| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 白沢 【ハクタク】 bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)
Readings
- Korean:
- taeg, seog
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2704 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2453 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 958 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 18383 | Morohashi |
| 778 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3338 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 3614.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-63-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6fa4 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2022 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 琢磨 【タクマ】 polish (jewels), cultivation
- 彫琢 【チョウタク】 carving and polishing
Kun reading compounds
- 磨く 【みがく】 to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens), to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あや、 たか
- Korean:
- tag
Spanish
- brillo
- esmalte
- abrillantar
Portuguese
French
| 2946 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1963 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1608 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2158 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1222 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 661 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 883 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 21058X | Morohashi |
| 971 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3640 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2560 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2613 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4f8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 1113.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7422 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弥撒 【ミサ】 (Catholic) Mass
- 弥勒 【ミロク】 Maitreya (Bodhisattva), Miroku
- 沙弥 【シャミ】 male Buddhist novice
- 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)
- 弥久 【ビキュウ】 extending over a long time
- 弥縫 【ビホウ】 patching up
Kun reading compounds
- 弥生 【やよい】 third month of the lunar calendar, Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture, thick growth (of grass, etc.)
- 弥栄 【いやさか】 prosperity, prospering, flourishing, best of luck, all the best, hurray, hoorah
- 弥 【いや】 more and more, increasingly, extremely, very
- 弥生 【やよい】 third month of the lunar calendar, Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture, thick growth (of grass, etc.)
- 愈 【いよいよ】 more and more, all the more, increasingly, at last, finally, beyond doubt, (at the) last moment, worst possible time
- 渡る 【わたる】 to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span
Readings
- Japanese names:
- わたる、 みつ、 ひろ、 よ
- Korean:
- mi
Spanish
- más aún
- progresivamente
Portuguese
French
| 1536 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1565 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1980 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 832 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2065 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1012 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 344 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 258 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 9753 | Morohashi |
| 288 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1689 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2241 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1322 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3h5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 1829.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f25 | Unicode hex code |