| 195 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 113 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 103 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 127 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4671 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 127 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 259 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 506 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 445 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 452 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 109 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 679 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3798 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1941 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2634 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38752P | Morohashi |
| 3061 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6021 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1129 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1210 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 149 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 近畿 【キンキ】 Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- 近海 【キンカイ】 coastal waters, adjacent seas
- ごく最近 【ゴクサイキン】 very recently, in the very recent past
- 至近 【シキン】 very near
- 近流 【コンル】 banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
Kun reading compounds
- 近い 【ちかい】 near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
- 近いうちに 【ちかいうちに】 soon, shortly, before long
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おう、 おお、 この
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- cerca
- cercano
Portuguese
- perto
- cedo
- consangüíneo
- equivalente
French
- près
- tôt
- proche
- équivalent à
| 2654 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3230.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8fd1 | Unicode hex code |
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
- 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
- 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
- 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
- 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
- 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
- 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
- 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
Kun reading compounds
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
- 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
- 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
- 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
- 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- す
- Korean:
- dae
Spanish
- generación
- reinado
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- relevar
Portuguese
- substituto
- mudança
- convertido
- repor
- período
- idade
- geração
- carga
- valor
- taxa
French
- substituer
- changer
- convertir
- remplacer
- période
- âge
- ère
- génération
- montant d'argent
- taux
- prix
- redevance
| 463 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 358 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 338 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 68 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 364 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 85 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 111 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 125 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 256 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 256 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 413 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 61 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 34 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1014 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 386 | Morohashi |
| 30 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 125 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1005 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1080 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 87 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 257 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2324.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ee3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
- 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
- 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
- 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
- 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
- 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
- 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
- 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
- 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
- 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- cambiar
- transformarse
- modificarse
- disfrazarse
Portuguese
- mudança
- tomar a forma de
- influência
- encantar
- iludir
- seduzir
- -isação
French
- transformation
- prendre la forme de
- maquillage
- influence
- fantôme
- enchanter
- tromper
- chimie
- -isation
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 258 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 238 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 100 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 350 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 76 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 378 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 56 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 254 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 55 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 22 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1017 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2572X | Morohashi |
| 21 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 580 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1008 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 104 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 242 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2121.0 | Four corner code |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5316 | Unicode hex code |