| 36 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 52 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 43 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 390 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5076 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 331 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 273 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 700 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 208 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 208 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 47 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1871 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3084 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1573 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1548 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42564P | Morohashi |
| 2430 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6557 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1534 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1654 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 393 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 74 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 青果 【セイカ】 fruits and vegetables, produce
- 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
- 回青 【カイセイ】 Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)
- 黛青 【タイセイ】 blackish blue
- 青面金剛 【ショウメンコンゴウ】 Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
- 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
- 花緑青 【ハナロクショウ】 Paris green, emerald green
Kun reading compounds
- 青 【あお】 blue, azure, green, green light (traffic), black (horse coat color), blue 5-point card, immature, unripe, young
- 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
- プロシア青 【プロシアあお】 Prussian blue
- 深青 【ふかあお】 dark blue, deep blue, navy blue
- 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced
- 青色 【あおいろ】 blue
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お
- Korean:
- cheong
Spanish
- azul
- verde
- pálido
Portuguese
- verde
- azul
- imaturo
- verde-claro
French
- bleu
- vert
| 1446 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 5022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9752 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鈍 【ドン】 dull, slow, stupid, dull-brained
- 鈍化 【ドンカ】 becoming dull, slowing down
- 焼鈍 【ショウドン】 annealing
- 愚鈍 【グドン】 stupid, dim-witted, dense, dull, obtuse, slow
Kun reading compounds
- 鈍い 【にぶい】 dull (e.g. a knife), blunt, thickheaded, obtuse, stupid, dull (sound, color, etc.), dim (light), slow, sluggish, inert, lethargic, insensitive, dull (e.g. reflexes), unperceptive, unfeeling
- 鈍い音 【にぶいおと】 dull sound, muffled sound
- 鈍る 【にぶる】 to become blunt, to grow dull, to become less capable, to weaken, to falter
- 鈍る 【にぶる】 to become blunt, to grow dull, to become less capable, to weaken, to falter
- 鈍ら 【なまくら】 blunt (e.g. sword), dull, lazy, cowardly, good for nothing
Readings
- Korean:
- dun
Spanish
- torpe
- pesado
- embotado
- obtuso
- embotarse
- atascarse
Portuguese
- tolo
- lento
- estúpido
- embotado
- sem corte
French
- émoussé
- lent
- bête
| 1671 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1731 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4830 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1388 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 975 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1943 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 966 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 997 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1372 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1811 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2123 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1108 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1507 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1509 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40219 | Morohashi |
| 1689 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6235 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1495 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1611 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1597 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2856 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8511.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 920d | Unicode hex code |