| 51 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 86 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 80 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 471 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 409 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 254 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 15 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 513 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 390 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 392 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 80 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 73 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 73 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 45 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 48 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1021 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 511 | Morohashi |
| 65 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 169 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1012 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1087 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 43 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 137 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
340 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 非可換幾何 【ヒカカンキカ】 noncommutative geometry, NCG
Kun reading compounds
- 何 【なに】 what, you-know-what, that thing, whatsit, whachamacallit, what's-his-name, what's-her-name, penis, (one's) thing, dick, (not) at all, (not) in the slightest, what?, huh?, hey!, come on!, oh, no (it's fine), why (it's nothing), oh (certainly not)
- 何か 【なにか】 something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?
- 何々 【なになに】 what, so-and-so, such and such, something (or other), what?, wait, hang on, well, well, let's see, no, oh (not at all), please, there, there
- 何 【なん】 what, how many, many, a lot of, several, a few, some
- 何か 【なにか】 something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あが
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- qué
Portuguese
- que
French
- quoi
| 2149 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a5.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2122.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f55 | Unicode hex code |
言
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
83 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 言 【ゲン】 word, remark, statement
- 言及 【ゲンキュウ】 reference, allusion
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 狂言 【キョウゲン】 kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play, kabuki play, kabuki performance, make-believe, ruse, trick
- 言語 【ゲンゴ】 language
- 言下 【ゲンカ】 promptly
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 二言 【ニゴン】 double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said, repeating oneself
Kun reading compounds
- 言う 【いう】 to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
- 言うまでもない 【いうまでもない】 goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 言 【げん】 word, remark, statement
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 禍言 【まがごと】 ominous word, ill-omened word, misfortune
- 二言 【ふたこと】 two words, repetition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とき
- Korean:
- eon
Spanish
- palabras
- decir
Portuguese
- Dizer
- palavras
French
- dire
| 392 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 118 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 274 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 279 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4309 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 43 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 85 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 439 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 66 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 66 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 203 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1698 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 341 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35205 | Morohashi |
| 1941 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5552 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 335 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 357 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 44 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3077 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 0060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a00 | Unicode hex code |