| 1017 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 630 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1594 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 929 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1276 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2357 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 854 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 873 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1022 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 619 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2381 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1216 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1671 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1728 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10019 | Morohashi |
| 1889 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1722 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1712 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1848 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 494 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1758 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
464 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 影響 【エイキョウ】 influence, effect, impact
- 影響力 【エイキョウリョク】 influence, clout, leverage
- 遺影 【イエイ】 portrait of a deceased person
- 投影 【トウエイ】 projection
Kun reading compounds
- 影 【かげ】 shadow, silhouette, figure, shape, reflection, image, ominous sign, light (stars, moon), trace, shadow (of one's former self), behind, background, other side
- 陰口 【かげぐち】 malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 夕影 【ゆうかげ】 light of the setting sun, figure lit by the evening sun
Readings
- Korean:
- yeong
Spanish
- sombra
- silueta
- forma
- parte contraria
- reverso
Portuguese
- sombra
- silhueta
- fantasma
French
- ombre portée
- silhouette
- fantôme
| 3860 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3j12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-12-3 | SKIP code |
| 6292.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f71 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1653 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虎列刺 【コレラ】 cholera
- 虎疫 【コエキ】 cholera
- 猛虎 【モウコ】 fierce tiger, ferocious tiger, Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
- 竜虎 【リュウコ】 dragon and tiger, two mighty rivals
Kun reading compounds
- 虎 【とら】 tiger (Panthera tigris), drunkard, drunk, sot
- 虎葦毛 【とらあしげ】 dapple gray (horse coat color), dapple grey
- 大虎 【おおとら】 big tiger, drinker, staggering drunkard
- 小虎 【ことら】 small tiger, light drinker, occasional drinker
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たけ
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- tigre
Portuguese
French
- tigre
- ivrogne
| 1558 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4105 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1932 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 754 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2234 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1677 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3981 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2048 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2766 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2009 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32675 | Morohashi |
| 3212 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5265 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1990 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2145 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1257 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2121.7 | Four corner code |
| 2121.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 864e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刀 【カタナ】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
- 小刀 【コガタナ】 (small) knife, short sword, small sword
- 大刀 【ダイトウ】 (Japanese) long sword, large sword, guandao, Chinese glaive
Kun reading compounds
- 刀 【かたな】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀折れ矢尽きて 【かたなおれやつきて】 having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
- 一刀 【いっとう】 sword, blade, single stroke
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 剃刀 【かみそり】 razor
- オッカムの剃刀 【オッカムのかみそり】 Occam's razor, Ockham's razor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ち、 と、 わき
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- espada
Portuguese
- espada
- sabre
- faca
French
- épée
- sabre
- couteau
| 289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 198 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 181 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1494 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 665 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 34 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1088 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 12 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 37 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 37 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 441 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 177 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3642 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 84 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1845 | Morohashi |
| 2926 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 448 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 83 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 87 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 81 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3545 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-1-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5200 | Unicode hex code |