| 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 |
week
- On:
- シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
540 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 週 【シュウ】 week
- 週明け 【シュウアケ】 beginning of next week (usu. Monday), early next week
- 前週 【ゼンシュウ】 last week, the week before
- 隔週 【カクシュウ】 every other week, every two weeks
Readings
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- semana
Portuguese
- semana
French
- semaine
| 242 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 157 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 308 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 438 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4707 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 188 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 92 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 92 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 92 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 163 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 701 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3874 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1992 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2690 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 324 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38937P | Morohashi |
| 3122 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6070 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 318 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 340 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 206 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3649 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3730.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9031 | Unicode hex code |