| 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 4
JLPT level N1
1691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 芽球 【ガキュウ】 gemmule, blast (cell)
- 芽殖孤虫 【ガショクコチュウ】 Sparganum proliferum (species of worm)
- 発芽 【ハツガ】 germination, sprouting, budding
- 無性芽 【ムセイガ】 gemma
Kun reading compounds
- 芽 【め】 sprout, shoot, bud, germinal disk (in an egg)
- 目出度い 【めでたい】 happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous, naive
- 若芽 【わかめ】 sprouts, new shoots, young buds
- 脇芽 【わきめ】 axillary bud, lateral bud, side shoots (e.g. of a tomato or broccoli plant), side buds, suckers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じ、 めぐ
- Korean:
- a
Spanish
- brote
- germen
Portuguese
- botão
- broto
- brotar
- germe (planta)
French
- bourgeon
- pousse
- brin
- germe
| 358 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 457 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 434 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1676 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3920 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 709 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1697 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 683 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1455 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1549 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1835 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 645 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2784 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1429 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1927 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1924 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30860P | Morohashi |
| 2240 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5002 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1905 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2054 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 497 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1947 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4424.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82bd | Unicode hex code |
evergreen oak, (kokuji)
- Kun:
- かし
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2297 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 樫 【かし】 evergreen oak
- 樫粉 【かしご】 oak flour (esp. as animal food), acorn flour
- 熊樫 【くまがし】 large evergreen oak
- 粗樫 【あらかし】 ring-cupped oak (Quercus glauca), Japanese blue oak
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeon
Spanish
- roble de hoja perenne
Portuguese
French
| 2357 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1364 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 988 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 15485 | Morohashi |
| 2849 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2491 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2554 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a12.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 4791.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6a2b | Unicode hex code |