| 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
- 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
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 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 3
JLPT level N3
798 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 等 【トウ】 class, order, rank, et cetera, etc., and the like, equal, iso-
- 等身 【トウシン】 body proportions
- 中等 【チュウトウ】 second grade, medium quality, average, middle class, secondary grade
- 等々 【トウトウ】 etc., et cetera, and so on
Kun reading compounds
- 等しい 【ひとしい】 equal, identical, the same, no different (from), just like, equivalent
- 等 【など】 et cetera, etc., and the like, and so forth, or something, the likes of, for example, for instance, for one
Readings
- Japanese names:
- と、 ひ
- Korean:
- deung
Spanish
- clase
- calidad
- igual que
- igual
- etcétera
Portuguese
- etc.
- e assim por diante
- classe (1º
- 2º )
- qualidade
- igual
- semelhante
French
- et ainsi de suite
- etc...
- semblable
- classe (1ère)
- qualité
- égal
- pluriel (peu respectueux)
| 484 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 383 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 361 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 601 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3396 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 294 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 795 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1770 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 569 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 578 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 353 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1479 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3321 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1723 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2339 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 954 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25992 | Morohashi |
| 2682 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4287 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 945 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1016 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 151 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 407 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2348 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 8834.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b49 | Unicode hex code |