| 638 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 734 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 710 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1342 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1502 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 507 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1258 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 507 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 770 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 784 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 953 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 583 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3803 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1945 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2639 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1608 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9253 | Morohashi |
| 3065 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1607 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1594 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1720 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 670 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1160 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 序 【ジョ】 order, ordering, beginning, start, foreword, preface, introduction, opening of a song (in gagaku or noh)
- 序盤 【ジョバン】 opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.), early stages, initial phase, outset
- 公序 【コウジョ】 public order, public policy
- 西序 【セイジョ】 memorial rite involving the western sanctum
Kun reading compounds
- 序で 【ついで】 opportunity, occasion, chance, order, sequence, successor
- 序でに 【ついでに】 while (one is at it), when, on the occasion of, at the same time (as), on one's way (to), by the way, incidentally, in passing
- 序で 【ついで】 opportunity, occasion, chance, order, sequence, successor
- 序でに 【ついでに】 while (one is at it), when, on the occasion of, at the same time (as), on one's way (to), by the way, incidentally, in passing
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つぐ
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- inicio
- comienzo
- orden
- precedencia
- prefacio
Portuguese
- prefácio
- começo
- pedido
- precedência
- ocasião
- oportunidade
- acidentalmente
French
- début
- préface
- ordre
- priorité
- occasion
- avant
- en passant
| 553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 0022.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e8f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 詞 【シ】 words, writing, lyrics, ci (form of Chinese poetry), independent word
- 詞華集 【シカシュウ】 anthology (of poems), florilegium
- 作詞 【サクシ】 (writing) song lyrics
- 固有名詞 【コユウメイシ】 proper noun
Kun reading compounds
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 詞書き 【ことばがき】 foreword to a collection of poems, preface, explanatory notes, captions
- 枕詞 【まくらことば】 pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature, preface, introduction
- 花言葉 【はなことば】 language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love), floriography
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- parte de oración
- palabras
- poesía
Portuguese
- parte de discurso
- palavras
- poesia
French
- partie du discours
- mots
- poésie
| 799 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 890 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 879 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1624 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4335 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 807 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 900 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1665 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 843 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 862 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1205 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1671 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1897 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1007 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1363 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1883 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35394 | Morohashi |
| 1503 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5582 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1865 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2009 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 946 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3049 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 0762.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a5e | Unicode hex code |