| 35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 51 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 46 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 476 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 275 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 254 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 443 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 207 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 207 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 46 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1751 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2719 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1389 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36993 | Morohashi |
| 2193 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5840 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1743 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1880 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 406 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 68 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 赤軍 【セキグン】 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Japanese Red Army, JRA
- 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
- 七赤 【シチセキ】 seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
- 日赤 【ニッセキ】 Japanese Red Cross Society (abbr), Nisseki
- 赤銅 【シャクドウ】 shakudo, gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
- 赤銅色 【シャクドウイロ】 brown, tan
Kun reading compounds
- 赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
- 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
- 紅赤 【べにあか】 beniaka, variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh; product of the Kawagoe region, bright red tinged with yellow
- 真赤 【まあか】 bright red, deep red
- 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist
- 赤色 【あかいろ】 red, red color (colour), communism, the left
- 赤らむ 【あからむ】 to become red, to redden, to blush
- 赤らめる 【あからめる】 to blush, to redden
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あこ、 あま
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- rojo
- enrojecer
- enrojecerse
- sonrojarse
Portuguese
- vermelho
French
- rouge
| 1441 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4023.1 | Four corner code |
| 4033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8d64 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 芽球 【ガキュウ】 gemmule, blast (cell)
- 芽殖孤虫 【ガショクコチュウ】 Sparganum proliferum (species of worm)
- 発芽 【ハツガ】 germination, sprouting, budding
- 無性芽 【ムセイガ】 gemma
Kun reading compounds
- 芽 【め】 sprout, shoot, bud, germinal disk (in an egg)
- 目出度い 【めでたい】 happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous, naive
- 若芽 【わかめ】 sprouts, new shoots, young buds
- 脇芽 【わきめ】 axillary bud, lateral bud, side shoots (e.g. of a tomato or broccoli plant), side buds, suckers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じ、 めぐ
- Korean:
- a
Spanish
- brote
- germen
Portuguese
- botão
- broto
- brotar
- germe (planta)
French
- bourgeon
- pousse
- brin
- germe
| 358 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 457 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 434 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1676 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3920 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 709 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1697 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 683 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1455 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1549 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1835 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 645 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2784 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1429 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1927 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1924 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30860P | Morohashi |
| 2240 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5002 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1905 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2054 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 497 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1947 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4424.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82bd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海芋 【カイウ】 calla (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
- 阿蘭陀海芋 【オランダカイウ】 calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Kun reading compounds
- 芋 【いも】 tuber, taro, potato, yam, yokel, bumpkin, dud, worthless thing
- 芋洗い 【いもあらい】 washing potatoes (in a bucket), being very crowded, being packed with people
- 焼き芋 【やきいも】 roasted sweet potato, baked sweet potato
- 唐芋 【とういも】 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Readings
- Korean:
- u, hu
Spanish
- patata
- batata
Portuguese
- batata
French
- pomme de terre
| 1011 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2001 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3896 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1682 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1694 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 288 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1909 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2081 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1834 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 639 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2706 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1381 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1868 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1670 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30670P | Morohashi |
| 2181 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4964 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1655 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1784 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1088 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1947 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4440.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 828b | Unicode hex code |