| 205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 119 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 107 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 132 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 825 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 202 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 388 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1231 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 136 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 136 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 405 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 260 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3733 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1910 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2593 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2973 | Morohashi |
| 3009 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 652 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 134 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 142 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 113 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 192 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 原 【ゲン】 original, primitive, primary, fundamental, proto-
- 原案 【ゲンアン】 original plan, original bill, original motion, draft
- 中原 【チュウゲン】 middle of a field, middle of a country, field of contest
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
Kun reading compounds
- 原 【はら】 field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness
- 原っぱ 【はらっぱ】 open field, empty lot, plain
- 海原 【うなばら】 ocean, sea, the deep
- 笹原 【ささはら】 field of bamboo grass
Readings
- Japanese names:
- た、 ばる、 ら、 わた、 わら
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- origen
- pradera
- prado
- campo
Portuguese
- prado
- original
- primitivo
- campo
- planície
- pradaria
- tundra
- sertão
French
- pré
- prairie
- champ
- original
- primitif
- toundra
- désert (étendue sauvage)
| 3341 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2p8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 7129.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 539f | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |
stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
- On:
- ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
801 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 層 【ソウ】 layer, stratum, seam, bed, class, stratum, bracket, group, sheaf, counter for stories (of a building)
- 層群 【ソウグン】 (geol) group
- 重層 【ジュウソウ】 multistoried, multilayered
- 高層 【コウソウ】 high-rise (building), multistory, multistoried, tall, high (altitude), upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- cheung
Spanish
- estrato
- nivel
Portuguese
- estrato
- classe social
- camada
- estória
- andar
French
- strate
- classe sociale
- couche
- étage
| 934 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 921 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 893 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1402 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1183 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 486 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1367 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1454 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1725 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 533 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3920 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2021 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2728 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1074 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7798X | Morohashi |
| 3161 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1432 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1065 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1146 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 977 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3778 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3r11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 7726.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c64 | Unicode hex code |