| 1326 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1823 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 427 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1446 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1046 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 559 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 571 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 580 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1878 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 90 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 94 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 62 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 66 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 985 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 589 | Morohashi |
| 85 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 192 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 976 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1050 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1150 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1939 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 侍従 【ジジュウ】 chamberlain
- 侍医 【ジイ】 court physician
- 内侍 【ナイシ】 maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting
- 陪侍 【バイジ】 retainer, attending on the nobility
- 内侍 【ナイシ】 maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting
Kun reading compounds
- 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
- 侍蟻 【さむらいあり】 Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)
- 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
- 七人の侍 【しちにんのさむらい】 Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)
- 侍る 【はべる】 to wait upon, to serve
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
- sirviente
- criado
- samurai
Portuguese
- garçom
- samurai
- esperar sobre
- servir
French
- serviteur
- samouraï
- servir
| 2148 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 2424.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f8d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
- 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
- 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender
Kun reading compounds
- 者 【もの】 person
- 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
- 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
- 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- alguém
- pessoa
French
- personne
- quelqu'un
| 235 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 314 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 298 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 22 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3685 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 56 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 769 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 164 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 164 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 148 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1578 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3980 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2047 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2765 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1264 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28852 | Morohashi |
| 3211 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4698 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1256 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1345 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 19 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 302 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1478 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c4.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8005 | Unicode hex code |