| 81 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 138 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 125 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 146 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 352 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 94 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 12 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 67 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 51 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 51 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 27 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 45 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2464 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1246 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1712 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1601 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 358 | Morohashi |
| 1968 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 112 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1587 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1711 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 50 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 93 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
49 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 今 【コン】 the current ..., this, today's ...
- 今夏 【コンカ】 this summer, next summer, last summer
- 往古来今 【オウコライコン】 in all ages, since antiquity
- 当今 【トウコン】 nowadays, these days, at present
- 今古 【キンコ】 now and anciently
- 今上 【キンジョウ】 His Majesty the Emperor, the present emperor, the reigning emperor
Kun reading compounds
- 今 【いま】 now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, another, more
- 今に 【いまに】 before long, even now
- 中今 【なかいま】 the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity)
- 今が今 【いまがいま】 just now
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な
- Korean:
- geum
Spanish
- ahora
- momento actual
Portuguese
- agora
French
- maintenant
| 2860 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 8020.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4eca | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 市 【シ】 city
- 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
- 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
- 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city
Kun reading compounds
- 市 【いち】 market, fair
- 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
- 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
- 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 ち
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
- mercado
- ciudad
Portuguese
- mercado
- cidade
French
- marché
- ville
- cité
| 222 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 144 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 130 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 78 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 284 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 119 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 162 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 195 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 181 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 181 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 547 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 556 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2487 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1258 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1724 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 419 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8775 | Morohashi |
| 1993 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1549 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 412 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 440 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 305 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 109 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e02 | Unicode hex code |