| 671 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 569 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 542 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 593 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 139 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 390 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 382 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 919A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 300 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 300 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 359 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 516 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2805 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1444 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1947 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2752 | Morohashi |
| 2256 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 620 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1928 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2078 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 348 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 530 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 単 【タン】 single, simple, singles (tennis, badminton, etc.), win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
- 単位 【タンイ】 unit, denomination, credit (in school), in units of (e.g. "in thousands"), in amounts of
- 菜単 【サイタン】 menu (at a Chinese restaurant)
- 指定単 【シテイタン】 designated money trust
Kun reading compounds
- 一重 【ひとえ】 one layer, single layer, monopetalous, unlined kimono, single-edged eyelid, eyelid with an epicanthic fold, upper eyelid with no fold
- 単衣 【たんい】 unlined kimono, one kimono, a single kimono
- 十二単 【じゅうにひとえ】 twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady), ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis), bugle
Readings
- Korean:
- dan, seon
Spanish
- sencillo
- uno
- unidad
- sólo
- único
Portuguese
- Simples
- um
- solteiro
- meramente
French
- simple
- un
- unique
- seulement
| 955 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 9050.6 | Four corner code |
| 3250.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5358 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 比 【ヒ】 ratio, proportion, match, equal, equivalent, comparison, compared with ..., relative to ..., Philippines, explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
- 比較 【ヒカク】 comparison
- 口径比 【コウケイヒ】 aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number), relative aperture
- 正比 【セイヒ】 direct ratio
Kun reading compounds
- 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 ぴっ
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- comparación
- proporción
- relación
- Filipinas
- comparar
Portuguese
- comparar
- corrida
- razão
- Phillipines
French
- comparer
- compétition
- proportion
- Philippines
| 697 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 792 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 771 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 557 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2470 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 589 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 660 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 137 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 798 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 812 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 276 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1146 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 29 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 14 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 14 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 456 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16743 | Morohashi |
| 26 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3010 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 447 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 482 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 450 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 643 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 2171.0 | Four corner code |
| 2111.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bd4 | Unicode hex code |