| 70 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 121 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 109 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 373 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 770 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 93 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 32 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 154 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 172 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 172 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 86 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 278 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2495 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1262 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1728 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 16 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3233 | Morohashi |
| 2002 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 702 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 16 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 16 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 320 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 107 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
509 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 古参 【コサン】 seniority, long service
- 古今 【ココン】 ancient and modern times, all ages, past and present
- 蒙古 【モウコ】 Mongolia (region), Greater Mongolia, Mongolian Plateau, Mongols (nomadic tribe)
- 懐古 【カイコ】 reminiscence, nostalgia, thinking fondly of the past, recalling the old days
Kun reading compounds
- 古い 【ふるい】 old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
- 古家 【ふるいえ】 old house, deserted house
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふゆ
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- viejo
- antiguo
- desgastar
Portuguese
- velho
French
- vieux
| 1577 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53e4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刀 【カタナ】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
- 小刀 【コガタナ】 (small) knife, short sword, small sword
- 太刀 【タチ】 long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai), large sword, straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier), guandao, Chinese glaive
Kun reading compounds
- 刀 【かたな】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀折れ矢尽きて 【かたなおれやつきて】 having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
- 一刀 【いっとう】 sword, blade, single stroke
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 剃刀 【かみそり】 razor
- オッカムの剃刀 【オッカムのかみそり】 Occam's razor, Ockham's razor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ち、 と、 わき
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- espada
Portuguese
- espada
- sabre
- faca
French
- épée
- sabre
- couteau
| 289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 198 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 181 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1494 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 665 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 34 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1088 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 12 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 37 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 37 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 441 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 177 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3642 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 84 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1845 | Morohashi |
| 2926 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 448 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 83 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 87 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 81 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3545 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-1-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5200 | Unicode hex code |