| 1386 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1575 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 160 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1816 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1109 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 113 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1898 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2074 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1915 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 242 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4266 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2154 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2906 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 41 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2702 | Morohashi |
| 3455 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 603 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 42 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 42 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1031 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2077 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 升 【ショウ】 shō, traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
- 升遷 【ショウセン】 rising up
- 一升 【イッショウ】 one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
Kun reading compounds
- 升 【ます】 measuring container, measuring box, measure, box (seating at a theatre, etc.), square on a grid, cell of a grid, square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
- 升売り 【ますうり】 selling by volume (esp. using a traditional wooden masu box)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のぼる
- Korean:
- seung
Spanish
- caja para medir
- unidad de capacidad (1.8 litros)
Portuguese
- Medida p/ caixa
- 1.8 litro
French
- boîte mesure (1,8 litre)
- boîte
- cellule (sur une grille)
| 2255 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.32 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2440.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5347 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 形 【ケイ】 form, tense, adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)
- 形式 【ケイシキ】 form (as opposed to substance), format, form, style, manner, formality, form, mode, form, form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)
- 造形 【ゾウケイ】 molding, moulding, shaping, forming, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling
- 体型 【タイケイ】 figure, body shape, build, physique, form, somatotype, biotype, habitus, (type of) physique
- 形相 【ギョウソウ】 look (esp. an angry or upset look), expression
- 奇形 【キケイ】 deformity, malformation, strange shape, unusual shape
- 大仰 【オオギョウ】 exaggerated, overblown, overdone
Kun reading compounds
- 形 【かた】 shape, form, style, security, collateral, obverse of an old zeni coin
- 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
- 借金のカタ 【しゃっきんのカタ】 security for a loan, collateral
- 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
- 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
- 形作る 【かたちづくる】 to form, to shape, to make, to mold, to mould, to build up
- 顔かたち 【かおかたち】 features, looks
- 姿形 【すがたかたち】 appearance, figure, shape, form
- 形 【なり】 style, way, shape, form, appearance, state
- 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance
- 生成り 【きなり】 unbleached cloth, unbleached colour (color), unbleached, undyed
- 鉤状 【かぎなり】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ち
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
- forma
- figura
- tipo
Portuguese
- forma
- formulário
- estilo
French
- forme
- style
| 200 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 115 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 104 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 408 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1589 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 223 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 518 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 414 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 395 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 399 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 509 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 615 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1050 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 565 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 749 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1727 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9969 | Morohashi |
| 846 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1713 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1711 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1847 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 306 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 141 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3260 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3j4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 1242.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f62 | Unicode hex code |