| 245 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 326 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 311 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 155 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 224 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 161 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 266 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1017 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 227 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 227 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 115 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1802 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4390 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2991 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1691 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40132 | Morohashi |
| 3573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6207 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1675 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1805 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 136 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 330 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
193 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 重 【ジュウ】 jūbako, multi-tiered food box, heavy, serious, extreme, -fold, -ply
- 重圧 【ジュウアツ】 strong pressure, heavy pressure
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
- 重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
- 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
- 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
Kun reading compounds
- 重 【え】 -fold, -ply
- 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
- 九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
- 重い 【おもい】 heavy, weighty, heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy, slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy, important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave, serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical, solid, established, dignified, sensible
- 重い腰を上げる 【おもいこしをあげる】 to get off one's backside, to bestir oneself
- 重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker
- 重ねる 【かさねる】 to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another, to repeat many times over, to go through repeatedly, to accumulate
- 重なる 【かさなる】 to be piled up, to lie on top of one another, to come one after another, to happen over and over, to pile up (e.g. stress), to accumulate, to overlap (each other), to occur at the same time, to happen simultaneously
- 主 【おも】 chief, main, principal, important, main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
- 重き 【おもき】 importance, emphasis, stress
- 身重 【みおも】 pregnant
- 気重 【きおも】 heavy-hearted
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さね、 しげ、 しげる
- Korean:
- jung
Spanish
- pesado
- importante
- apilar
- amontonar
Portuguese
- pesado
- empilhar
- pilha de caixas
- -dobrar
French
- lourd
- empiler
- entasser
- s'emboîter
- - couches
| 2272 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a9.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-9-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-8 | SKIP code |
| 2010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91cd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 役 【ヤク】 role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service, position (of responsibility), post, office, part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character, scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld
- 役員 【ヤクイン】 director, executive, officer, official, person in charge
- 悪役 【アクヤク】 villain, baddie, the villain's part
- 大役 【タイヤク】 important task, important role, great duty, important mission, major part (in a film, play, etc.), leading role, high-scoring combination
- 役 【エキ】 war, campaign, battle, unpaid work (ritsuryō system), forced labor
- 役務 【エキム】 labor, labour, service
- 荷役 【ニエキ】 handling cargo, loading and unloading
- 就役 【シュウエキ】 being placed on duty, going into commission (of a warship, freighter, etc.), being placed in commission
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちゃく
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- oficio
- deber
- servicio
- papel
- (guerra)
Portuguese
- dever
- guerra
- campanha
- esboço
- escritório
- serviço
- papel
French
- rôle
- fonctions
- guerre
- campagne
- corvée
- poste
- service
| 324 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 419 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 397 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 315 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1598 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 171 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 519 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 368 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 375 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 376 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 609 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 620 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 288 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 217 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 893 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10057 | Morohashi |
| 244 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1726 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 884 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 949 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 266 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 290 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2068 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2724.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f79 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
- 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
- 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
- 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
- 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
- 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
- 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
- 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
Kun reading compounds
- 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
- 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
- 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい、 い
- Korean:
- hoe, goe, gwal
Spanish
- asociación
- reunión
- encontrarse con
- reunirse
Portuguese
- encontro
- reunião
- festa
- associação
- entrevista
- une
French
- réunion
- rencontre
- meeting
- parti
- association
- entrevue
- rejoindre
| 54 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 87 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 12 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 381 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 116 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 14 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 454 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 158 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 158 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 59 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 47 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2512 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1275 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1741 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 460 | Morohashi |
| 2020 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 143 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 752 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 814 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 16 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 119 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2871 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a4.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 8073.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f1a | Unicode hex code |