| 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
1656 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 穂状 【スイジョウ】 shaped like an ear of grain
- 穂状花序 【スイジョウカジョ】 spike (inflorescence)
- 花穂 【カスイ】 spike
- 麦穂 【バクスイ】 ear of wheat
Kun reading compounds
- 穂 【ほ】 ear (of a cereal plant), head, spike, point (of a brush, spear, etc.), tip, (pointed) head, crest (of a wave), scion (in grafting)
- 穂木 【ほぎ】 twig used in grafting, budwood
- 花穂 【かすい】 spike
- 瑞穂 【みずほ】 fresh, young ears of rice
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 こう、 のり、 ほい
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- espiga
- cresta (ola)
Portuguese
- espiga (grão)
- penacho (planta)
- crista (onda)
French
- épi
- pointe
- crête (vague)
| 1460 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1485 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3300 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1637 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1592 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2308 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1221 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1284 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1856 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1446 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1575 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 833 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1139 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 918 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25236P | Morohashi |
| 1232 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4168 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 909 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 975 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1786 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2258 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-10 | SKIP code |
| 2593.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7a42 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 病 【ビョウ】 disease
- 病院 【ビョウイン】 hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary
- 血友病 【ケツユウビョウ】 hemophilia, haemophilia
- 同病 【ドウビョウ】 the same sickness
Kun reading compounds
- 病む 【やむ】 to fall ill, to suffer from (e.g. a disease), to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
- 病 【やまい】 illness, disease, bad habit, weakness, fault
- 病が篤い 【やまいがあつい】 seriously ill
- 恋病 【こいやまい】 lovesickness
- 躁鬱病 【そううつびょう】 manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis, bipolar disorder
Readings
- Korean:
- byeong
Spanish
- enfermedad
- caer enfermo
Portuguese
- mal
- doente
French
- malade
| 310 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 404 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 381 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 441 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3042 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 145 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 224 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1250 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 380 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 381 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 229 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1352 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4062 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2059 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2791 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1698 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22127 | Morohashi |
| 3277 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3798 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1682 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1813 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 365 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5i5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 0012.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 75c5 | Unicode hex code |