| 114 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 74 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 56 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1073 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4115 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 133 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 875 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 873 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 893 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 466 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 523 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32804 | Morohashi |
| 3530 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 517 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 60 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis
- 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
- 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
- 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
- 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
- 蟻巻 【アリマキ】 aphid, plant louse, plant lice
Kun reading compounds
- 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
- 虫歯 【むしば】 tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries
- 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
- 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- む
- Korean:
- hwe, chung
Spanish
- insecto
- bicho
Portuguese
- inseto
- bichinho
- temperamento
French
- insecte
- vermine
- ver
- reptile
- colère
| 1671 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 5013.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 866b | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
281 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 格 【カク】 status, position, rank, method, way, style, rule, regulation, law, case, figure (form of a syllogism)
- 格上げ 【カクアゲ】 status elevation, upgrading, promotion
- 規格 【キカク】 standard, norm
- 低価格 【テイカカク】 low price
- 格子 【コウシ】 lattice, latticework, window bars, grid, grating, trellis, lattice door, check(ed) pattern, plaid
- 格子柄 【コウシガラ】 check pattern, checked pattern, checkered pattern, plaid, lattice design
- 格 【キャク】 amendment (to ritsuryō)
- 格式 【カクシキ】 formality, social rules, social status, social standing, amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
- 弘仁格 【コウニンキャク】 Ordinance of the Konin Era
- 格組 【ゴウグミ】 wooden framework
- 格天井 【ゴウテンジョウ】 coffered ceiling
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いたる、 のり
- Korean:
- gyeog, nag
Spanish
- estado
- rango
- posición
- regla
- ley
- aptitud
- capacidad
- carácter
Portuguese
- condição
- posição
- capacidade
- caracter
- caso (lei
- gramática)
French
- rang
- statut
- capacité
- caractère
- cas (loi, grammaire)
| 569 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 663 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 633 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 334 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2259 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 716 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 633 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1099 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 643 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 653 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 852 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1088 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1161 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 627 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 835 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 298 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14749 | Morohashi |
| 926 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2668 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 292 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 312 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 403 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 710 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1877 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a6.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 4796.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 683c | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |