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
1195 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 竜 【リュウ】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
- 竜王 【リュウオウ】 Dragon King, promoted rook
- 鎧竜 【ガイリュウ】 ankylosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Ankylosauria)
- 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 竜 【リュウ】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
- 竜駕 【リョウガ】 imperial carriage
- 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 蛟竜 【コウリョウ】 mizuchi, aquatic, dragon-like beast with four feet, horns and poisonous breath, unfulfilled genius, dormant talent
Kun reading compounds
- 竜 【りゅう】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
- 竜巻 【たつまき】 tornado, whirlwind, waterspout, twister
- 伊勢海老 【いせえび】 spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- りう
- Korean:
- ryong, nong
Spanish
- dragón
Portuguese
- dragão imperial
French
- dragon
- impérial
1899 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1110 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5440 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1992 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1600 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1199 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1758 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1886 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1867 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1930 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2603 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1332 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1805 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
542 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25751 | Morohashi |
2099 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4232 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
536 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
575 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1406 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
456 | 2001 Kanji |
5b5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
2-5-5 | SKIP code |
0071.6 | Four corner code |
1-46-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7adc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
- 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
- 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
- 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
- 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
- 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
- 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
- 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
Kun reading compounds
- 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
- 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
- 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい、 い
- Korean:
- hoe, goe, gwal
Spanish
- asociación
- reunión
- encontrarse con
- reunirse
Portuguese
- encontro
- reunião
- festa
- associação
- entrevista
- une
French
- réunion
- rencontre
- meeting
- parti
- association
- entrevue
- rejoindre
54 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
87 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
12 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
381 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
116 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
14 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
454 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
158 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
158 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
59 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
47 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2512 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1275 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1741 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
460 | Morohashi |
2020 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
143 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
752 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
814 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
16 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
119 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2871 | 2001 Kanji |
2a4.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-4 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
8073.1 | Four corner code |
1-18-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f1a | Unicode hex code |