| 1566 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1594 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 974 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1292 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1143 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1246 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1313 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1436 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 310 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 773 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 455 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1593 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4138P | Morohashi |
| 630 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 872 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1579 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1702 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1612 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 嘆 【タン】 sigh, grief, lamentation
- 嘆願 【タンガン】 entreaty, appeal, petition
- 詠嘆 【エイタン】 exclamation, admiration
- 慨嘆 【ガイタン】 deploring, lamentation, regret, complaint
Kun reading compounds
- 嘆く 【なげく】 to lament, to grieve, to regret, to deplore
- 嘆かわしい 【なげかわしい】 lamentable, deplorable, regrettable, sad, wretched
Readings
- Korean:
- tan
Spanish
- deplorar
- lamentar
- suspirar
- gemir
- afligirse
Portuguese
- suspiro
- lamento
- pesar
French
- se lamenter
- soupirer
- gémir
- peine
| 3763 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d10.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 6403.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5606 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
- 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
- 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
- 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
Kun reading compounds
- 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
- 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
- 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
- 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
- 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- canción
- cantar
Portuguese
- canção
- cantar
French
- chanson
- chanter
| 166 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 84 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 478 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2422 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 256 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 201 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 392 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 395 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 200 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1125 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2296 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 480 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16167 | Morohashi |
| 1825 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2945 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 469 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 508 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 486 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 230 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 1768.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b4c | Unicode hex code |