| 1879 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1168 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3799 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1009 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 851 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2090 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1298 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1373 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1087 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1041 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1311 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 711 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 952 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1619 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29705X | Morohashi |
| 1036 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4850 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1605 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1731 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1633 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1306 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 腰 【コシ】 counter for swords, hakama, obi, etc. worn around the waist, counter for quivers of arrows
- 腰痛 【ヨウツウ】 lower back pain, lumbago
- 細腰 【サイヨウ】 slender hips, slim waist
- 柳腰 【ヤナギゴシ】 slim waist, slender figure, willowy figure, waist of a willow tree
Kun reading compounds
- 腰 【こし】 lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region, body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), resilience, spring
- 腰 【こし】 counter for swords, hakama, obi, etc. worn around the waist, counter for quivers of arrows
- お腰 【おこし】 buttocks, lower back, waist, hips, kimono underskirt
- 太刀二腰 【たちふたこし】 two swords
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うすぐ
- Korean:
- yo
Spanish
- caderas
- cintura
- anca
- ijada
- lomo
Portuguese
- lombo
- cadeiras
- cintura
- quadris
French
- reins
- hanche
- taille
- lambris à hauteur de taille
| 3969 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b9.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 7124.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8170 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刀 【カタナ】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
- 小刀 【コガタナ】 (small) knife, short sword, small sword
- 太刀 【タチ】 long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai), large sword, straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier), guandao, Chinese glaive
Kun reading compounds
- 刀 【かたな】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀折れ矢尽きて 【かたなおれやつきて】 having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
- 一刀 【いっとう】 sword, blade, single stroke
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 剃刀 【かみそり】 razor
- オッカムの剃刀 【オッカムのかみそり】 Occam's razor, Ockham's razor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ち、 と、 わき
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- espada
Portuguese
- espada
- sabre
- faca
French
- épée
- sabre
- couteau
| 289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 198 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 181 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1494 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 665 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 34 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1088 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 12 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 37 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 37 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 441 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 177 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3642 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 84 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1845 | Morohashi |
| 2926 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 448 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 83 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 87 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 81 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3545 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-1-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5200 | Unicode hex code |