| 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
1768 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 粋 【スイ】 essence, the best, cream, chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated, considerate, understanding, thoughtful, tactful, familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
- 粋が身を食う 【スイガミヲクウ】 too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes), playing the dandy ruins a man
- 国粋 【コクスイ】 national characteristics
- 清粋 【セイスイ】 elegance
Kun reading compounds
- 粋 【いき】 chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated, understanding, considerate, thoughtful, sensible, familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
- 粋がる 【いきがる】 to be pretentious, to put on airs, to try to appear smart, to act brave, to try to look cool
- 不意気 【ぶいき】 vulgar, unrefined
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- elegancia
- estilo
- esencia
Portuguese
- chique
- estilo
- pureza
- essência
- supra-sumo
- a nata
- elite
- selecionados
French
- élégance
- chic
- style
- pureté
- essence
- élite
- de choix
| 1455 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1537 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3467 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1790 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1610 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1132 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1708 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1825 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1069 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1494 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1645 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 871 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1188 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 934 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26875 | Morohashi |
| 1293 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 925 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 993 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1377 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 9494.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7c8b | Unicode hex code |