| 736 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 633 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 603 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 668 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 360 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 496 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 303 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 155 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 831 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 850 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 998 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 46 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2489 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1259 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1725 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1413 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 387 | Morohashi |
| 1995 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 121 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1401 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1503 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 460 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
orders, laws, command, decree, good
- On:
- レイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
804 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 令 【レイ】 command, order, dictation, nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
- 令状 【レイジョウ】 warrant, summons, written order
- 号令 【ゴウレイ】 order (esp. to a number of people), command, ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
- 政令 【セイレイ】 government ordinance, cabinet order
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり、 りょう、 れ
- Korean:
- ryeong
Spanish
- órdenes
- leyes
Portuguese
- pedidos
- leis antigas
- comando
- decreto
French
- ordre
- anciennes lois
- décret
| 2844 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a3.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 8030.7 | Four corner code |
| 8022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ee4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1473 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 姉 【シ】 honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
- 姉妹 【シマイ】 sisters
- 実姉 【ジッシ】 biological older sister, real elder sister
- 兄姉 【ケイシ】 older brother and older sister
Kun reading compounds
- 姉 【あね】 older sister, elder sister
- 姉さん 【ねえさん】 older sister, elder sister, young lady, miss, ma'am
- 大姉 【おおあね】 eldest sister
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- hermana mayor
Portuguese
- irmã mais velha
French
- soeur aînée
| 413 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 146 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 498 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1329 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1207 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 120 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 154 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 847 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 407 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 411 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 77 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 438 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 336 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 210 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 253 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 420 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6165 | Morohashi |
| 280 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1201 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 413 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 442 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 159 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1744 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e5.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4042.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 59c9 | Unicode hex code |