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Kanji Information Sheet for 害 ( 
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| English: harm injury | On-Yomi: ガイ | Kun-Yomi: No Kun-yomi readings found for this kanji |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 宀 (うかんむり) – crown
Henshall Mnemonic: covering live mouth can cause harm
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #358 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #358 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view a similar information sheet for it.Click [K] to look up the word's individual character(s) at WWWJDIC.
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JLPT N3 Words
- 障害 [しょうがい]
(n) obstacle; impediment (fault); damage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 害 [がい]
(n,vs) injury; harm; evil influence; damage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 被害 [ひがい]
(n) damage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 損害 [そんがい]
(n) damage; injury; loss [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 利害 [りがい]
(n) advantages and disadvantages; interest [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公害 [こうがい]
(n) public nuisance; pollution [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 害する [がいする]
(vs-s) to injure; to damage; to harm; to kill; to hinder [K] [D] [Jisho] - 危害 [きがい]
(n) injury; harm; danger [K] [D] [Jisho] - 災害 [さいがい]
(n) calamity; disaster; misfortune [K] [D] [Jisho] - 妨害 [ぼうがい]
(n,vs) disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference [K] [D] [Jisho] - 迫害 [はくがい]
(n,vs) persecution [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 障害者 [しょうがいしゃ]
(n) (physically) handicapped person; disabled person [K] [D] [Jisho] - 侵害 [しんがい]
(n,vs) infringement; violation; trespass; impairment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 害虫 [がいちゅう]
(n) harmful insect; noxious insect [K] [D] [Jisho] - 加害者 [かがいしゃ]
(n) assailant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 薬害 [やくがい]
(n) harmful side effects of a medicine or drug [K] [D] [Jisho] - 傷害 [しょうがい]
(n) (1) wound; injury; accident; casualty; (2) assault [K] [D] [Jisho] - 有害 [ゆうがい]
(adj-na,n) harmfulness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 弊害 [へいがい]
(n) evil practice; barrier [K] [D] [Jisho] - 被害者 [ひがいしゃ]
(n) victim; injured party; sufferer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 無害 [むがい]
(adj-na,n) harmlessness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 損害保険 [そんがいほけん]
damage insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 利害関係 [りがいかんけい]
interests [K] [D] [Jisho] - 身体障害者 [しんたいしょうがいしゃ]
disabled person; physically handicapped person [K] [D] [Jisho] - 殺害 [さつがい]
(n,vs) killing; murder [K] [D] [Jisho] - 精神障害 [せいしんしょうがい]
mental disorder [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水害 [すいがい]
(n) water damage; flood disaster [K] [D] [Jisho] - 阻害 [そがい]
(n,vs) obstruction; inhibition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 冷害 [れいがい]
(n) cold-weather damage [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.