| 81 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 138 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 125 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 146 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 352 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 94 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 12 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 67 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 51 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 51 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 27 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 45 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2464 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1246 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1712 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1601 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 358 | Morohashi |
| 1968 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 112 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1587 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1711 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 50 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 93 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
49 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 今 【コン】 the current ..., this, today's ...
- 今夏 【コンカ】 this summer, next summer, last summer
- 往古来今 【オウコライコン】 in all ages, since antiquity
- 当今 【トウコン】 nowadays, these days, at present
- 今古 【キンコ】 now and anciently
- 今上 【キンジョウ】 His Majesty the Emperor, the present emperor, the reigning emperor
Kun reading compounds
- 今 【いま】 now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, another, more
- 今に 【いまに】 before long, even now
- 中今 【なかいま】 the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity)
- 今が今 【いまがいま】 just now
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な
- Korean:
- geum
Spanish
- ahora
- momento actual
Portuguese
- agora
French
- maintenant
| 2860 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 8020.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4eca | Unicode hex code |
versify, singing, recital
- On:
- ギン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1956 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 吟 【ギン】 recitation (of a poem), chanting, singing, composition (of a poem), composed poem, classical Chinese poetry form, stress of sound in noh song
- 吟味 【ギンミ】 close examination, careful investigation, close inspection, careful selection, inquiry, enquiry, scrutiny, testing, investigation of a crime, inquiry into someone's guilt, winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game), reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
- 愛吟 【アイギン】 love of reciting or singing favourite poems or songs
- 詠吟 【エイギン】 reciting poetry
Readings
- Korean:
- um
Spanish
- tararear
- canturrear
- gemir
- quejarse
Portuguese
- declamar
- cantar
- recital
French
- versifier
- réciter
- récital
- chant
| 1182 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1805 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 898 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1043 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1128 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 369 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1250 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1318 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1904 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 299 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 271 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 169 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 203 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1603 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3330 | Morohashi |
| 230 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 740 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1589 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1714 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1104 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3760 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 6802.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 541f | Unicode hex code |