| 1288 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5445 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1921 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1531 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2284 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1889 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2637 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1346 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1826 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 540 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 210 | Morohashi |
| 2128 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 62 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 534 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 573 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1353 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 亀裂 【キレツ】 crack, crevice, fissure, chap, rift
- 亀甲 【キッコウ】 tortoise shell
- 霊亀 【レイキ】 mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck), Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
- 宝亀 【ホウキ】 Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)
Kun reading compounds
- 亀 【かめ】 tortoise, turtle, heavy drinker, turtle crest, turtle mon
- 亀綾 【かめあや】 high-quality glossy white habutai silk, raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern
- お亀 【おかめ】 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman, soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
- 出歯亀 【でばかめ】 voyeur, Peeping Tom
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひさ、 ひさし
- Korean:
- gwi, gyun
Spanish
- tortuga
Portuguese
French
- tortue
| 2n9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 4-11-4 | SKIP code |
| 2771.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e80 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 蕎麦 【そば】 buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles, Chinese-style wheat noodles
- 蕎麦屋 【そばや】 soba restaurant
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4054 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2993 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2086 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 31946X | Morohashi |
| 5197 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2369 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2454 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k12.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 4422.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 854e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1615 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 麦芽 【バクガ】 malt
- 麦価 【バクカ】 price of wheat
- 精麦 【セイバク】 polished barley or wheat
- 米麦 【ベイバク】 rice and barley, corn
Kun reading compounds
- 麦 【むぎ】 wheat, barley, oat (oats)
- 麦茶 【むぎちゃ】 barley tea
- はだか麦 【はだかむぎ】 naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
- 毒麦 【どくむぎ】 darnel (Lolium temulentum)
Readings
- Korean:
- maeg
Spanish
- cebada
- trigo
Portuguese
- cevada
- trigo
French
- orge
- blé
| 128 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 213 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 194 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1411 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5385 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 816 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1020 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 456 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 270 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 270 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 637 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 400 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3061 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1559 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1547 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 47718 | Morohashi |
| 2408 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 7030 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1533 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1653 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 152 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 5024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9ea6 | Unicode hex code |