| 527 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 429 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 406 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 990 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5012 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 753 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 989 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1567 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 630 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 640 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 834 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 747 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 764 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 453 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 572 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1309 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41725 | Morohashi |
| 626 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6470 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1300 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1397 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 413 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1071 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陽 【ヨウ】 (the) positive, yang (in Chinese divination), the open, visible place, public place
- 陽気 【ヨウキ】 cheerful, jovial, merry, lively, weather, season, spirit of yang
- 山陽 【サンヨウ】 south side of a mountain, Sanyo district
- 陰陽 【インヨウ】 cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.
Kun reading compounds
- 陽 【ひ】 sun, sunshine, sunlight
- 日差し 【ひざし】 sunlight, rays of the Sun
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 あけ、 はる、 ひろ、 やん、 よ
- Korean:
- yang
Spanish
- positivo
- masculino
Portuguese
- brilho do sol
- princípio do yang
- positivo
- masculino
- paraíso
- dia
French
- Yang
- soleil
- éclat solaire
- positif
- mâle
- paradis
- journée
| 3651 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 7622.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 967d | Unicode hex code |
poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 極 【キョク】 pole, climax, extreme, extremity, culmination, height, zenith, nadir
- 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
- 消極 【ショウキョク】 passive, negative, conservative, depolarization
- 対極 【タイキョク】 antipodes, other (opposite) extreme, opposite, antithesis
- 極 【ゴク】 quite, very, 10^48, quindecillion
- 極秘 【ゴクヒ】 absolute secrecy
- 極々 【ゴクゴク】 extremely, highly
- 失礼至極 【シツレイシゴク】 extremely rude, impertinent, impolite
Kun reading compounds
- 極める 【きわめる】 to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something, to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy), to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
- 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled
- 極まり 【きわまり】 extremity, end, bound, limit
- 極まりない 【きわまりない】 extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled, boundless (e.g. universe, ocean), limitless
- 極み 【きわみ】 height, acme, extremity, peak, end, limit
- 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
- 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
Readings
- Korean:
- geug
Spanish
- polo terrestre o magnético
- muy
- sumamente
- extremadamente
- alcanzar un extremo
Portuguese
- postes
- acordo
- conclusão
- fim
- a mais alta posição
- postes elétricos
- muitos
- extremamente
- maior
- altamente
- 10 elevado a48
French
- extrêmes
- pôles (N et S)
- décision
- conclusion
- fin
- plus haut rang
- pôles électriques
- très
- extrêmement
- le plus
- hautement
- 10**48
| 382 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 488 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 464 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 652 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 597 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 639 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1896 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 336 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 336 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 679 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1100 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1243 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 695 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 900 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1922 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15181 | Morohashi |
| 1017 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2753 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1903 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2052 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 311 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 584 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4191.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6975 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1218 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 酸 【サン】 acid, sourness, sour taste
- 酸化 【サンカ】 oxidation, oxidization
- 炭酸 【タンサン】 carbonic acid, carbonated water, carbonated drink, baking soda, sodium carbonate
- アミノ酸 【アミノサン】 amino acid
Kun reading compounds
- 酸い 【すい】 sour, acid
- 酸葉 【すいば】 sorrel (Rumex acetosa), Common sorrel, garden sorrel, spinach dock
Readings
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- ácido
- agrio
Portuguese
- ácido
- amargo
- azedo
- picante
French
- acide
- aigre
- amer
- sur (goût)
| 618 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 715 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 689 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1027 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4789 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 819 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1838 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 516 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 525 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1420 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1797 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1968 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1049 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1449 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39871 | Morohashi |
| 1563 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6177 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1437 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1545 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 791 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3267 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7e7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 1364.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9178 | 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 |