| 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
1958 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 痕 【コン】 scar (e.g. from operation, injection), trace, mark (e.g. skid marks)
- 痕跡 【コンセキ】 trace, vestige, mark, sign, evidence
- 弾痕 【ダンコン】 bullet hole, bullet mark
- 聖痕 【セイコン】 stigmata
Kun reading compounds
- 跡 【あと】 trace, tracks, mark, sign, site, remains, ruins, scar
- ニキビ跡 【にきびあと】 pockmark (caused by a pimple), acne scarring
- 爪痕 【つめあと】 fingernail mark, scratch, scars (e.g. of war), traces (of damage), ravages, after-effects
Readings
- Korean:
- heun
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3045 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1880 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4066 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2795 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 22171 | Morohashi |
| 3803 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2578 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1822 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 5i6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-6 | SKIP code |
| 0013.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 75d5 | Unicode hex code |