| 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
1998 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 曹 【ソウ】 palace room for government officials, fellow, set (of people), clan, family
- 曹灰硼石 【ソウカイホウセキ】 ulexite
- 法曹 【ホウソウ】 legal profession, judicial officer, lawyer, attorney
- 海曹 【カイソウ】 petty officer (navy)
- 曹司 【ゾウシ】 palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting, room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees, person living in such a room, boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryō period)
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- cadete
- amigo
Portuguese
- caçula
- amigo
French
- élève officier
- sous-officier
- ami
- fils de bonne famille
| 1520 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2030 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2134 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1413 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1479 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1929 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2114 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1933 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 999 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3414 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1181 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14297 | Morohashi |
| 2746 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2477 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1173 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1257 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1448 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1978 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c7.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 5560.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
126 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 以降 【イコウ】 on and after, from ... onward, since
- 以下 【イカ】 not exceeding ..., not more than ..., ... and under, ... and below, ... or fewer, below (a standard, level, etc.), under, beneath, less than, the following, the below-mentioned, the rest, followed by ..., including ..., ... and other (employees, officials, etc.)
- 縞曹以 【シマソイ】 threestripe rockfish (Sebastes trivittatus)
- 斑曹以 【ムラソイ】 spotbelly rockfish (Sebastes pachycephalus)
Kun reading compounds
- 以て 【もって】 with, by, by means of, because of, on account of, for, due to, on (a day, date), at (a time), as of (e.g. today), adds emphasis to preceding word, in addition (to being), moreover, as well as, and, therefore, and so, hence
- 以ってしても 【もってしても】 (not) even when using ..., (not) even with the help of ..., (not) even by ...
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もち
- Korean:
- i
Spanish
- además de
- más que
Portuguese
- Por meios de
- porque
- em visão de
- comparada com
French
- au moyen de
- parce que
- en vue de
- comparé à
| 342 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 443 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 419 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 157 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 348 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 221 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 112 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 134 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 46 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 46 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 420 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 43 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 45 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 25 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 26 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1037 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 388 | Morohashi |
| 41 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 109 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1028 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1105 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 118 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 446 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1262 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 2810.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ee5 | Unicode hex code |