| 263 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 344 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 327 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 152 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 95 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 177 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 105 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 335 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 252 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 252 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 156 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 13 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4308 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2178 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2932 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 28 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31 | Morohashi |
| 3496 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 20 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 28 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 28 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 81 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 254 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
- 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
- 近世 【キンセイ】 recent past, recent times, early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
- 創世 【ソウセイ】 creation of the world
- 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
- 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
- 夜店 【ヨミセ】 night stall, night shop, night fair
- 救世 【キュウセイ】 salvation
Kun reading compounds
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 世の中 【よのなか】 society, the world, the times
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし、 ゆ、 ゆき
- Korean:
- se
Spanish
- generación
- mundo
- edad
Portuguese
- geração
- mundo
- sociedade
- pública
French
- génération
- monde
- société
- public
| 1975 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.37 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4471.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e16 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
132 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 思春期 【シシュンキ】 puberty, adolescence
- 思考 【シコウ】 thought, consideration, thinking
- 相思 【ソウシ】 mutual affection, mutual love
- 哀思 【アイシ】 sad feeling
Kun reading compounds
- 思う 【おもう】 to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to recall, to remember
- 思う存分 【おもうぞんぶん】 to one's heart's content, to one's complete satisfaction, as much as one likes, heartily, thoroughly, without restraint, to the full
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- pensar
- considerar
Portuguese
- pensar
French
- penser
| 84 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 147 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 131 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 149 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3001 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 95 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 173 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 966 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 99 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 99 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 202 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 776 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3173 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1633 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 612 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10462 | Morohashi |
| 2564 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1824 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 605 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 651 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 26 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 175 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3658 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5f4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 6033.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 601d | Unicode hex code |