| 758 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 675 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 646 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 857 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4685 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 790 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 956 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1235 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 444 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 451 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 386 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 685 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3835 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1966 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2662 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1978 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38849P | Morohashi |
| 3091 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6041 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1959 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2109 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 695 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
683 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 逆 【ギャク】 reverse, opposite, converse (of a hypothesis, etc.), inverse (function)
- 逆効果 【ギャクコウカ】 opposite effect, adverse effect, backfiring
- 反逆 【ハンギャク】 treason, treachery, mutiny, rebellion, insurrection
- 可逆 【カギャク】 reversible, invertible
- 逆旅 【ゲキリョ】 inn
- 逆鱗 【ゲキリン】 one's superior's anger, imperial wrath
- 莫逆 【バクギャク】 cordial relations
- 乱逆 【ランギャク】 rebellion
Kun reading compounds
- 逆 【さか】 inverse, reverse
- 逆さ 【さかさ】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front
- 逆さ 【さかさ】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front
- 逆さま 【さかさま】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round
- 逆らう 【さからう】 to go against, to oppose, to disobey, to defy
Readings
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- reverso
- inverso
- opuesto
- ir en contra
- oponerse
- desobedecer
Portuguese
- invertido
- inverter
- travesso
- contrário
French
- inverse
- contraire
- opposé
- mauvais
| 960 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3830.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9006 | Unicode hex code |
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縁 【エン】 fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda
- 縁起 【エンギ】 omen, sign of luck, origin, history, causation, dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
- 遠縁 【トオエン】 distant relative
- 内縁 【ナイエン】 de facto marriage, common-law marriage
Kun reading compounds
- 縁 【ふち】 rim, brim, edge, brink
- 縁石 【えんせき】 curb (stone), kerb
- 盆の縁 【ぼんのふち】 edge of a tray
- 縁取る 【ふちどる】 to border, to fringe, to hem, to edge
- 縁 【ゆかり】 connection (to a person, place, etc.), relation, affinity
- 縁の色 【ゆかりのいろ】 violet
- 縁 【よすが】 something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means, someone to rely on, relative, reminder, memento
- 縁 【へり】 edge (of a river, woods, etc.), shoulder (of a road), rim, brim, hem, margin, fringe, selvage, fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.), edging
- 縁石 【えんせき】 curb (stone), kerb
- 縁 【えん】 fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon, dan
Spanish
- afinidad
- relación
- conexión
- borde
- frontera
- margen
Portuguese
- afinidade
- relação
- conexão
- margem
- borda
- limite
- extremidade
French
- affinité
- relation
- karma
- rapport
- bord
- bordure
| 1030 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1362 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3585 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1244 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1641 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2660 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1183 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 732 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1754 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 940 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1269 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1384 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27656P | Morohashi |
| 1386 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4553 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1372 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1472 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1790 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2751 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a9.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 2793.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7e01 | Unicode hex code |