| 428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 535 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 507 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 261 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4215 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 636 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 353 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 427 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 679 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 692 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 440 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 181 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1433 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 411 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1911 | Morohashi |
| 1116 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 469 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 404 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 431 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 279 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 初演 【ショエン】 first performance
- 年初 【ネンショ】 beginning of the year
- 原初 【ゲンショ】 origin, source, beginning, starting point
Kun reading compounds
- 始め 【はじめ】 beginning, start, outset, opening, first (in line, etc.), origin, such as ..., not to mention ...
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 月初め 【つきはじめ】 beginning of the month
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 初 【はつ】 first, new
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 業界初 【ぎょうかいはつ】 the industry's first ...
- 人生初 【じんせいはつ】 (for the) first time in one's life
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し、 はっ
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- comienzo
- primero
Portuguese
- primeiros tempos
- começo
French
- première fois
- commencement
| 645 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 3722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 521d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
- 氷山 【ヒョウザン】 iceberg
- 海氷 【カイヒョウ】 sea ice
- 解氷 【カイヒョウ】 a thaw
Kun reading compounds
- 氷 【こおり】 ice, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
- 氷水 【こおりみず】 ice water, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
- 人造氷 【じんぞうこおり】 artificial ice
- 雪氷 【せっぴょう】 snow and ice, snow ice, frozen snow
- 氷 【ひ】 ice, hail
- 氷柱 【つらら】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
- 薄ら氷 【うすらひ】 thin ice
- 凍る 【こおる】 to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すい
- Korean:
- bing
Spanish
- hielo
- congelado
Portuguese
- estalactite
- gelo
- granizo
- geada
- congela
French
- glace
- glaçon
- grêle
- geler
- congeler
| 498 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 401 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 378 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1222 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 131 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 820 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 662 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 140 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1269 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1095 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1153 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 43 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 24 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 25 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 133 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17087 | Morohashi |
| 39 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3032 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 131 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 138 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 259 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1142 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a1.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 3223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c37 | Unicode hex code |