| 1637 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1333 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1124 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1759 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 438 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2038 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1073 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1121 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1694 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 360 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3523 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1818 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2473 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1679 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5338 | Morohashi |
| 2841 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1074 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1663 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1792 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1615 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 塗料 【トリョウ】 paints, painting material
- 塗装 【トソウ】 coating, painting
- 道途 【ドウト】 road
- 糊塗 【コト】 patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over
Kun reading compounds
- 塗る 【ぬる】 to paint, to plaster, to lacquer, to varnish, to spread, to smear, to put up (wallpaper)
- 塗り 【ぬり】 coating (esp. lacquering)
- 塗り替える 【ぬりかえる】 to repaint, to paint again, to paint (a different colour), to change completely, to break (a record), to redraw (e.g. the map), to remake
- 春慶塗 【しゅんけいぬり】 Shunkei lacquerware, lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
- 中塗り 【なかぬり】 intermediate coat of paint or lacquer, second coat
- 塗れる 【まみれる】 to be smeared, to be covered
Readings
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- pintar
- embadurnar
- untar
- laquear
- recubrir
Portuguese
- pintura
- gesso
- emplastar
- untar
- cobertura
French
- peinture
- peindre
- tartiner
- barbouiller
- enduire
- recouvrir
| 372 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b10.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-10-3 | SKIP code |
| 4416.3 | Four corner code |
| 3810.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5857 | Unicode hex code |
工
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
- 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
- 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
- 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
- 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
- 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
- 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
- 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
- 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
- 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もく
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- construcción
- fabricación
- obrero
Portuguese
- ofício
- construção
French
- ingénierie
- industrie
- construction
- radical katakana E (no. 48)
| 71 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 125 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 113 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 169 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1451 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 77 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 161 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 39 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 139 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 379 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 550 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4190 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2118 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2866 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 76 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8714 | Morohashi |
| 3381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1532 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 76 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 80 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 173 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 84 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1010.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5de5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紙 【シ】 newspaper
- 紙上 【シジョウ】 on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
- 原稿用紙 【ゲンコウヨウシ】 Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
- 製紙 【セイシ】 papermaking, paper manufacture
Kun reading compounds
- 紙 【かみ】 paper
- 紙芝居 【かみしばい】 kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
- インディア紙 【インディアかみ】 India paper
- 頸上 【くびかみ】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- papel
- periódico
Portuguese
- Papel
French
- papier
| 85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 148 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 132 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 501 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3510 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1953 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 180 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 180 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 243 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1517 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1654 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27293 | Morohashi |
| 1302 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4455 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1829 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1971 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 456 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 194 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2756 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 2294.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d19 | Unicode hex code |