| 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 N4
579 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 春秋 【シュンジュウ】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
- 春季 【シュンキ】 spring season
- 昨春 【サクシュン】 last spring, the spring of last year
- 売春 【バイシュン】 prostitution
Kun reading compounds
- 春 【はる】 spring, springtime, New Year, prime (of life), height (of one's prosperity), heyday, adolescence, puberty, sexuality, sexual desire
- 春秋 【しゅんじゅう】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
- 小春 【こはる】 10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November), late autumn, late fall
- 毎春 【まいしゅん】 every spring
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あずま、 かす、 すの、 ひ、 わら
- Korean:
- chun
Spanish
- primavera
- comienzo del año
- tiempos de juventud
Portuguese
- primaveril
- primavera (estação)
French
- printemps
| 91 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 158 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 141 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 461 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2122 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 162 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 188 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 963 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 460 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 468 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 96 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 971 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3184 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1644 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2232 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1582 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13844 | Morohashi |
| 2576 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2453 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1568 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1690 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 179 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1478 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c5.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-9-2 | SKIP code |
| 5060.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6625 | Unicode hex code |