| 221 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 301 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 285 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 397 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 362 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 75 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 110 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 124 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 333 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 333 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 236 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 58 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 37 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 21 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 21 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 969 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 368 | Morohashi |
| 34 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 960 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1033 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 271 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 250 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
439 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 仕 【シ】 official, civil service
- 試合 【シアイ】 match, game, bout, contest
- 勤労奉仕 【キンロウホウシ】 labor service, labour service
- 中仕 【ナカシ】 longshoreman, baggageman
- 仕込み 【ジコミ】 learned at ..., acquired at ...
- 仕丁 【シチョウ】 men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system), palanquin bearer (Edo period)
- 致仕 【チシ】 resignation, seventy years of age
Kun reading compounds
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- trabajo
- servir
- asistir
Portuguese
- atender
- ação
- oficial
- servir
French
- servir
- faire
- officiel
| 2172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ed5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
- 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
- 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
- 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency
Kun reading compounds
- 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
- 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
- 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ろ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cosa
- hecho
- asunto
- acción
Portuguese
- matéria
- coisa
- fato
- negócios
- razão
- possivelmente
French
- fait
- chose
- matière
- affaire
- raison
- peut-être
| 230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 293 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 32 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 272 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 73 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 108 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 80 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 80 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 30 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4384 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 241 | Morohashi |
| 3567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 71 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1240 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 10 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 5000.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e8b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
930 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 探検 【タンケン】 exploration, expedition
- 探求 【タンキュウ】 search, quest, pursuit
- 内探 【ナイタン】 private inquiry, private enquiry, secret investigation
- 独探 【ドクタン】 German spy
Kun reading compounds
- 探る 【さぐる】 to feel around for, to fumble for, to grope for, to search for, to look for, to investigate, to probe into, to spy on, to sound out, to explore (parts unknown), to enjoy (natural beauty)
- 探す 【さがす】 to search for, to look for, to hunt for, to seek, to search (a house, pocket, etc.), to search through, to rummage in (e.g. a drawer), to fish around
Readings
- Korean:
- tam
Spanish
- explorar
- indagar
- buscar
- sondear
Portuguese
- tatear
- pesquisar
- procurar
French
- chercher
- tâtonner
- enquête
| 942 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 930 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1239 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1949 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1236 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 578 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1316 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 535 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 544 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1258 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 908 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 613 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 374 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 466 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1340 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12276 | Morohashi |
| 505 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2211 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1327 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1425 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 927 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c8.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 5709.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63a2 | Unicode hex code |