| 1819 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1896 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2176 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1828 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1416 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 255 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1466 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1562 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1529 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1070 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1013 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 548 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 725 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 211 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14428 | Morohashi |
| 819 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2544 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 207 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 220 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1082 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1626 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 朴直 【ボクチョク】 simplicity, honesty, naivete
- 朴訥 【ボクトツ】 unsophisticated, ruggedly honest, artless, unaffected, simple, naive
- 純朴 【ジュンボク】 simple and honest, unsophisticated, simpleminded, naive, unspoiled
- 厚朴 【コウボク】 Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)
Kun reading compounds
- 朴の木 【ほおのき】 magnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia
- 朴 【ほお】 Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
- 朴の木 【ほおのき】 magnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia
- 榎 【えのき】 Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica), Chinese nettle tree, enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), winter mushroom, velvet shank, enokitake, enokidake
Readings
- Korean:
- bag
Spanish
- sencillo
- simple
- honesto
- natural
Portuguese
- simples
- cru
- planície
- dócil
French
- brut
- simple
- honnête
- docile
| 1854 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4390.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6734 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
37 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
- 東亜 【トウア】 East Asia, the Orient
- 北北東 【ホクホクトウ】 north-northeast, north-north-east
- 東北東 【トウホクトウ】 east-northeast, ENE
Kun reading compounds
- 東 【ひがし】 east
- 東方 【とうほう】 eastern direction, the Orient, eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
- 犬が西向きゃ尾は東 【いぬがにしむきゃおはひがし】 that goes without saying, water is wet, when a dog turns west, its tail turns east
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい、 あがり、 あずま、 あづま、 こち、 さき、 しの、 とお、 はる、 ひが、 もと
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- Este
Portuguese
- Oriente
French
- Est
| 121 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 201 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 184 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 11 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 213 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 27 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 63 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 771 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 71 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 71 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 39 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1053 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4385 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2987 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 516 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14499 | Morohashi |
| 3568 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2596 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 504 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 543 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 108 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 164 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1564 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 5090.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6771 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 赫奕 【カクエキ】 bright, beaming, brilliant, glowing
- 赫々 【カクカク】 brilliant, bright, glorious
- 赫々 【カクカク】 brilliant, bright, glorious
- 名声赫々 【メイセイカッカク】 of great renown, highly illustrious, at the zenith of one's fame
Kun reading compounds
- 輝く 【かがやく】 to shine, to sparkle, to twinkle, to glitter, to glisten, to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.), to beam, to gleam, to glow
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeog
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4537 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1960 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 37010 | Morohashi |
| 1557 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5843 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2908 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2917 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3b11.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 4433.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8d6b | Unicode hex code |