| 5 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 5 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 19 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 14 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 15 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 7 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 10 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 91 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 7 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 7 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 5 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 32 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4244 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2142 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 5 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 257 | Morohashi |
| 3436 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 77 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 5 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 5 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 40 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 23 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
五
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
31 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 五 【ゴ】 five, 5
- ５月 【ゴガツ】 May, fifth month of the lunar calendar
- 端午 【タンゴ】 Boys' Day celebration (May 5), Dragon Boat Festival (China)
- 第五 【ダイゴ】 fifth
Kun reading compounds
- 五 【ご】 five, 5
- 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
- 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
- 五つ子 【いつつご】 quintuplets
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 さ、 さつ、 ち、 ふ、 み、 め
- Korean:
- o
Spanish
- cinco
- 5
Portuguese
- cinco
French
- cinq
| 3173 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 1010.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e94 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 線 【セン】 line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off
- 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
- 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
- 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
Readings
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- línea
- cable
- frontera
- raíl
- carril
Portuguese
- linha
- trilha
French
- ligne
- voie
| 447 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 176 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 329 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 247 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3580 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 389 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 826 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 299 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 299 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 841 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1551 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1760 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 944 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1273 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1351 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27641 | Morohashi |
| 1392 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4548 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1339 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1438 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 236 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2742 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 2693.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7dda | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紙 【シ】 newspaper
- 紙上 【シジョウ】 on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
- 原稿用紙 【ゲンコウヨウシ】 Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
- 製紙 【セイシ】 papermaking, paper manufacture
Kun reading compounds
- 紙 【かみ】 paper
- 紙芝居 【かみしばい】 kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
- インディア紙 【インディアかみ】 India paper
- 頸上 【くびかみ】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- papel
- periódico
Portuguese
- Papel
French
- papier
| 85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 148 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 132 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 501 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3510 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1953 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 180 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 180 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 243 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1517 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1654 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27293 | Morohashi |
| 1302 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4455 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1829 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1971 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 456 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 194 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2756 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 2294.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d19 | Unicode hex code |