Jisho

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国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

際

14 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
ノ 二 小 阡 癶 示
occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
Kun:
きわ、 -ぎわ
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
183 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 際 【サイ】 occasion, time, circumstances, (in) case (of), when
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 学際 【ガクサイ】 interdisciplinary
  • 援助交際 【エンジョコウサイ】 paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex), compensated dating

Kun reading compounds

  • 際 【きわ】 edge, brink, verge, side, time, moment of
  • 際立つ 【きわだつ】 to be prominent, to be conspicuous, to stand out, to be outstanding, to be remarkable, to be striking, to be notable
  • 今際の際 【いまわのきわ】 verge of death, dying moments

Readings

Japanese names:
わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • límite
  • frontera
  • asociación
  • unión
  • ocasión

Portuguese

  • ocasião
  • lado
  • margem
  • limite
  • indecente
  • ousado
  • perigoso
  • vez
  • quando

French

  • occasion
  • côté
  • accotement
  • bord
  • dangereux
  • aventureux
  • indécent
  • temps
  • quand
612 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
710 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
683 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
300 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5018 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
424 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
992 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2073 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
618 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
628 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
474 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
750 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
874 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
503 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
646 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1305 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41820 Morohashi
714 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6478 New Nelson (John Haig)
1296 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1392 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
189 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
789 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3641 2001 Kanji
2d11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
1-2-11 SKIP code
7729.1 Four corner code
1-26-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
969b Unicode hex code

赤

7 strokes
Radical:
red, naked 赤
Parts:
土 赤
red
Kun:
あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる
On:
セキ、 シャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 赤軍 【セキグン】 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Japanese Red Army, JRA
  • 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
  • 七赤 【シチセキ】 seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
  • 日赤 【ニッセキ】 Japanese Red Cross Society (abbr), Nisseki
  • 赤銅 【シャクドウ】 shakudo, gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
  • 赤銅色 【シャクドウイロ】 brown, tan

Kun reading compounds

  • 赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
  • 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
  • 紅赤 【べにあか】 beniaka, variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh; product of the Kawagoe region, bright red tinged with yellow
  • 真赤 【まあか】 bright red, deep red
  • 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist
  • 赤色 【あかいろ】 red, red color (colour), communism, the left
  • 赤らむ 【あからむ】 to become red, to redden, to blush
  • 赤らめる 【あからめる】 to blush, to redden

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あこ、 あま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chi4
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • rojo
  • enrojecer
  • enrojecerse
  • sonrojarse

Portuguese

  • vermelho

French

  • rouge
35 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
51 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
46 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
476 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4534 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
275 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
254 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
443 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
207 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
207 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
46 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1751 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2719 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1876 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36993 Morohashi
2193 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5840 New Nelson (John Haig)
1743 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1880 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
406 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
68 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1441 2001 Kanji
3b4.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4023.1 Four corner code
4033.1 Four corner code
1-32-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8d64 Unicode hex code

十

2 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
十
ten
Kun:
とお、 と、 そ
On:
ジュウ、 ジッ、 ジュッ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
8 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 十 【ジュウ】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • ９０ 【キュウジュウ】 ninety, 90
  • 第十 【ダイジュウ】 tenth
  • 十種競技 【ジッシュキョウギ】 decathlon
  • 十指 【ジッシ】 the ten fingers
  • 十指 【ジッシ】 the ten fingers
  • 十回 【ジッカイ】 ten times

Kun reading compounds

  • 十 【じゅう】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • １０日 【とおか】 10th day of the month, ten days
  • 釈迦十 【しゃかじゅう】 10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)
  • 十 【じゅう】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • １０日 【とおか】 10th day of the month, ten days
  • 算盤 【そろばん】 abacus, soroban, calculation (esp. of profit and loss), reckoning

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 か、 ぎ、 さ、 し、 そ、 そう、 ち、 とう、 ね、 ま、 る、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2
Korean:
sib

Spanish

  • diez
  • 10

Portuguese

  • dez

French

  • dix
10 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
10 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
33 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
5 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
768 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
12 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
18 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
12 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
12 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
10 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
239 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4172 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2110 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
10 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2695 Morohashi
3365 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
598 New Nelson (John Haig)
10 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
10 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
22 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
6 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455 2001 Kanji
2k0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-3 SKIP code
4000.0 Four corner code
1-29-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5341 Unicode hex code

字

6 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子 宀
character, letter, word, section of village
Kun:
あざ、 あざな、 -な
On:
ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
485 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 字 【ジ】 character (esp. kanji), letter, written text, handwriting, penmanship, the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
  • 字形 【ジケイ】 character style, character form
  • 題字 【ダイジ】 title lettering
  • 英字 【エイジ】 English letter, alphabetic character

Kun reading compounds

  • 字 【あざ】 section of village
  • 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village
  • 大字 【おおあざ】 larger section (of village)
  • 小字 【こあざ】 small administrative unit (of a village)
  • 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi4
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • carácter
  • letra
  • palabra

Portuguese

  • caracter
  • letra
  • palavra
  • seção de aldeia

French

  • caractère
  • lettre
  • mot
  • hameau
86 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
78 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
28 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
612 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1281 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
121 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
156 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
110 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
110 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
528 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
457 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2696 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1374 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1860 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
188 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6942 Morohashi
2172 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1285 New Nelson (John Haig)
185 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
197 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
57 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
747 2001 Kanji
3m2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
2-3-2 SKIP code
3040.7 Four corner code
1-27-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b57 Unicode hex code

社

7 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
土 礼
company, firm, office, association, shrine
Kun:
やしろ
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
21 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 社 【シャ】 company, firm, office, association, society, (Shinto) shrine, regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour), counter for companies, shrines, etc., incorporated body, corporation, corporate juridical person
  • 社員 【シャイン】 company employee, member of a corporation, company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
  • 大社 【タイシャ】 grand shrine, famous shrine, Izumo Grand Shrine
  • 親会社 【オヤガイシャ】 parent company

Kun reading compounds

  • 社 【やしろ】 (Shinto) shrine
  • 大社 【たいしゃ】 grand shrine, famous shrine, Izumo Grand Shrine
  • 村のお社 【むらのおやしろ】 village shrine

Readings

Japanese names:
こそ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
she4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • compañía
  • asociación
  • sociedad
  • santuario shintoísta

Portuguese

  • companhia
  • firme
  • escritório
  • associação
  • templo

French

  • temple shinto
  • compagnie
  • firme
  • bureau
  • association
234 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
153 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
137 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
30 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3231 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
203 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
76 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
406 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
308 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
60 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1418 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1042 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
562 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
745 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1101 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24631P Morohashi
840 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4065 New Nelson (John Haig)
1092 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1173 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
82 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
145 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
672 2001 Kanji
4e3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
3421.0 Four corner code
1-28-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
793e Unicode hex code

連

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
込 車
take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Kun:
つら.なる、 つら.ねる、 つ.れる、 -づ.れ
On:
レン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
30 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 連 【レン】 two reams (of paper), 1000 sheets (of paper), stanza, verse, tribe (in taxonomy), forecast (bet), bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet), party, company, group, set, things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc., falcon
  • 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
  • 労連 【ロウレン】 labour union, labor union
  • 常連 【ジョウレン】 regular customer, regular patron, regular visitor, frequenter, constant companion

Kun reading compounds

  • 連なる 【つらなる】 to extend, to stretch out, to stand in a row, to attend, to participate in, to enrol, to enroll, to join, to have a connection, to be related, to be linked
  • 連ねる 【つらねる】 to line up, to put in a row, to add (to a group), to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.), to join (e.g. a list), to link, to put together, to string together (e.g. compliments), to enumerate, to take along with, to bring with
  • 連れる 【つれる】 to take (someone) with one, to bring along, to go with, to be accompanied by

Readings

Japanese names:
ずれ、 つれ、 むらじ、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • unir
  • acompañar
  • estar junto
  • grupo
  • agrupar

Portuguese

  • Levar pelo caminho
  • primazia
  • unir
  • conectar
  • partido
  • gangue
  • grupo

French

  • emmener
  • se mettre en rang
  • s'unir
  • série
  • parti
  • bande
  • clique
538 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
637 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
607 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
87 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4702 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
383 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
960 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1238 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
440 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
446 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
299 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
699 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3849 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1976 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2672 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
293 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38902P Morohashi
3103 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6062 New Nelson (John Haig)
287 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
305 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
101 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
560 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555 2001 Kanji
2q7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3530.0 Four corner code
1-47-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9023 Unicode hex code

盟

13 strokes
Radical:
dish 皿
Parts:
日 月 皿
alliance, oath
On:
メイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
587 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 盟 【メイ】 alliance, aimag, league, administrative subdivision in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia
  • 盟主 【メイシュ】 leader (of an alliance), leading power
  • 期成同盟 【キセイドウメイ】 association formed to carry out an objective
  • 締盟 【テイメイ】 forming an alliance, conclusion of a treaty of alliance

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
meng2, ming2
Korean:
maeng

Spanish

  • juramento
  • promesa
  • pacto
  • alianza

Portuguese

  • aliança
  • juramento

French

  • alliance
  • serment
873 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
991 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
979 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
775 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3119 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
739 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1555 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
717 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
730 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
923 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1373 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3468 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2434 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1462 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23024 Morohashi
2794 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3899 New Nelson (John Haig)
1450 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
968 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3874 2001 Kanji
5h8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-5 SKIP code
6710.7 Four corner code
1-44-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76df Unicode hex code