| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
529 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 路上 【ロジョウ】 on the road, on the street, in the street, on the way
- 路地 【ロジ】 alley, alleyway, lane, path through a gate or garden, teahouse garden
- 活路 【カツロ】 means of survival, means of escape, way out of a difficulty
- 岐路 【キロ】 forked road, crossroads
- 路加 【ルカ】 St Luke
Kun reading compounds
- 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
- 道草 【みちくさ】 loitering on the way, wayside grass
- 長路 【ながみち】 long road, far journey
- 脇道 【わきみち】 side road, byroad, digression (e.g. from argument)
Readings
- Korean:
- ro
Spanish
- camino
- ruta
- carretera
Portuguese
- caminho
- rota
- estrada
- distância
French
- chemin
- route
- distance
| 540 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 439 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 415 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 367 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4561 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 677 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 935 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1925 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 151 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 151 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 533 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1764 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1936 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1290 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 37524 | Morohashi |
| 1533 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5876 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1282 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1376 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 425 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7d6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-6 | SKIP code |
| 6716.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8def | Unicode hex code |