| 129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 214 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 195 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 224 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 132 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 150 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 28 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 213 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 88 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 88 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 159 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 243 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4313 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2936 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1210 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2707X | Morohashi |
| 3501 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 608 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1202 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1286 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 324 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 113 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 半 【ハン】 half, semi-, partial, half-past, odd number, han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
- 半額 【ハンガク】 half the amount (of money), half price, half fare
- 四畳半 【ヨジョウハン】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
- 過半 【カハン】 the greater part
Kun reading compounds
- 半ば 【なかば】 middle, halfway, midway, half (of), one half, half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially, mostly, almost, nearly
- 半ば過ぎ 【なかばすぎ】 beyond the middle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- は
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- mitad
- medio
- incompleto
- semi-
- semi
- a medias
- en parte
Portuguese
- metade
- médio
- número ímpar
- semi-
- parte-
French
- moitié
- demi
- milieu
- nombre impair
| 1055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 9050.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 534a | Unicode hex code |
sitting in the lotus position
- On:
- カ
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 結跏 【ケッカ】 lotus position (meditation and yoga posture), padmasana, sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
- 半跏 【ハンカ】 half lotus position (meditation posture), sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 37457 | Morohashi |
| 5860 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 7d5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 6610.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-76-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8dcf | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 趺坐 【フザ】 sitting cross-legged, sitting in the lotus position
Readings
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 37392 | Morohashi |
| 5859 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 7d4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 6513.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-76-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8dba | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2337 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 座敷 【ザシキ】 tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room, dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
- 座禅 【ザゼン】 zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
- 連座 【レンザ】 implication (in a crime), involvement, sitting in a row (in the same seat)
- 同坐 【ドウザ】 sitting together, the same theater (theatre), involvement, entanglement, implication
Kun reading compounds
- 座る 【すわる】 to sit, to squat, to assume (a position), to hold steady, to hold still
- 在す 【まします】 to be
Readings
- Korean:
- jwa
Spanish
- sentarse
Portuguese
French
| 1874 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 41 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 542 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 4361 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2970 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 4931 | Morohashi |
| 3547 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 978 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2844 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3b4.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-7-2 | SKIP code |
| 8810.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5750 | Unicode hex code |