
Readings
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- campana
Portuguese
- sino
- gongo
- carrilhão
French
- cloche
- gong
- carillon
| 1414 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1425 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4917 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1695 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1859 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2883 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1821 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1970 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1607 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1835 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2222 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1159 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1578 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 445 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40902 | Morohashi |
| 1769 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6352 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 438 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 470 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1935 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a12.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-12 | SKIP code |
| 8011.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9418 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1279 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鳴管 【メイカン】 syrinx (part of a bird), lower larynx
- 鳴禽 【メイキン】 songbird, oscine
- 百家争鳴 【ヒャッカソウメイ】 let a hundred schools of thought contend
- 蛙鳴 【アメイ】 frog calling
Kun reading compounds
- 鳴く 【なく】 to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp, to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
- 鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす 【なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす】 empty vessels make the most noise, the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada
- 鳴る 【なる】 to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
- 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
- 鳴らす 【ならす】 to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose), to snap (fingers), to crack (joints), to be popular, to be esteemed, to be reputed, to state, to insist, to complain, to fart (loudly)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なり、 なる
- Korean:
- myeong
Spanish
- emitir sonido (animal)
- sonido
- sonar
- hacer sonar
Portuguese
- gorjeio
- choro
- latido
- som
- argola
- eco
- buzina
French
- gazouiller
- crier
- aboyer
- pousser son cri (animal)
- sonner
- écho
- cacarder
| 321 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 209 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1186 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 983 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 864 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1019 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2065 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 925 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 948 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 487 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1935 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 481 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 616 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1961 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 46672 | Morohashi |
| 674 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6939 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1942 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2092 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 235 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3750 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 6702.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9cf4 | Unicode hex code |