| 3 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 3 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 23 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 10 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 8 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 4 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 22 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 4 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 5 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2423 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1225 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1689 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 3 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12 | Morohashi |
| 1924 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 8 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 3 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 21 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 10 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
14 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 三 【サン】 three, 3
- 三 【サン】 three
- 十三 【ジュウサン】 thirteen, 13, king
- 七三 【シチサン】 7 or 3 ratio, hair parted on one side
- 四三 【シソウ】 one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand, three and a four (in dice games)
Kun reading compounds
- 三 【さん】 three, 3
- 三十日 【みそか】 last day of the month
- 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
- 三つ折り 【みつおり】 threefold, folded in three
- 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
- ３つの密 【みっつのみつ】 three Cs, three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 さ、 さい、 さえ、 さぶ、 ざ、 ざえ、 ざぶ、 そう、 ぞ、 ただ、 みつ、 みん、 も、 や
- Korean:
- sam
Spanish
- tres
- 3
Portuguese
- três
French
- trois
| 3072 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 1010.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e09 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 叉骨 【サコツ】 wishbone, furcula
- 叉銃 【サジュウ】 stacked arms
- 蹄叉 【テイサ】 frog, fourchette, pad in a horse's hoof that acts as a shock absorber
- 視神経交叉 【シシンケイコウサ】 optic chiasm, optic chiasma
- 夜叉 【ヤシャ】 yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
- 波羅提木叉 【ハラダイモクシャ】 pratimokṣa, pratimoksha, rules governing the behaviour of Buddhist monks and nuns
Kun reading compounds
- 股 【また】 groin, thigh, crotch, crutch, fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.), tines (of a fork)
- また木 【またぎ】 forked tree, forked branch
- 逆叉 【さかまた】 orca, killer whale
- 刺股 【さすまた】 sasumata, man catcher, two-pronged weapon for catching criminals
Readings
- Korean:
- cha
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 856 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 4194 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2870 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 3116 | Morohashi |
| 3386 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 669 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2914 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2923 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2h1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.0 | Four corner code |
| 7740.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53c9 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 槍騎兵 【ソウキヘイ】 lancer
- 槍術 【ソウジュツ】 spearmanship
- 聖槍 【セイソウ】 holy lance, sacred spear
- 弓馬刀槍 【キュウバトウソウ】 archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship, martial arts in general
Kun reading compounds
- 槍 【やり】 spear, lance, javelin, lance, jeering
- 槍烏賊 【やりいか】 spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
- 長槍 【ながやり】 long spear, pike
- 毛槍 【けやり】 keyari, long, feathered ornamental spear carried at the head of a daimyo's procession
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うつ
- Korean:
- chang, jaeng
Spanish
- lanza
- lanceta
- arpón
- jabalina
Portuguese
French
| 2342 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2100 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1329 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 966 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 15319 | Morohashi |
| 2822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2516 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2576 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a10.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 4896.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 69cd | Unicode hex code |