| 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 |
char, hurry, impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
973 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 焦点 【ショウテン】 focus, focal point, focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.), point at issue, central point, focus
- 焦燥 【ショウソウ】 impatience, irritation, frustration, fretfulness
- 合焦 【ガッショウ】 being in focus, bringing into focus
- 中焦 【チュウショウ】 middle jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine), middle burner
Kun reading compounds
- 焦げる 【こげる】 to burn, to scorch, to char, to singe
- 焦がす 【こがす】 to burn, to scorch, to singe, to char
- 焦がれる 【こがれる】 to yearn for, to be in love with
- 焦る 【あせる】 to be in a hurry, to be impatient, to be anxious (to do), to fret, to get a fright, to panic, to get flustered, to be startled
- 焦れる 【じれる】 to get impatient, to become irritated, to fret, to chafe
- 焦らす 【じらす】 to tease, to irritate, to tantalize, to keep (someone) in suspense
Readings
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- carbonizar
- chamuscar
- quemar
- impacientarse
- carbonizarse
- chamuscarse
- quemarse
Portuguese
- apressar
- impaciente
- irritar
- queimadura
- assadura
- danificar
French
- carboniser
- roussir
- brûler
- impatient
- pressé
- foyer (lentille)
| 1404 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1202 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5029 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1606 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1516 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 999 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1036 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1385 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1278 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3444 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1771 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2412 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 564 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19119 | Morohashi |
| 2770 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3436 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 557 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 599 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1564 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2440 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8c4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 2033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7126 | Unicode hex code |