| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1681 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鐘楼 【ショウロウ】 belfry, bell tower
- 鍾乳洞 【ショウニュウドウ】 limestone cave, limestone cavern
- 警鐘 【ケイショウ】 alarm bell, fire bell, warning, wake-up call
- 鳴鐘 【メイショウ】 bell-ringing (at a temple)
Kun reading compounds
- 鐘 【かね】 bell (often a large hanging bell), chime
- 鐘つき 【かねつき】 ringing of a bell, bell ringer
- 入相の鐘 【いりあいのかね】 evening bell, vespers bell
- 時の鐘 【ときのかね】 hour bell
Readings
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- campana
Portuguese
- sino
- gongo
- carrilhão
French
- cloche
- gong
- carillon
| 1414 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1425 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4917 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1695 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1859 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2883 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1821 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1970 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1607 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1835 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2222 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1159 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1578 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 445 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40902 | Morohashi |
| 1769 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6352 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 438 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 470 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1935 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a12.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-12 | SKIP code |
| 8011.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9418 | Unicode hex code |
八
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
92 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 八 【ハチ】 eight, 8
- ８月 【ハチガツ】 August, eighth month of the lunar calendar
- 十八 【ジュウハチ】 eighteen, 18
- 尺八 【シャクハチ】 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio
- 鳶尾 【イチハツ】 wall iris, roof iris, Iris tectorum, fleur-de-lis
Kun reading compounds
- 八 【はち】 eight, 8
- 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
- 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
- 八つ当たり 【やつあたり】 venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
- 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
- ８日 【ようか】 8th day of the month, eight days
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な、 は、 はっ、 やち、 やつ
- Korean:
- pal
Spanish
- ocho
- 8
Portuguese
- Oito
French
- huit
- radical huit (no. 12)
| 8 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 8 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 66 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 41 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 577 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 10 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 18 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 19 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 10 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 10 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 8 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 151 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3644 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1859 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2536 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 8 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1450 | Morohashi |
| 3 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 369 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 8 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 8 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 116 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 4 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2062 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-1 | SKIP code |
| 8000.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 516b | Unicode hex code |