| 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 grade 4
JLPT level N1
1232 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 梅雨 【ツユ】 (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July), rain during the rainy season
- 梅雨前線 【バイウゼンセン】 seasonal rain front
- 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
- 紅梅 【コウバイ】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot
Kun reading compounds
- 梅 【うめ】 Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), Japanese plum, ume, Chinese plum, lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
- 梅干し 【うめぼし】 umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
- 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
- 紅梅 【こうばい】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot
Readings
- Korean:
- mae
Spanish
- ciruela
- ciruelo
Portuguese
- ameixa
French
- prune
| 592 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1689 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1009 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2258 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1162 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1436 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1374 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1734 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1856 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 969 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1096 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1159 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 833 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 470 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14795P | Morohashi |
| 925 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2666 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 460 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 499 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 555 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1847 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a6.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 4895.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6885 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1990 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 擬 【ギ】 pseudo-, quasi-
- 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
Kun reading compounds
- 紛い 【まがい】 imitation, sham, -like
- 紛い物 【まがいもの】 imitation, fake, sham
- 擬き 【もどき】 -like, pseudo-, mock ..., imitation ..., in the style of ..., comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), criticism, censure
- 銀竜草擬 【ぎんりょうそうもどき】 Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
- 太平洋赤坊擬 【たいへいようあかぼうもどき】 Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), Indo-Pacific beaked whale, tropical bottlenose whale
Readings
- Korean:
- eui
Spanish
- imitar
- comparar
- parecerse
- suponer
Portuguese
- imitar
- alvo (uma arma)
- nomear
- imita
French
- imitation
- pointer une arme
- nommer
- comparer
| 1139 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1851 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2026 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1356 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1387 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1517 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1618 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1791 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 930 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 969 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 540 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 706 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1423 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12870 | Morohashi |
| 788 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2307 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1411 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1514 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1869 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1370 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c14.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-14 | SKIP code |
| 5708.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 64ec | Unicode hex code |