| 1264 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1250 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3561 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1052 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1635 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2661 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1609 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1716 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1566 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1541 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1735 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 928 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1253 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1982 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27576 | Morohashi |
| 1372 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4525 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1963 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2114 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1723 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1053 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 綱 【コウ】 class
- 綱領 【コウリョウ】 general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign), mission statement
- 要綱 【ヨウコウ】 main principle, gist, general plan, guidelines, outline
- 大綱 【タイコウ】 fundamental principles, main lines, outline, summary, general features
Kun reading compounds
- 綱 【つな】 rope, cord, line, grand champion's braided belt
- 綱引き 【つなひき】 tug of war, forward puller (of a rickshaw)
- 命の綱 【いのちのつな】 the thread of life
- 望みの綱 【のぞみのつな】 one's last hope, one's only hope, the last hope
Readings
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
- soga
- cuerda
- cordón
- categoría
Portuguese
- amarrio
- classe (gênero em biologia)
- corda
- cabo
French
- haussière
- classe (genre)
- corde
- câble
| 2753 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a8.23 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 2792.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7db1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 島 【トウ】 Island, insula, island, islet
- 島国 【シマグニ】 island country
- 千島列島 【チシマレットウ】 Kurile Islands
- 列島 【レットウ】 archipelago, chain of islands
Kun reading compounds
- 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
- 島国 【しまぐに】 island country
- 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
- 広島 【ひろしま】 Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Readings
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- isla
Portuguese
- ilha
French
- île
| 292 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 380 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 358 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 173 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 230 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 183 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 489 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1522 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 286 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 286 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 455 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 543 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4103 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2081 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2820 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1967 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8108 | Morohashi |
| 3310 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1476 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1948 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2098 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 379 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 362 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 852 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 2772.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5cf6 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2017 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 梁 【リョウ】 Liang dynasty (of China; 502-557)
- 梁山泊 【リョウザンパク】 place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious
- 高粱 【コウリョウ】 kaoliang, variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits
- 虹梁 【コウリョウ】 arched beam used in shrine and temple construction
Kun reading compounds
- 梁 【はり】 beam, joist
- 梁成 【はりせい】 height of a beam, beam as measured from top to bottom
- 梁 【うつばり】 (roof) beam
- 梁 【うつばり】 (roof) beam
- 梁 【やな】 (fish) weir, fish trap
Readings
- Korean:
- ryang
Spanish
- nombre de una antigua región de China
- viga
- travesaño
- puente
- presa
- trampa para peces
Portuguese
French
| 2281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1475 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3410 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2391 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 14825 | Morohashi |
| 2702 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2299 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2394 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a7.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 3390.4 | Four corner code |
| 3790.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6881 | Unicode hex code |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
- 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
- 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
- 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
- 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 さわ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
| 39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 59 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 48 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1447 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 41 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 49 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 20 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 33 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 33 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 101 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 6 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 129 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8673 | Morohashi |
| 6 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 127 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 134 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 196 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 21 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 2200.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5ddd | Unicode hex code |