| 79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4752 | Morohashi |
| 3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 6010.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 56fd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1939 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 侍従 【ジジュウ】 chamberlain
- 侍医 【ジイ】 court physician
- 内侍 【ナイシ】 maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting
- 陪侍 【バイジ】 retainer, attending on the nobility
- 内侍 【ナイシ】 maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting
Kun reading compounds
- 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, person with a strong backbone, person that does incredible things, person of considerable talent
- 侍蟻 【さむらいあり】 Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)
- 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
- 七人の侍 【しちにんのさむらい】 Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)
- 侍る 【はべる】 to wait upon, to serve
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
- sirviente
- criado
- samurai
Portuguese
- garçom
- samurai
- esperar sobre
- servir
French
- serviteur
- samouraï
- servir
| 1326 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1823 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 427 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1446 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1046 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 559 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 571 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 580 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1878 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 90 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 94 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 62 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 66 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 985 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 589 | Morohashi |
| 85 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 192 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 976 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1050 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1150 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2148 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 2424.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f8d | Unicode hex code |