| 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 |
目
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
76 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 目 【モク】 order, item (of a budget revision, etc.), counter for go pieces, counter for surrounded positions
- 目撃 【モクゲキ】 witnessing, observing, sighting
- 着目 【チャクモク】 attention, giving one's attention, focusing
- 細目 【サイモク】 particulars, details, specified items
- 耳目 【ジモク】 eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, one's attention, one's interest
- 不面目 【フメンボク】 shame, disgrace
Kun reading compounds
- 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
- 目当て 【めあて】 mark, guide, landmark, purpose, aim, goal, intention, end, sight (on a firearm)
- 蛇の目 【じゃのめ】 bull's-eye (pattern), double ring (pattern), umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
- 負い目 【おいめ】 (feeling of) indebtedness, feeling obliged
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さかん、 さがん、 さっか、 さつか
- Korean:
- mog
Spanish
- ojo
- mirada
- percepción
Portuguese
- olho
- classe
- olhar
- visão
- experiência
- atenção
- favor
French
- oeil
- regard
- aperçu
- numérateur ordinal
- expérience
- classe
- faveur
- pièce (Go)
| 25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 30 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 72 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 65 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3127 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 22 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 75 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 191 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 55 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 55 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 168 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1376 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3777 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1927 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 15 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23105 | Morohashi |
| 3043 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3906 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 15 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 15 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 91 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 48 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3979 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 6010.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76ee | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1539 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 垣牆 【エンショウ】 hedge, fence
- 紫微垣 【シビエン】 Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)
Kun reading compounds
- 垣 【かき】 fence, hedge, railing, barrier, wall
- 垣根 【かきね】 hedge, fence, border, limit
- 斎垣 【いがき】 fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
- 築垣 【ついがき】 mud wall with a roof
Readings
- Japanese names:
- がい
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- cerco
- valla
- muro
- seto
Portuguese
- barreira
- cerca
- parede
French
- haie
- clôture
- mur
| 1073 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1272 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1075 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1151 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 795 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1276 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1350 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1784 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 373 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 416 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 260 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 156 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5060 | Morohashi |
| 351 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1009 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 154 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 165 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1241 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4111.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 57a3 | Unicode hex code |