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 2
JLPT level N4
200 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海運 【カイウン】 maritime transport, shipping
- 海域 【カイイキ】 area of ocean
- 公海 【コウカイ】 high seas, international waters
- 内海 【ナイカイ】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
Kun reading compounds
- 海 【うみ】 sea, ocean, waters
- 海辺 【うみべ】 beach, seashore, seaside, coast
- 内海 【ないかい】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
- 血の海 【ちのうみ】 sea of blood, pool of blood
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あま、 うな、 うん、 え、 か、 た、 ひろ、 ひろし、 ぶ、 まち、 まま、 み、 め、 わたる
- Korean:
- hae
Spanish
- mar
- océano
- playa
Portuguese
- oceano
- mar
French
- mer
- océan
55 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
94 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
88 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
158 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2553 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
99 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
211 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1071 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
117 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
117 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
454 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1184 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
459 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
344 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
471 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17450 | Morohashi |
384 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
500 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
206 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
171 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
347 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3815.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d77 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1353 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 亀裂 【キレツ】 crack, crevice, fissure, chap, rift
- 亀甲 【キッコウ】 tortoise shell
- 霊亀 【レイキ】 mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck), Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
- 宝亀 【ホウキ】 Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)
Kun reading compounds
- 亀 【かめ】 tortoise, turtle, heavy drinker, turtle crest, turtle mon
- 亀綾 【かめあや】 high-quality glossy white habutai silk, raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern
- お亀 【おかめ】 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman, soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
- 出歯亀 【でばかめ】 voyeur, Peeping Tom
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひさ、 ひさし
- Korean:
- gwi, gyun
Spanish
- tortuga
Portuguese
French
- tortue
1288 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5445 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1921 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1531 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2284 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1889 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2637 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1346 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1826 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
540 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
210 | Morohashi |
2128 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
62 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
534 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
573 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
2n9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-9 | SKIP code |
4-11-4 | SKIP code |
2771.6 | Four corner code |
1-21-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e80 | Unicode hex code |