| 182 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 106 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 96 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 454 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1582 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 263 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 163 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1018 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 317 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 317 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 134 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 562 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 148 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 98 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 113 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1238 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8930 | Morohashi |
| 130 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1564 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1230 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1316 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 265 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 191 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
504 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帰還 【キカン】 return (home), repatriation, feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
- 帰化 【キカ】 naturalization, naturalisation
- 社会復帰 【シャカイフッキ】 rehabilitation (in society)
- 回帰 【カイキ】 return (to), revolution, recurrence, regression
Kun reading compounds
- 帰る 【かえる】 to return, to come home, to go home, to go back, to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.), to get home, to get to home plate
- 帰す 【かえす】 to send (someone) back, to send (someone) home
Readings
- Korean:
- gwi, gwe
Spanish
- regreso
- vuelta
- retorno
- regresar
- volver
Portuguese
- Retôrno a casa
- chegar em
- conduzir-se
- resultar
French
- retour à la maison
- arriver à
- mener à
- aboutir à
- renvoyer
| 1244 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-9 | SKIP code |
| 2702.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e30 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 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
- 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
- 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
- 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender
Kun reading compounds
- 者 【もの】 person
- 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
- 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
- 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- alguém
- pessoa
French
- personne
- quelqu'un
| 235 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 314 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 298 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 22 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3685 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 56 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 769 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 164 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 164 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 148 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1578 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3980 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2047 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2765 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1264 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28852 | Morohashi |
| 3211 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4698 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1256 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1345 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 19 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 302 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1478 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c4.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8005 | Unicode hex code |