| 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 grade 3
JLPT level N3
798 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 等 【トウ】 class, order, rank, et cetera, etc., and the like, equal, iso-
- 等身 【トウシン】 body proportions
- 中等 【チュウトウ】 second grade, medium quality, average, middle class, secondary grade
- 等々 【トウトウ】 etc., et cetera, and so on
Kun reading compounds
- 等しい 【ひとしい】 equal, identical, the same, no different (from), just like, equivalent
- 等 【など】 et cetera, etc., and the like, and so forth, or something, the likes of, for example, for instance, for one
- 等など 【などなど】 et cetera, etc., and the like, and so forth
- 等など 【などなど】 et cetera, etc., and the like, and so forth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- と、 ひ
- Korean:
- deung
Spanish
- clase
- calidad
- igual que
- igual
- etcétera
Portuguese
- etc.
- e assim por diante
- classe (1º
- 2º )
- qualidade
- igual
- semelhante
French
- et ainsi de suite
- etc...
- semblable
- classe (1ère)
- qualité
- égal
- pluriel (peu respectueux)
| 484 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 383 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 361 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 601 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3396 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 294 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 795 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1770 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 569 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 578 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 353 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1479 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3321 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1723 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2339 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 954 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25992 | Morohashi |
| 2682 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4287 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 945 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1016 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 151 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 407 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2348 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 8834.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b49 | Unicode hex code |
bureaucrat, the government, organ
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
230 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 官 【カン】 government, government service, the bureaucracy, government post, government official
- 官界 【カンカイ】 bureaucracy
- 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
- 自衛官 【ジエイカン】 Japanese Self-Defense Force official, Self-Defense Force official
Readings
- Korean:
- gwan
Spanish
- gobierno
- gubernamental (lugar
- persona)
- órgano del cuerpo
Portuguese
- burocracia
- o governo
French
- fonctionnaire
- gouvernemental
| 364 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 465 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 441 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 225 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1295 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 318 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 462 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 672 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 326 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 326 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 540 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 469 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2766 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1417 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1912 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1279 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7107 | Morohashi |
| 2226 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1322 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1271 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1363 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 202 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 498 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3077.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b98 | Unicode hex code |