| 38 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 58 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 24 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 60 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 21 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 48 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 89 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 34 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 34 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 100 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 535 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3658 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 775 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7869 | Morohashi |
| 2940 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 768 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 148 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 17 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
- 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
- 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
- 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
- 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
- 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Kun reading compounds
- 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
- 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 やの、 やん
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
| 1276 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 2277.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c71 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1406 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棟 【トウ】 large building, building with a long roof, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
- 棟梁 【トウリョウ】 central figure, pillar (e.g. of the nation), mainstay, chief support, leader, chief, boss, leader, head, master carpenter, beams and ridge supports of a roof
- 病棟 【ビョウトウ】 (hospital) ward
- 上棟 【ジョウトウ】 raising the ridgepole
Kun reading compounds
- 棟 【むね】 ridge (of roof), back of a sword, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
- 棟上げ 【むねあげ】 ridgepole-raising, setting up of the framework of a house
- 別棟 【べつむね】 separate building, outbuilding, outhouse
- 大棟 【おおむね】 top ridge of a roof, main ridge of a roof
Readings
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- alero de tejado
Portuguese
- Trave horizontal
- sulcar
French
- faîte
- bâtiment
| 1653 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1899 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2299 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1440 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1627 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1406 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1495 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1533 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1104 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1248 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 678 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 517 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14949 | Morohashi |
| 991 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2747 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 505 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 544 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1553 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1864 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4599.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68df | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蛇 【ヘビ】 snake, serpent, large snake
- 蛇口 【ジャグチ】 faucet, tap
- 王蛇 【オウジャ】 boa (snake)
- 長蛇 【チョウダ】 long snake, long line (of people, etc.)
- 蛇行 【ダコウ】 meandering, snaking, zigzagging
- 蛇蠍 【ダカツ】 serpent (snake) and scorpion, detestation
- 委蛇 【イイ】 winding, meandering
- 游蛇 【ユウダ】 water snake
- 委蛇 【イイ】 winding, meandering
Kun reading compounds
- 蛇 【へび】 snake, serpent, large snake
- 蛇穴に入る 【へびあなにいる】 snake hibernation
- 裸蛇 【はだかへび】 caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
- 錦蛇 【にしきへび】 python, rock snake
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あぶ、 み
- Korean:
- sa, i
Spanish
- serpiente
Portuguese
- cobra
- serpente
- bebedor duro
French
- serpent
- gros buveur
| 1341 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1916 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4130 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1716 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1387 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1875 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2040 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1861 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1608 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1701 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 525 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32964 | Morohashi |
| 1343 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5303 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 519 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 558 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1656 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 5311.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 86c7 | Unicode hex code |