| 80 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 124 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 317 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5403 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 286 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 284 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1486 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 206 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 45 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1940 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3406 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1754 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2388 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 176 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 48040 | Morohashi |
| 2740 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 7052 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 174 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 186 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 204 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
573 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke
- 黒衣 【コクイ】 black clothes
- 大黒 【ダイコク】 god of wealth, monk's wife
- 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
Kun reading compounds
- 黒 【くろ】 black, black stone, guilt, guilty person
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒ずむ 【くろずむ】 to blacken, to darken
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒色 【くろいろ】 black (colour, color)
Readings
- Korean:
- heug
Spanish
- negro
- maldad
Portuguese
- preto
French
- noir
| 3640 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 6033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9ed2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1811 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 慈善 【ジゼン】 charity, benevolence, philanthropy
- 慈悲 【ジヒ】 mercy, compassion, clemency, pity, charity, benevolence, rufous hawk-cuckoo, northern hawk-cuckoo
- 具慈 【グジ】 tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.), blanquillo, horse-head fish
- 仁慈 【ジンジ】 kind-hearted, benevolence
Kun reading compounds
- 慈しむ 【いつくしむ】 to be affectionate towards, to show tenderness towards, to treat tenderly, to love
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しげ、 ちか、 めぐみ、 よし
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- amar
- encariñarse
- misericordia
- tener misericordia
Portuguese
- misericórdia
French
- miséricorde
- pitié
- affection
| 1328 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1829 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 612 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1194 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1309 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2701 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1547 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1649 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1778 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 794 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2949 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1515 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2053 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1401 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10980P | Morohashi |
| 2339 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1924 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1389 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1490 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1624 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 958 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 8033.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6148 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 姑息 【コソク】 underhanded, unfair, makeshift, stopgap
- 姑洗 【コセン】 (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp), third lunar month
- 芸妓 【ゲイギ】 geisha
- 外姑 【ガイコ】 mother-in-law (of the husband)
Kun reading compounds
- 姑 【しゅうとめ】 mother-in-law
- 嫁姑 【よめしゅうとめ】 daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
- 姑 【しゅうとめ】 mother-in-law
- 暫く 【しばらく】 for a moment, for a minute, for a while, for some time, for the time being, for now, it's been a long time, long time no see
Readings
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- suegra
- de momento
- por ahora
Portuguese
French
| 1201 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 332 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6174 | Morohashi |
| 1194 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2205 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2317 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3e5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4446.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 59d1 | Unicode hex code |