| 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 6
JLPT level N1
1050 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 訳 【ヤク】 translation, version (e.g. "English version")
- 訳者 【ヤクシャ】 translator
- 点訳 【テンヤク】 translating into Braille
- 名訳 【メイヤク】 excellent translation, fine translation
Kun reading compounds
- 訳 【わけ】 conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard, reason, cause, meaning, circumstances, situation
- 訳がない 【わけがない】 there is no way that ..., easy, simple
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 仕分け 【しわけ】 classification, sorting (out), grouping, assortment, assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
Readings
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- traducir
- razón
- motivo
- causa
- significado
Portuguese
- traduzir
- razão
- circunstância
- caso
French
- traduire
- excuse
- cause
- circonstance
- cas
| 874 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 993 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 982 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 879 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4327 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 190 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1743 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1402 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 594 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 604 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 761 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1668 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1865 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 989 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1340 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1082 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35324P | Morohashi |
| 1473 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5572 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1073 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1154 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 934 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3062 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 0768.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a33 | Unicode hex code |