| 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long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date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 junior high
JLPT level N2
1159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 賢 【ケン】 intelligence, genius, scholarship, virtue
- 賢人 【ケンジン】 wise person, virtuous person, sage, unrefined sake
- 遺賢 【イケン】 able men left out of office
- 聖賢 【セイケン】 saints and sages
Kun reading compounds
- 賢い 【かしこい】 wise, clever, smart, well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かた、 さか、 さと、 さとし、 たか、 たて、 のり、 まこと、 まさ、 まさる
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- inteligente
- sabio
- ingenioso
Portuguese
- sábio
- inteligente
- sabedoria
- inteligência
French
- intelligent
- sage
- sagesse
| 1221 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1488 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4517 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1072 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 931 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2579 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1288 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1362 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1740 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3518 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1817 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2472 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 860 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36822 | Morohashi |
| 2839 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5816 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 852 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 915 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1855 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-9-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-7 | SKIP code |
| 7780.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8ce2 | Unicode hex code |