| 256 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 165 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 148 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 36 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2080 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 178 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 55 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1965 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 174 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 174 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 85 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 956 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2239 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1166 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1587 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1516 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13572 | Morohashi |
| 1784 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2387 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1502 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1619 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 80 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 226 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
51 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 新 【シン】 new, neo-, newness, novelty, Gregorian calendar, Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE), Hsin dynasty
- 新鋭 【シンエイ】 young and energetic, up-and-coming, new and excellent, newly produced, up-and-comer
- 維新 【イシン】 reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party
- 改新 【カイシン】 reformation
Kun reading compounds
- 新しい 【あたらしい】 new, novel, fresh, recent, latest, up-to-date, modern
- 新しい女 【あたらしいおんな】 liberated woman
- 新た 【あらた】 new, fresh, novel
- 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あせ、 あたらし、 し、 に、 にっ、 につ、 よし
- Korean:
- sin
Spanish
- nuevo
- fresco
Portuguese
- novo
French
- nouveau
| 454 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 0292.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65b0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
423 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 好 【コウ】 good
- 好意 【コウイ】 kindness, favor, favour, friendliness, goodwill, affection, liking (for someone), love
- 友好 【ユウコウ】 friendship
- 同好 【ドウコウ】 similar tastes
Kun reading compounds
- 好む 【このむ】 to like, to prefer
- 好むと好まざるとにかかわらず 【このむとこのまざるとにかかわらず】 whether one likes it or not
- 好く 【すく】 to like, to love, to be fond of
- 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
- いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
- いい加減 【いいかげん】 irresponsible, perfunctory, careless, lukewarm, half-baked, halfhearted, vague, (already) enough, considerably, quite, rather, pretty
- いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
Readings
- Japanese names:
- こ、 たか、 とし、 よし
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- agradable
- gustar algo
- gustar
- preferir
Portuguese
- apaixonado
- agradável
- gostar
French
- aimer bien
- apprécié
- agréable
| 503 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 859 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 308 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1191 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 882 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 152 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 413 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 104 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 104 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 244 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 432 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 240 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 184 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 100 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6053 | Morohashi |
| 208 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1180 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 103 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 262 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 465 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1747 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4744.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 597d | Unicode hex code |