| 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
- 麹菌 【コウジキン】 koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
- 麹塵 【キクジン】 yellow-green tinged with grey, emperor's informal robes
- 製麹 【セイキク】 koji production
Kun reading compounds
- 麹 【こうじ】 kōji, malted rice, malt, malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
- 麹黴 【こうじかび】 koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
- 塩麹 【しおこうじ】 salted kōji (traditional condiment)
- 麦麹 【むぎこうじ】 barley kōji
Readings
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 5388 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2858 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 47818X | Morohashi |
| 7036 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2753 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2778 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6b13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-7-8 | SKIP code |
| 3-11-8 | SKIP code |
| 4740.2 | Four corner code |
| 4724.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9eb9 | Unicode hex code |
germ, fungus, bacteria
- On:
- キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 菌 【キン】 fungus, germ, bacterium, bacillus
- 菌類 【キンルイ】 fungus, fungi
- 球菌 【キュウキン】 coccus
- 抗菌 【コウキン】 antibacterial, antimicrobial
Readings
- Korean:
- gyun
Spanish
- germen
- hongo
- bacteria
Portuguese
- germe
- fungo
- bactérias
French
- germe (microbien)
- champignon
- bactérie
| 1177 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1016 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3976 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1651 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1703 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1441 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1222 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1285 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1368 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 659 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2876 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1484 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 927 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31156P | Morohashi |
| 2304 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5091 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 918 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 985 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1480 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k8.32 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 4460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 83cc | Unicode hex code |