| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
874 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 犯 【ハン】 perpetrators of (some) crime, (some type of) crime
- 犯行 【ハンコウ】 crime, criminal act, offence, offense
- 共犯 【キョウハン】 complicity
- 防犯 【ボウハン】 prevention of crime, security (device, camera, etc.)
- 違犯 【イハン】 offense (against the law), offence, violation
- 重犯 【ジュウハン】 felony, major offence, felon, old offender
Kun reading compounds
- 犯す 【おかす】 to commit (e.g. crime), to perpetrate, to make (e.g. mistake), to break (e.g. rule), to violate, to transgress, to contravene, to rape, to violate, to ravish, to deflower
Readings
- Korean:
- beom
Spanish
- crimen
- delito
- ofensa
- cometer
- perpetrar un delito
- violar
Portuguese
- crime
- pecado
- ofensa
French
- crime
- péché
- délit
| 859 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 789 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 768 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 711 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2869 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 771 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 726 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 882 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 903 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1046 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1299 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 229 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 146 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 175 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1426 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20238 | Morohashi |
| 196 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3554 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1414 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1517 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 652 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2956 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3g2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4721.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72af | Unicode hex code |