| 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 2
JLPT level N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 近畿 【キンキ】 Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- 近海 【キンカイ】 coastal waters, adjacent seas
- ごく最近 【ゴクサイキン】 very recently, in the very recent past
- 至近 【シキン】 very near
- 近流 【コンル】 banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
Kun reading compounds
- 近い 【ちかい】 near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
- 近いうちに 【ちかいうちに】 soon, shortly, before long
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おう、 おお、 この
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- cerca
- cercano
Portuguese
- perto
- cedo
- consangüíneo
- equivalente
French
- près
- tôt
- proche
- équivalent à
| 195 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 113 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 103 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 127 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4671 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 127 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 259 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 506 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 445 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 452 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 109 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 679 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3798 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1941 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2634 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38752P | Morohashi |
| 3061 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6021 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1129 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1210 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 149 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2654 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3230.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8fd1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
923 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 【ジガバチ】 red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
- 酷似 【コクジ】 resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
- 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
Kun reading compounds
- 似る 【にる】 to resemble, to look like, to be like, to be alike, to be similar, to take after
Readings
- Japanese names:
- にた
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- parecerse a
- parecerse
- ser similar
Portuguese
- formação
- lembra
- falsificar
- imitar
- conveniente
French
- ressembler
- devenir
- contrefaire
- imiter
- approprié
| 625 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 724 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 696 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1219 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 376 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 775 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 311 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 350 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1486 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1583 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1172 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 77 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 71 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 43 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 46 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1038 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 485 | Morohashi |
| 63 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 138 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1029 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1106 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 669 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a5.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 2820.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f3c | Unicode hex code |