| 365 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 467 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 444 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4958 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 289 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 982 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2245 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 398 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 402 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 446 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1844 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4129 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2099 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2842 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2036 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41297 | Morohashi |
| 3328 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2017 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 84 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 614 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
70 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 関 【カン】 barrier, gate
- 関係 【カンケイ】 relation, relationship, connection, participation, involvement, concern, influence, effect, sexual relations, sexual relationship, related to, connected to
- 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
- 通関 【ツウカン】 customs clearance
Kun reading compounds
- 関 【せき】 barrier, gate, seki, mutual life
- 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
- 霞ヶ関 【かすみがせき】 Kasumigaseki, district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located, government ministries (of Japan), Japanese government bureaucracy
- 関わる 【かかわる】 to be affected, to be influenced, to be concerned with, to have to do with, to stick to (opinions)
- 覗き機関 【のぞきからくり】 peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
- 水機関 【みずからくり】 puppet powered by (falling) water, water-powered contrivance, show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwan, wan
Spanish
- barrera
- puerta
- relación
- mecanismo
- valla
Portuguese
- conexão
- obstáculo
- passagem
- emvolver
- concernente
French
- relation
- barrière
- lien
- rapport
- concerner
| 3863 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8e6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-6 | SKIP code |
| 7743.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 95a2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
457 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 守備 【シュビ】 defense, defence
- 守勢 【シュセイ】 (being on the) defensive
- 好守 【コウシュ】 good fielding
- 攻守 【コウシュ】 offense and defense, offence and defence, batting and fielding
- 守護 【シュゴ】 protection, safeguard, shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
- 都寺 【ツウス】 one of the six administrators of a Zen temple
- 居留守 【イルス】 pretending to be out
Kun reading compounds
- 守る 【まもる】 to protect, to guard, to defend, to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow
- 守り 【まもり】 protection, defense, defence, providence, amulet, charm, talisman
- 守り神 【まもりがみ】 guardian deity
- 島主 【とうしゅ】 island chief
- 山守 【やまもり】 ranger (forest), mountain guardian
- 守り 【もり】 babysitting, babysitter, protecting, keeping, keeper
- 守り立てる 【もりたてる】 to support, to back up, to rally round, to revive (e.g. a company), to boost (e.g. morale), to bring up, to raise
- 井守 【いもり】 newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
- 足無井守 【あしなしいもり】 caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
- 守 【かみ】 director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)
- 肥後守 【ひごのかみ】 higonokami, type of folding knife with metal handle
- 出羽守 【でわのかみ】 director of Dewa province, person who frequently makes comparisons with other countries, industries, etc. when complaining about an issue or situation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 し、 も、 て
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- guardar proteger
- defender
- guardar
- proteger
Portuguese
- vigia
- protege
- defende
- obedece
French
- garder
- protéger
- défendre
- obéir
- respect (des règles)
| 421 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 316 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 300 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 564 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1282 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 352 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 460 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 284 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 490 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 499 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 537 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 466 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2697 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1375 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1861 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 189 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7071 | Morohashi |
| 2173 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1310 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 186 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 198 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 364 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 270 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 748 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 3034.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b88 | Unicode hex code |