| 289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 198 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 181 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1494 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 665 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 34 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1088 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 12 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 37 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 37 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 441 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 177 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3642 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 84 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1845 | Morohashi |
| 2926 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 448 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 83 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 87 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 81 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刀 【カタナ】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
- 小刀 【コガタナ】 (small) knife, short sword, small sword
- 大刀 【ダイトウ】 (Japanese) long sword, large sword, guandao, Chinese glaive
Kun reading compounds
- 刀 【かたな】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀折れ矢尽きて 【かたなおれやつきて】 having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
- 一刀 【いっとう】 sword, blade, single stroke
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 剃刀 【かみそり】 razor
- オッカムの剃刀 【オッカムのかみそり】 Occam's razor, Ockham's razor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ち、 と、 わき
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- espada
Portuguese
- espada
- sabre
- faca
French
- épée
- sabre
- couteau
| 3545 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-1-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5200 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1718 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 匠 【ショウ】 craftsman, artisan, carpenter, (skilled) workman
- 匠気 【ショウキ】 affectation, desire to be impressive
- 師匠 【シショウ】 master, teacher, stable master
- 意匠 【イショウ】 design, idea, conception, plan
Kun reading compounds
- 匠 【たくみ】 craftsman, artisan, workman, carpenter, craft, craftsmanship, skill, dexterity, design, plot, scheme, artifice, trick
- 飛騨の匠 【ひだのたくみ】 system whereby the Hida region provided the central government 10 carpenters per village in place of taxes
Readings
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- artesano
- trabajador
Portuguese
- artesão
- carpinteiro
French
- artisan
- ouvrier
- charpentier
| 1388 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1491 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 761 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1532 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1107 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 503 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1359 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1443 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1715 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 236 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3711 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1900 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2581 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1709 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2605 | Morohashi |
| 2990 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 588 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1693 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1828 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1063 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3475 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2t4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 7171.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5320 | Unicode hex code |