| 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 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
- 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
- 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
- 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
- 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
Kun reading compounds
- 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
- 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
- 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
- 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- camino
- razón
- modo
- decir
- senda
- método
Portuguese
- Caminho
- estrada
- rua
- distrito
- viagem
- curso
- moral
- ensinamentos
- filosofia
French
- voie
- route
- rue
- région
- voyage
- morale
- enseignements
| 122 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 188 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 129 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4724 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 141 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 93 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1811 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 149 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 149 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 66 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 710 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3888 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 283 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39010P | Morohashi |
| 3134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6091 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 277 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 295 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 123 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 220 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 979 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q9.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 3830.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9053 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
938 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 傾斜 【ケイシャ】 inclination, slant, slope, bevel, list, dip, tilt, lean
- 傾向 【ケイコウ】 tendency, trend, inclination
- 前傾 【ゼンケイ】 forward inclination (of the body), bending forward, anteversion
- 右傾 【ウケイ】 leaning to the right, leaning to the (political) right, rightist tendency, becoming right-wing
Kun reading compounds
- 傾く 【かたむく】 to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to, to go down (sun, moon), to sink, to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away, to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.)
- 傾ける 【かたむける】 to incline, to lean, to tip, to tilt, to slant, to bend, to list, to devote oneself to, to concentrate on, to pour one's energy into, to ruin, to squander, to empty, to drink (alcohol)
- 傾く 【かたむく】 to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to, to go down (sun, moon), to sink, to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away, to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.)
- 傾げる 【かしげる】 to tilt (esp. head), to lean, to incline, to slant
- 傾げる 【かしげる】 to tilt (esp. head), to lean, to incline, to slant
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- apoyo
- inclinación
- hundimiento
- prejuicio
- predisposición
- apoyarse
- inclinarse
- hundirse
- arruinar
- estropear
Portuguese
- inclinar
- inclinação
- tendência
- declínio
- afundar
- ruina
- viés
French
- incliner
- pencher
- tendance
- déclin
- sombrer
- ruiner
- gîte (bateau)
| 1201 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 913 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 938 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 333 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1830 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1441 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1533 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1173 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 126 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 174 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 114 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 132 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1020 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1038 | Morohashi |
| 154 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 299 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1011 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1086 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1605 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2161 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 2128.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 50be | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1504 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 斜 【ハス】 diagonal
- 斜面 【シャメン】 slope, slanting surface, bevel
- 急傾斜 【キュウケイシャ】 steep slope, steep incline
- 偏斜 【ヘンシャ】 declination, deviation
Kun reading compounds
- 斜め 【ななめ】 slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, distorted (feeling), slanted (e.g. view of the world), bad (mood), amiss, awry
- 斜め上 【ななめうえ】 diagonally upward, (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
- 斜 【はす】 diagonal
- 斜交い 【はすかい】 aslant, oblique, diagonal, askew, cater-cornered, catty-cornered
Readings
- Korean:
- sa, ya
Spanish
- diagonal
- inclinado
- oblicuo
Portuguese
- diagonal
- inclinado
- oblíquo
French
- penché
- diagonale
- oblique
| 1337 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1757 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2074 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1488 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1396 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1392 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1069 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1116 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1391 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 952 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1878 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 999 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1678 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13509X | Morohashi |
| 1486 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2376 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1662 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1791 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1446 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a9.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 8490.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 659c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
805 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 角 【カク】 angle, square, cube, bishop, third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
- 角界 【カクカイ】 the world of sumo
- 内角 【ナイカク】 interior angle, internal angle, inside corner
- 外角 【ガイカク】 external angle, exterior angle, outside corner
Kun reading compounds
- 角 【かど】 corner, edge, (street) corner, turning, rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.), abrasiveness, harshness, sharpness
- 角地 【かどち】 corner lot
- 四つ角 【よつかど】 four corners, crossroads, intersecting street, street corner
- 塩角 【しおかど】 sharp taste of (refined) salt
- 角 【つの】 horn, antler, antenna, feeler, tentacle (e.g. of a snail), horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
- 角隠し 【つのかくし】 bride's head-dress
- 枝角 【えだづの】 antler
- 豊穣の角 【ほうじょうのつの】 cornucopia, horn of plenty
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 す、 すみ、 ずみ、 ふさ
- Korean:
- gag
Spanish
- ángulo
- esquina
- cuadrado
- cuerno
Portuguese
- ângulo
- canto
- chifre
French
- angle
- coin
- carré
- corne
- bois (andouillers)
| 173 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 97 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 243 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 714 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4301 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 273 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 891 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 547 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 473 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 481 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 716 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1650 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2541 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1293 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1761 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1829 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35003 | Morohashi |
| 2047 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5543 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1812 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1953 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 138 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2545 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2n5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2722.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 89d2 | Unicode hex code |