| 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 N1
1924 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暁星 【ギョウセイ】 morning star, Venus, rarity
- 暁鴉 【ギョウア】 crow cawing in the morning, crows crying in the morning
- 早暁 【ソウギョウ】 daybreak, dawn
- 通暁 【ツウギョウ】 well versed, thorough knowledge
- 払暁 【フツギョウ】 dawn, daybreak
- 寒暁 【カンギョウ】 cold winter dawn
Kun reading compounds
- 暁 【あかつき】 dawn, daybreak, event (e.g. "in the event of ..."), occasion, occurrence
- 暁起き 【あかつきおき】 waking up just before daybreak
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 あけ、 さと、 さとる、 てる
- Korean:
- hyo
Spanish
- aurora
- madrugada
- amanecer
Portuguese
- aurora
- amanhecer
- no evento
French
- point du jour
- aube
- au cas où
| 1174 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1747 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2139 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1583 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1409 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1596 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1658 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1772 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1858 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 989 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1233 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 669 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1209 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14031 | Morohashi |
| 980 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2485 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1201 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1285 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1545 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3857 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 6401.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6681 | Unicode hex code |