| 85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 148 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 132 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 501 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3510 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1953 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 180 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 180 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 243 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1517 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1654 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27293 | Morohashi |
| 1302 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4455 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1829 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1971 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 456 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 194 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紙 【シ】 newspaper
- 紙上 【シジョウ】 on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
- 原稿用紙 【ゲンコウヨウシ】 Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
- 製紙 【セイシ】 papermaking, paper manufacture
Kun reading compounds
- 紙 【かみ】 paper
- 紙芝居 【かみしばい】 kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
- インディア紙 【インディアかみ】 India paper
- 頸上 【くびかみ】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- papel
- periódico
Portuguese
- Papel
French
- papier
| 2756 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 2294.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d19 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 砕屑 【サイセツ】 clastic
- 落屑 【ラクセツ】 desquamation, skin peeling
Kun reading compounds
- 屑 【くず】 waste, scrap, garbage, dregs, scum, piece of trash, loser
- 屑穴子 【くずあなご】 duck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps)
- 野菜くず 【やさいくず】 vegetable scraps
- 大鋸屑 【おがくず】 sawdust
Readings
- Korean:
- seol
Spanish
- basura
- desechos
- chatarra
- pedazos
Portuguese
French
| 1395 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3861 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2680 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 7709X | Morohashi |
| 1424 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2219 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2330 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3r7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 7722.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c51 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 牢 【ロウ】 prison, jail, gaol, firm, solid, strong
- 籠球 【ロウキュウ】 basketball
- 蒸籠 【セイロ】 bamboo steamer, steaming basket, wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot, soba served on a small wickerwork tray, wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
- 灯籠 【トウロウ】 garden lantern, hanging lantern
Kun reading compounds
- 籠 【かご】 basket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage
- 籠で水を汲む 【かごでみずをくむ】 to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon, to scoop water with a basket
- 相合駕籠 【あいあいかご】 two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman)
- ほい駕籠 【ほいかご】 crude palanquin, street palanquin
- 込める 【こめる】 to load (a gun, etc.), to charge, to put into (e.g. emotion, effort), to include (e.g. tax in a sales price), to hang over, to shroud, to enshroud, to envelop, to screen
- 籠もる 【こもる】 to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room), to be confined in, to seclude oneself, to hide away, to stay inside (one's shell), to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.), to imbue with, to infuse with, to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.), to be heavy with (e.g. smoke), to be stuffy, to be dense, to be muffled (e.g. voice), to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.), to confine oneself in a temple to pray
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ごめ、 もり
- Korean:
- rong
Spanish
- cesto
- canasta
- palanquín
- confinarse
- recluirse
- confinar
- recluir
- engatusar
- seducir
Portuguese
French
| 3458 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2977 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1888 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3398 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2383 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 26752 | Morohashi |
| 2734 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4376 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 6f16.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-16 | SKIP code |
| 8821.1 | Four corner code |
| 8871.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-68-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7c60 | Unicode hex code |