| 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
- 鞭撻 【ベンタツ】 encouragement, urging, spurring on, chastising by whipping
- 鞭毛 【ベンモウ】 flagellum
- 先鞭 【センベン】 initiative, pioneering
- 教鞭 【キョウベン】 teacher's cane, teacher's pointer
Kun reading compounds
- 鞭 【むち】 whip, lash, scourge, stick, cane, rod, pointer
- 鞭入れ 【むちいれ】 whipping, using the whip
- 枝鞭 【えだむち】 birch rod
- 飴と鞭 【あめとむち】 carrot and stick, candy and whip
- 鞭打つ 【むちうつ】 to whip, to lash, to give the rod, to spur on, to encourage
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 5104 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2752 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2272 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1603 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 42937 | Morohashi |
| 6595 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2783 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2804 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k15.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-9 | SKIP code |
| 4154.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 97ad | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1006 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 酒 【サケ】 alcohol, sake
- 酒税 【シュゼイ】 liquor tax, tax on alcohol
- 洋酒 【ヨウシュ】 Western wine and spirits, Western liquor
- 清酒 【セイシュ】 refined sake
Kun reading compounds
- 酒 【さけ】 alcohol, sake
- 酒好き 【さけずき】 love of drink, fondness for alcohol, person who likes to drink, drinker
- 手酌酒 【てじゃくさけ】 pouring one's own drinks, drinking alone
- 小酒 【こさけ】 small drink, small amount of alcohol
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 さ、 し
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- sake
- alcohol
- vino de arroz
Portuguese
- sake
- álcool
French
- saké
- alcool
| 422 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 318 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 302 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 781 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2573 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 347 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 972 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1066 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 517 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 526 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 144 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1789 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 532 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 328 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 403 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1440 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39776 | Morohashi |
| 444 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6160 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1428 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1535 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 356 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 375 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3116.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9152 | Unicode hex code |