| 1208 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1768 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5307 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1345 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1921 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2831 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 700 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 713 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 915 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1933 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2361 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1661 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 321 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 46257 | Morohashi |
| 1882 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6886 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 315 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 337 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1927 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1486 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鯨肉 【ゲイニク】 whale meat
- 鯨飲 【ゲイイン】 drinking hard, drinking like a fish
- 酔鯨 【スイゲイ】 Suigei
- 白鯨 【ハクゲイ】 Moby-Dick (1851 novel by Herman Melville)
Kun reading compounds
- 鯨 【くじら】 whale (Cetacea spp.)
- 鯨肉 【げいにく】 whale meat
- タスマニア鯨 【タスマニアくじら】 Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
- 五島鯨 【ごとうくじら】 larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- ballena
Portuguese
- baleia
French
- baleine
| 2541 | 2001 Kanji |
| 11a8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-8 | SKIP code |
| 2039.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9be8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 爆 【バク】 burst of laughter, roar of laughter, in copious amounts
- 爆音 【バクオン】 (sound of an) explosion or detonation, roar (of a machine)
- 起爆 【キバク】 ignition, detonation, triggering, explosion
- 水爆 【スイバク】 hydrogen bomb
Kun reading compounds
- 爆ぜる 【はぜる】 to burst open, to pop, to split
Readings
- Korean:
- pog, bag
Spanish
- estallar
- reventar
- explotar
Portuguese
- bomba
- explodir
- estouro
- fender
French
- bombe
- faire éclater
- exploser
- craquer
| 1702 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 475 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2818 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 923 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 723 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1015 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1053 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1044 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1273 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1415 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 751 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1020 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1820 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19540 | Morohashi |
| 1101 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3505 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1802 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1942 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 309 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1915 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1142 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d15.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-15 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-18 | SKIP code |
| 9683.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7206 | Unicode hex code |
departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
32 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 発 【ハツ】 departure, departing from ..., leaving at (e.g. 8:30), sent from ..., (a letter, etc.) dated ..., datelined ..., counter for engines (on an aircraft), counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc., counter for bullets, bombs, etc., counter for blows (punches), counter for jokes, puns, etc., counter for ideas, thoughts or guesses, counter for ejaculations or sexual intercourse
- 発 【ハツ】 green dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles
- 偶発 【グウハツ】 sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental
- 電源開発 【デンゲンカイハツ】 development of electrical power resources
- 発熱 【ハツネツ】 generation of heat, (attack of) fever, pyrexia
- 発議 【ハツギ】 proposal, suggestion, motion, initiative
Kun reading compounds
- 発つ 【たつ】 to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.), to leave, to set off, to start
- 立つ鳥跡を濁さず 【たつとりあとをにごさず】 it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
- 暴く 【あばく】 to disclose, to divulge, to expose, to open (a grave), to dig out
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ば、 わ
- Korean:
- bal
Spanish
- abrir
- exponer
- suceder
Portuguese
- liberar
- partida
- publicar
- emitir
- a partir de
- revelar
French
- départ
- décharge
- dégagement
- publier
- émettre
- partir de
- divulguer
- compteur de coups de feu
| 303 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 392 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 370 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 43 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3092 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 186 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 225 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 953 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 96 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 96 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 286 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1360 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3174 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1634 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1721 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22662P | Morohashi |
| 2565 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3860 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1705 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1840 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 102 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 342 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3557 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 1241.5 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 767a | Unicode hex code |