| 712 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 606 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 578 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 447 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 201 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 396 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 343 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 499 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 784 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 798 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 994 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 155 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3158 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2207 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1343 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1462 | Morohashi |
| 2551 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 374 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1331 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1429 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 243 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 489 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
522 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 兵 【ヘイ】 (common) soldier, rank and file, army, troops, warfare, strategy
- 兵員 【ヘイイン】 military strength, military personnel
- 伏兵 【フクヘイ】 ambush, troops in ambush, unexpected opposition, unexpected obstacle
- 工兵 【コウヘイ】 combat engineer, military engineer, combat engineering, military engineering
- 兵 【ヒョウ】 pawn
- 兵法 【ヘイホウ】 art of war, strategy, tactics
- 小兵 【コヒョウ】 small build, small stature
- 大兵 【ダイヒョウ】 great stature, large build
Kun reading compounds
- 兵 【つわもの】 soldier, warrior, person of courage, strong person, very capable person, master (in a field)
- 古強者 【ふるつわもの】 feudal warrior, samurai, old soldier, veteran, old hand
Readings
- Japanese names:
- へ
- Korean:
- byeong
Spanish
- soldado
- marinero
- tropa
Portuguese
- soldado
- particular
- tropas
- exército
- guerra
- estratégia
- tática
French
- soldat
- simple soldat
- troupes
- armée
- guerre
- stratégie
- tactique
| 2661 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 7280.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5175 | Unicode hex code |
士
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 士 【シ】 man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member
- 士官 【シカン】 officer
- 飛行士 【ヒコウシ】 pilot
- 公認会計士 【コウニンカイケイシ】 certified public accountant
Kun reading compounds
- 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
- 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 ま
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- caballero
- samurai
- hombre
Portuguese
- cavalheiro
- samurai
French
- gentilhomme
- samouraï
- radical samouraï (no. 33)
| 410 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 521 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 494 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 301 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1160 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 59 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1173 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 41 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 572 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 581 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 755 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 393 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4213 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2129 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2877 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 325 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5638 | Morohashi |
| 3405 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1117 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 319 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 341 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 386 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 441 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3p0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4010.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 58eb | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
- 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
- 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
- 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
Kun reading compounds
- 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
- 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
- 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
- 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
- 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- canción
- cantar
Portuguese
- canção
- cantar
French
- chanson
- chanter
| 166 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 84 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 478 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2422 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 256 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 201 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 392 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 395 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 200 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1125 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2296 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 480 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16167 | Morohashi |
| 1825 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2945 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 469 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 508 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 486 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 230 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 1768.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b4c | Unicode hex code |