| 214 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 120 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1063 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5399 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 469 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1021 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1499 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 780 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 794 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 993 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1939 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3116 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1596 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2177 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1766 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 47926P | Morohashi |
| 2468 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 7045 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1750 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1887 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 203 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黄色 【キイロ】 yellow, amber
- 黄昏 【タソガレ】 dusk, twilight, twilight years, melancholia, melancholic nostalgia
- 玄黄 【ゲンコウ】 black and yellow silk (offered to gods), heaven and earth
- 天地玄黄 【テンチゲンコウ】 heaven is black and earth is yellow, heaven and earth
- 黄金時代 【オウゴンジダイ】 golden age
- 黄金 【オウゴン】 gold (Au), golden, prosperous, excellent, superb, money (esp. ōban coin), cash
- 卵黄 【ランオウ】 egg yolk
- 六フッ化硫黄 【ロクフッカイオウ】 sulfur hexafluoride, SF6
Kun reading compounds
- 黄 【き】 yellow
- 黄色 【きいろ】 yellow, amber
- 海気 【かいき】 sea air, sea breeze, ocean and atmosphere, type of yarn-dyed silk goods
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うい、 れい
- Korean:
- hwang
Spanish
- amarillo
Portuguese
- amarelo
French
- jaune
| 1961 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k8.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-9-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 4480.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9ec4 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昏睡 【コンスイ】 coma, deep sleep, falling fast asleep
- 昏々 【コンコン】 fast asleep, dead to the world
- 昏々 【コンコン】 fast asleep, dead to the world
Kun reading compounds
- 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
- 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
Readings
- Korean:
- hon
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2479 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3073 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2143 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 13806 | Morohashi |
| 2418 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2431 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2451 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2526 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4c4.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 7260.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 660f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 泣訴 【キュウソ】 imploring with tears in one's eyes
- 号泣 【ゴウキュウ】 crying loudly, bawling, wailing, lamentation, crying one's eyes out (without making noise), breaking into a flood of tears, crying buckets, weeping
- 哀泣 【アイキュウ】 crying with sadness
Kun reading compounds
- 泣く 【なく】 to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl
- 泣く子と地頭には勝てない 【なくことじとうにはかてない】 you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason, you can't fight City Hall
Readings
- Korean:
- eub
Spanish
- llorar
- gemir
- cantar (pájaros)
Portuguese
- choro
- chorar
- lamento
French
- pleurer
- gémir
| 479 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 838 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1192 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2532 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1049 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 678 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 590 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1236 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1300 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 252 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1171 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 396 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 253 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 300 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 439 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17309 | Morohashi |
| 338 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3104 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 432 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 463 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 500 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 373 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3011.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ce3 | Unicode hex code |