| 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 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
- 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
- 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
- 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
Kun reading compounds
- 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
- 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
- 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
- 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
- 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- canción
- cantar
Portuguese
- canção
- cantar
French
- chanson
- chanter
| 166 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 84 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 478 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2422 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 256 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 201 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 392 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 395 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 200 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1125 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2296 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 480 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16167 | Morohashi |
| 1825 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2945 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 469 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 508 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 486 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 230 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 1768.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b4c | Unicode hex code |