| 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 |
topic, subject
- On:
- ダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
96 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 題 【ダイ】 title, subject, theme, topic, problem (on a test), question, counter for questions (on a test)
- 題材 【ダイザイ】 subject, theme
- 表題 【ヒョウダイ】 title, index, heading, headline, caption
- 命題 【メイダイ】 proposition, thesis, notion, theory, problem, issue, challenge
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- objeto
- tema
- materia
Portuguese
- tópico
- assunto
French
- sujet
| 464 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 360 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 340 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 123 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2164 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 393 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 276 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 354 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 355 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 327 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1895 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4139 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2103 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2848 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 396 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43584 | Morohashi |
| 3337 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6645 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 389 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 415 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 51 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 440 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3870 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-9-9 | SKIP code |
| 6180.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 984c | Unicode hex code |
talk, (kokuji)
- Kun:
- はなし
2308 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 話 【はなし】 talk, speech, chat, conversation, topic, subject, discussions, negotiation, argument, rumor, talk, hearsay, tale, story, fable, circumstances, particulars
- 噺家 【はなしか】 professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
Readings
- Korean:
- sin
Spanish
- charla
- conversación
Portuguese
French
| 998 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 4433 | Morohashi |
| 903 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2176 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2294 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3d13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 6202.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 567a | Unicode hex code |