| 1570 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 121 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2489 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1582 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1143 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 46823 | Morohashi |
| 6955 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2835 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2850 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1797 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 鴨 【かも】 duck, easy mark, sucker, sitting duck
- 鴨居 【かもい】 lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
- いい鴨 【いいかも】 desirable prey, easy game, easy mark, easy prey, easy target
Readings
- Korean:
- ab
Spanish
- pato salvaje
Portuguese
French
| 11b5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-11 | SKIP code |
| 6752.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9d28 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海葱 【カイソウ】 white squill (Urginea maritima), sea onion
- 鬱蒼 【ウッソウ】 thick, dense, luxuriant
Kun reading compounds
- 葱 【ねぎ】 Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum), Japanese bunching onion, green onion, spring onion, scallion
- 葱油 【ねぎあぶら】 scallion oil
- 万能ネギ 【ばんのうねぎ】 thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment)
- 九条ネギ 【くじょうねぎ】 Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region)
Readings
- Korean:
- chong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3993 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 31454X | Morohashi |
| 5123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2389 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2471 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k9.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 4433.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8471 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
696 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 背後 【ハイゴ】 back, rear, background, behind the scenes
- 背景 【ハイケイ】 background, scenery, backdrop, setting, background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context, backing, support (from behind the scenes)
- 違背 【イハイ】 violation, transgression
- 向背 【コウハイ】 one's attitude, state of affairs
Kun reading compounds
- 背 【せ】 back, reverse, rear side, back (e.g. of a chair), spine (of a book), height, stature, ridge (of a mountain)
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 膝皿貝 【ひざらがい】 chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora), sea cradle, Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
- 角背 【かくせ】 flat back (book spine), square back
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 背丈 【せたけ】 stature, height
- 背く 【そむく】 to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe
- 背ける 【そむける】 to turn (one's face) away, to avert (one's eyes)
Readings
- Korean:
- bae, pae
Spanish
- espalda
- detrás
- estatura
- desobedecer
- infringir
- rebelarse
Portuguese
- estatura
- altura
- costas
- atrás
- desobedecer
- desafiar
- quebrar promesum
- rebelar
French
- stature
- taille
- dos
- arrière
- désobéir
- défier
- revenir sur
- se rebeller
| 967 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 957 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 796 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3754 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 933 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 845 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 957 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1265 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1338 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1085 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1017 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3182 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1641 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 455 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29363 | Morohashi |
| 2573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4794 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 446 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 481 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 893 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1246 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 1222.7 | Four corner code |
| 1122.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 80cc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
443 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 負 【フ】 negative, minus
- 負荷 【フカ】 burden, load (electrical, CPU, etc.)
- 正負 【セイフ】 positive and negative, +-, plus and minus
- 非負 【ヒフ】 non-negative
Kun reading compounds
- 負ける 【まける】 to lose, to be defeated, to succumb, to give in, to surrender, to yield, to be inferior to, to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.), to reduce the price, to give a discount, to throw in (something extra) for free
- 負けるが勝ち 【まけるがかち】 he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day, sometimes you have to lose to win, losing is winning
- 負かす 【まかす】 to defeat
- 負う 【おう】 to carry on one's back, to bear, to shoulder, to take (responsibility), to assume, to accept, to bear (the blame, costs, etc.), to have (a duty, obligation, etc.), to become responsible for, to be burdened with (work, debt, etc.), to suffer (an injury), to sustain (a wound), to receive, to incur (a loss, damage, etc.), to owe (a debt of gratitude to), to be indebted to, to have (something) behind one, to be backed by
- 負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る 【おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる】 some things can be learned from the young, a fool may give a wise man counsel, to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders
Readings
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- llevar
- tomar a su cargo
- deber
- ser derrotado
- llevarse la victoria
Portuguese
- derrotar
- negativa
- menos
- carregar
- dever a
- assumir uma responsabilidade
French
- défaite
- perdre
- moins
- négatif
- assumer
- porter sur le dos
- devoir à quelqu'un
- faire un rabais
| 312 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 406 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 383 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 473 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4488 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 503 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 918 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 981 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 510 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 519 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 717 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1722 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2594 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1327 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1799 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 63 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36660X | Morohashi |
| 2091 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5769 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 63 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 67 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 346 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2561 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2n7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-7-2 | SKIP code |
| 2780.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8ca0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
102 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 来 【ライ】 next (year, spring, etc.), coming, since (e.g. last month), for (e.g. 20 years)
- 来客 【ライキャク】 visitor, caller
- 在来 【ザイライ】 pre-existing, already there, conventional
- 再来 【サイライ】 return, coming back, second coming (e.g. of Christ), second advent, reincarnation
Kun reading compounds
- 来る 【くる】 to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive, to come back, to do ... and come back, to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue, to come from, to be caused by, to derive from, to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
- 来る年 【くるとし】 the coming year
- 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
- 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
- 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
- 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
- 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
- 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
- 来合わせる 【きあわせる】 to happen to come along
- 来掛かる 【きかかる】 to happen to come
- 不出来 【ふでき】 bad job, poor workmanship, bungle
- 行ってき 【いってき】 bye, see ya (afterwards), have fun, get going, now
- 来い 【こい】 come!, come on!
- 来し方 【きしかた】 the past
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くり、 くる、 ごろ、 さ
- Korean:
- rae
Spanish
- venir
- llegar
- acercarse
- aproximarse
Portuguese
- Vir
- devido
- próximo
- causa
- tornar-se
French
- venir
- dû à
- suivant
- causer
- devenir
| 147 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 237 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 217 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 113 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 202 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 25 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 62 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 538 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 69 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 133 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 36 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4366 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2211 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2975 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1902 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14489 | Morohashi |
| 3551 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2565 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1884 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2029 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 27 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 153 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1464 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 5090.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6765 | Unicode hex code |