| 698 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 794 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 773 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 491 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5080 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 353 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1001 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 498 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 507 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 707 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1873 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1101 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 598 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 790 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1647 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42585 | Morohashi |
| 889 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6563 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1632 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1760 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 222 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 693 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
非
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
472 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 非 【ヒ】 fault, error, mistake, going poorly, being disadvantageous, being unfavorable, un-, non-, an-
- 非行 【ヒコウ】 delinquency, misconduct
- 是非是非 【ゼヒゼヒ】 certainly, by all means
- 理非 【リヒ】 right and wrong
Kun reading compounds
- 非ず 【あらず】 not, does not exist
- 非ずんば 【あらずんば】 if not, unless
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- negativo
- equivocado
- culpar
- agravar
- in-
Portuguese
- Prefixo negativo in-
- erro
- negativa
- injustiça
French
- in-
- non-
- négatif
- faute
- injustice
- condamner
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1111.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 975e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
314 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 可 【カ】 acceptable, satisfactory, allowed, permitted, approval, being in favour, (a) vote in favour, aye, Pass (grade), Fair, C, D
- 可決 【カケツ】 approval, adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.), passage
- 裁可 【サイカ】 sanction, approval
- 不裁可 【フサイカ】 veto, rejection
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よし
- Korean:
- ga, geug
Spanish
- bueno
- aprobación
- posible
- poder hacer
Portuguese
- aceitável
- não deve não
- faz
French
- possible
- acceptable
- ne doit pas
- ne pas, négatif
| 744 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 655 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 816 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 510 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 24 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 253 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 397 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 165 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 388 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 390 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 412 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 314 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3687 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2562 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 94 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3245 | Morohashi |
| 2969 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 701 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 93 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 97 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 463 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 647 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3149 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d2.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 1062.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53ef | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
- 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
- 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
- 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
- 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
- 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Readings
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- inusual
- extraño
- cambio
- cambiar
- alterar
- modificar
Portuguese
- raro
- mudança
- estranhar
French
- insolite
- étrange
- changer
| 509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 609 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 581 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 324 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 191 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 443 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 970 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 257 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 257 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2569 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5703 | Morohashi |
| 2069 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1745 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 254 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 532 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 0024.7 | Four corner code |
| 0040.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5909 | 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 |