| 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
1555 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 架 【カ】 rack, mount, stand
- 架空 【カクウ】 fictitious, imaginary, fanciful, fabricated, aerial, overhead
- 高架 【コウカ】 elevated (structure), overhead
- 担架 【タンカ】 stretcher, litter (medical), gurney
Kun reading compounds
- 架ける 【かける】 to suspend between two points, to build (a bridge, etc.), to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
- 架かる 【かかる】 to span, to bridge, to cross, to straddle
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- montar
- apoyar
- estante
- construir
- colgar
- construir un puente
Portuguese
- eregir
- moldura
- monte
- apoio
- prateleira
- construir
French
- ériger
- monter
- suspendre (pont)
- supporter (poids)
- étagère
- construire
| 1045 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1659 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2237 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1085 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1423 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 755 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 768 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1704 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1055 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3178 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1638 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2226 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 878 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14586 | Morohashi |
| 2569 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2632 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 869 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 934 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1267 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1664 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a5.36 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 4690.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 67b6 | Unicode hex code |