| 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long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date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 3
JLPT level N3
1197 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昔時 【セキジ】 old times, former times
- 昔日 【セキジツ】 old days
- 今昔 【コンジャク】 past and present
- 往昔 【オウセキ】 ancient times
Kun reading compounds
- 昔 【むかし】 the old days, the past, former times, a long time ago, the past ten years, the past decade
- 昔話 【むかしばなし】 old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence
- 一昔 【ひとむかし】 an age (ago), a long time (ago), a decade (ago)
- 遥か昔 【はるかむかし】 long ago
Readings
- Korean:
- seog, chag
Spanish
- antiguamente
- antigüedad
- viejos tiempos
- tiempo atrás
Portuguese
- Era uma vez
- antiquidade
- tempos antigos
French
- autrefois
- antiquité
- il était une fois
| 346 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1481 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1200 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2108 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 988 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 598 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 699 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 764 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 778 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 428 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 970 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3086 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1574 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2153 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1192 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13816 | Morohashi |
| 2432 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2433 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1184 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1268 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 306 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1978 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.28 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4460.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6614 | Unicode hex code |