| 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 N3
1575 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 恥辱 【チジョク】 disgrace, shame, insult
- 恥丘 【チキュウ】 mons pubis, mons veneris
- 無恥 【ムチ】 shameless
- 羞恥 【シュウチ】 shyness, bashfulness, shame
Kun reading compounds
- 恥じる 【はじる】 to feel ashamed
- 恥 【はじ】 shame, embarrassment, disgrace
- 恥さらし 【はじさらし】 disgrace, shame
- 大恥 【おおはじ】 great shame, great disgrace, harsh humiliation, deep embarrassment, unbearable loss of face
- 死に恥 【しにはじ】 dishonor that persists after death, shame at the moment of one's death
- 恥じらう 【はじらう】 to feel shy, to be bashful, to blush
- 恥ずかしい 【はずかしい】 embarrassing, embarrassed, ashamed, humiliated, shy, disgraceful, shameful
Readings
- Korean:
- chi
Spanish
- vergüenza
- rubor
- deshonra
- deshonor
- avergonzarse
- sonrojarse
- avergonzado
Portuguese
- vergonha
- desonra
French
- honte
- déshonneur
| 1572 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1710 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3704 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1431 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 538 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1690 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1805 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1366 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 783 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1664 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1200 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 831 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10585 | Morohashi |
| 1313 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1846 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 823 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 886 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1332 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3258 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6e4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 1340.0 | Four corner code |
| 1310.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6065 | Unicode hex code |