| 229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30095 | Morohashi |
| 3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
| 879 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81ea | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 兵刃 【ヘイジン】 sword blade
- 刀刃 【トウジン】 sword blade
- 刃傷 【ニンジョウ】 bloodshed
- 刃傷沙汰 【ニンジョウザタ】 bloodshed
Kun reading compounds
- 刃 【は】 edge (of a knife or sword), blade, prong (of an electrical plug)
- 鋼 【はがね】 steel, sword steel, sword
- 諸刃 【もろは】 double-edged (e.g. sword blade), double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife), double-edged blade
- 抜き刃 【ぬきは】 die blade, cutting die
- 刃 【やいば】 blade, sword, forged blade, wavy pattern on forged blades, sharpness, unhulled rice
- 刃を交える 【やいばをまじえる】 to cross swords (with)
- 鬼滅の刃 【きめつのやいば】 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)
- 氷の刃 【こおりのやいば】 gleaming sword
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ち、 と
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- hoja
- filo
Portuguese
- lâmina
- espada
- margem
French
- lame
- épée
- fil (épée)
| 1446 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1526 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 152 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1107 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1089 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1413 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1502 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1774 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 178 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3646 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2537 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 85 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1850 | Morohashi |
| 2929 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 449 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 84 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 88 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1014 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3545 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1742.0 | Four corner code |
| 1732.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5203 | Unicode hex code |