| 4 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 4 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 26 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 18 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1025 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 6 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 35 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 188 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 6 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 6 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 335 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3778 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1928 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2620 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 4 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4682 | Morohashi |
| 3044 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 938 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 4 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 4 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 114 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 37 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
47 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 四 【シ】 four, 4
- ４月 【シガツ】 April, fourth month in the lunar calendar
- 十四 【ジュウシ】 fourteen, 14
- 炭素１４ 【タンソジュウシ】 carbon-14
Kun reading compounds
- 四 【し】 four, 4
- 四畳半 【よじょうはん】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
- 四つ 【よっつ】 four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips
- 四つ角 【よつかど】 four corners, crossroads, intersecting street, street corner
- 四つ 【よっつ】 four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips
- 四つの自由 【よっつのじゆう】 the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
- 四 【し】 four, 4
- ４０ 【よんじゅう】 forty, 40
- 十四 【じゅうし】 fourteen, 14
- 軽四 【けいよん】 four-wheeled light vehicle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 つ、 よつ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cuatro
- 4
Portuguese
- quatro
French
- quatre
| 3675 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 6021.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 56db | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1665 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 畳 【ジョウ】 tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
- 畳韻 【ジョウイン】 repeated rhymes (in Chinese poetry), recurring rhymes
- 重畳 【チョウジョウ】 placed one upon another, piled up, excellent, splendid, superimposition, superposition
- 山岳重畳 【サンガクチョウジョウ】 mountains rising one above another
Kun reading compounds
- 畳む 【たたむ】 to fold (clothes, umbrella), to close (a shop, business), to vacate
- 畳 【たたみ】 tatami mat, Japanese straw floor coverings
- 畳敷き 【たたみじき】 tatami-matted
- 柔道畳 【じゅうどうたたみ】 judo mat
- 琉球畳 【りゅうきゅうたたみ】 Ryūkyū tatami, sturdy and durable tatami that has a facing weaved from Shichito matgrass
Readings
- Korean:
- cheob
Spanish
- tatami
- contador para tatamis
- apilar
- pila
- montón
Portuguese
- esteira do tatami
- sufixo para contagem de esteiras de tatami
- dobrar
- calar
- abolir
French
- tatami
- compteur de tatamis
- surface : 182 cm x 91 cm
- replier
- empiler
- répété
- fermer, boucler (maison)
- terminer
| 1419 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1300 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3010 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 958 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 747 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1087 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1138 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1303 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3205 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2249 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1801 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21875P | Morohashi |
| 2592 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3763 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1784 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1923 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1567 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3673 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5f7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 6010.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7573 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 半 【ハン】 half, semi-, partial, half-past, odd number, han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
- 半額 【ハンガク】 half the amount (of money), half price, half fare
- 四畳半 【ヨジョウハン】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
- 過半 【カハン】 the greater part
Kun reading compounds
- 半ば 【なかば】 middle, halfway, midway, half (of), one half, half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially, mostly, almost, nearly
- 半ば過ぎ 【なかばすぎ】 beyond the middle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- は
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- mitad
- medio
- incompleto
- semi-
- semi
- a medias
- en parte
Portuguese
- metade
- médio
- número ímpar
- semi-
- parte-
French
- moitié
- demi
- milieu
- nombre impair
| 129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 214 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 195 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 224 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 132 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 150 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 28 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 213 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 88 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 88 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 159 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 243 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4313 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2936 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1210 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2707X | Morohashi |
| 3501 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 608 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1202 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1286 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 324 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 113 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 9050.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 534a | Unicode hex code |