1758 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4969 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1899 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
2709 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
349 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
4134 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
41421 | Morohashi |
3332 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6414 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2777 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1748 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1969 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暗黒 【アンコク】 darkness
- 暗夜 【アンヤ】 dark night
- 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade
- 幽暗 【ユウアン】 gloom, darkness, seclusion
Kun reading compounds
- 闇 【やみ】 darkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, hidden place, secrecy, oblivion, black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels
- 闇医者 【やみいしゃ】 back-alley doctor
- 暁闇 【あかつきやみ】 moonless dawn
- 五月闇 【さつきやみ】 dark night in the rainy season
- 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- oscuro
- sombrío
- poco claro
- sin esperanza
- confuso
Portuguese
French
8e9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-8-9 | SKIP code |
7760.1 | Four corner code |
16-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
95c7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1366 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 穴 【ケツ】 ass, arse, buttocks, rear, end, acupuncture point, hole, notch
- 穴隙 【ケツゲキ】 crevice, aperture
- 横穴 【ヨコアナ】 cave, tunnel, tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
- 経穴 【ケイケツ】 acupuncture point
Kun reading compounds
- 穴 【あな】 hole, opening, perforation, pit, hollow, hole (in the ground, etc.), burrow, den, lair, holt, hole, deficit, shortage, missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.), vacancy, opening, flaw, well-kept secret place, upset victory (with a large payoff), pit (of a theater), hiding place, hideout, underbelly (of society, etc.)
- 穴埋め 【あなうめ】 filling in gaps, filling in blanks (in a form, etc.), stopgap, temporary measure, covering up a deficit, making up for something (e.g. one's mistake)
- 風穴 【かざあな】 air hole, windhole, ventilator
- 横穴 【よこあな】 cave, tunnel, tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けな、 しし、 な
- Korean:
- hyeol
Spanish
- agujero
- hueco
- cueva
- lugar poco conocido
- lugar escondido
Portuguese
- buraco
- orifício
- brecha
- caverna
- gruta
French
- trou
- orifice
- fente
- grotte
- tanière
860 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
849 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1201 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3313 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
984 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1595 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
158 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
899 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
921 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1122 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1450 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2682 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1366 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1852 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1326 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25406 | Morohashi |
2159 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4187 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1316 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1413 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
834 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
762 | 2001 Kanji |
3m2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-2 | SKIP code |
3080.2 | Four corner code |
23-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7a74 | 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, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (Tang-era administrative region of China), province (modern administrative region of Korea)
- 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, (the crime of) barbarity (such as 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 (kabuki), 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 |
38-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9053 | Unicode hex code |