| 632 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 532 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 504 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 694 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 622 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 187 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 409 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 736 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 91 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 91 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 558 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 324 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3720 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1903 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2585 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 323 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3441P | Morohashi |
| 2998 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 768 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 317 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 339 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 507 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
562 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 周 【シュウ】 counter for laps or circuits, perimeter, Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE), Chou dynasty
- 周囲 【シュウイ】 surroundings, environs, circumference
- 円周 【エンシュウ】 circumference
- 外周 【ガイシュウ】 outer circumference, perimeter, outskirts, periphery
Kun reading compounds
- 周り 【まわり】 circumference, girth, surroundings, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, people surrounding oneself, surrounding circumstances
- 回りくどい 【まわりくどい】 circuitous, roundabout, indirect
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あまね、 しゅ、 す、 ちか、 のり、 ひろ、 びび、 まこと
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- circunferencia
- vuelta
- alrededores
- difundir
Portuguese
- circunferência
- circuito
- volta
French
- circonférence
- tour
- alentours
| 3649 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2r6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5468 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
| 229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30095 | Morohashi |
| 3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 879 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81ea | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1209 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 斉 【セイ】 Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States), Ch'i
- 斉唱 【セイショウ】 singing in unison, chanting in unison
- 一斉 【イッセイ】 simultaneous, all at once
- 整斉 【セイセイ】 arranged, organized, orderly, neat
- 斎行 【サイコウ】 carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)
- 斉衡 【サイコウ】 Saikō era (854.11.30-857.2.21)
Kun reading compounds
- 等しい 【ひとしい】 equal, identical, the same, no different (from), just like, equivalent
- 等しく 【ひとしく】 equally, evenly, similarly, alike, just as ..., as soon as ..., the moment (that) ..., immediately upon ...
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ただ、 なり、 ひと、 ひとし
- Korean:
- ja, che, chae
Spanish
- semejante
- igual
- equivalente
Portuguese
- ajustado
- da mesma forma
- igual
- variedade parecida
French
- arranger
- égal
- semblable
- même variété
| 1473 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1528 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5423 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1958 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1393 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 701 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1477 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1574 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1779 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1874 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2548 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1299 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1768 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1745 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13454 | Morohashi |
| 2054 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2366 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1729 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1866 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1223 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 454 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 4-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 0022.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6589 | Unicode hex code |