| 428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 535 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 507 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 261 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4215 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 636 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 353 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 427 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 679 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 692 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 440 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 181 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1433 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 411 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1911 | Morohashi |
| 1116 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 469 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 404 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 431 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 279 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 初演 【ショエン】 first performance, premiere
- 年初 【ネンショ】 beginning of the year
- 原初 【ゲンショ】 origin, source, beginning, starting point
Kun reading compounds
- 始め 【はじめ】 beginning, start, outset, opening, first (in line, etc.), origin, such as ..., not to mention ...
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 月初め 【つきはじめ】 beginning of the month
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 初 【はつ】 first, new
- 初対面 【しょたいめん】 first meeting, first interview with
- 業界初 【ぎょうかいはつ】 the industry's first ...
- 人生初 【じんせいはつ】 (for the) first time in one's life
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し、 はっ
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- comienzo
- primero
Portuguese
- primeiros tempos
- começo
French
- première fois
- commencement
| 645 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 3722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 521d | Unicode hex code |
土
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
307 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 土 【ド】 Saturday, earth, dirt, soil, land, lands, ground, earth (third of the five elements)
- 土地 【トチ】 plot of land, lot, soil, locality, region, place
- 浄土 【ジョウド】 pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha), (Buddhist) paradise, Pure Land Buddhism
- 郷土 【キョウド】 native place, birth-place, one's old home, province, region, locality
- 【ト】 Turkey
- 時計 【トケイ】 clock, watch, timepiece
- 下土 【カド】 lower world, this world, the earth
- 日ト 【ニット】 Japan and Turkey, Japanese-Turkish
Kun reading compounds
- 土 【つち】 earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud, the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land, low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud), (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
- 土方 【どかた】 construction worker, laborer (labourer), navvy
- 盛り土 【もりど】 embankment (for road, railway, etc.), raising the ground level, fill
- 赤土 【あかつち】 red clay, red earth, laterite, dark-red paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つく、 は、 ひじ
- Korean:
- to, du
Spanish
- suelo
- tierra
- Turquía
Portuguese
- solo
- terra
- chão
- Turquia
French
- sol
- terre
- terrain
- Turquie
| 17 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 19 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 60 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 316 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1050 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 19 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 37 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 42 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 24 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 24 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 22 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 347 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4211 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2127 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2875 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 152 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4867 | Morohashi |
| 3403 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 966 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 150 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 161 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 360 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 22 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4010.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 571f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1481 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 俵 【タワラ】 straw bag, sack, bale, counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
- 俵数 【ヒョウスウ】 number of straw bags
- 土俵 【ドヒョウ】 (wrestling) ring, forum (e.g. for discussion), sandbag, gabion
- 初土俵 【ハツドヒョウ】 first tournament for a wrestler
Kun reading compounds
- 俵 【たわら】 straw bag, sack, bale, counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
- 俵編 【たわらあみ】 making bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)
Readings
- Korean:
- pyo
Spanish
- fardo
- saco
- contador de fardos
- saco de paja
Portuguese
- bolsa
- fardo
- sacola
- sufixo para contagem de para bolsas
French
- sac de paille
- sac
- botte de paille
- compteur de sacs
| 702 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 796 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 775 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1527 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 467 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 879 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1053 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1280 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1890 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2063 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1426 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 112 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 129 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 85 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 97 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1561 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 730 | Morohashi |
| 115 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 243 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1547 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1667 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 720 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2165 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a8.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 2523.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ff5 | Unicode hex code |