| 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 junior high
JLPT level N3
648 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 彼岸 【ヒガン】 equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held), Buddhist services during the equinoctial week, nirvana, opposite bank, opposite shore, shore on the other side
- 彼是 【アレコレ】 this and that, this or that, one thing or another, this way and that, around, about, round about, roughly, nearly, almost
Kun reading compounds
- 彼 【かれ】 he, him, boyfriend
- 彼ら 【かれら】 they, them
- 前彼 【まえかれ】 former boyfriend, ex-boyfriend
- 元彼 【もとかれ】 former boyfriend, ex-boyfriend
- 彼の 【かの】 that well-known ..., the one and only ..., that, those, the
- 彼女 【かのじょ】 she, her, girlfriend
- 彼の 【かの】 that well-known ..., the one and only ..., that, those, the
- 彼女 【かのじょ】 she, her, girlfriend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- その
- Korean:
- pi
Spanish
- eso
- aquello
- otra persona
Portuguese
- ele
- que
- o
French
- lui
- celui-là
| 1725 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 536 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1604 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1764 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 520 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 578 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 977 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1010 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1146 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 624 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 346 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 215 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 259 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 892 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10066 | Morohashi |
| 290 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1732 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 883 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 948 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 56 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1171 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2067 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2424.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f7c | Unicode hex code |