52 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
88 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
82 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
580 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
58 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
163 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
148 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1161 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
461 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
469 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
97 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
402 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2619 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1339 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1815 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
302 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5720 | Morohashi |
2113 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1120 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
296 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
317 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
188 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夏 【カ】 Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
- 夏季 【カキ】 summer season
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 盛夏 【セイカ】 midsummer, height of summer
- 夏 【ゲ】 summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
- 夏至 【ゲシ】 summer solstice
- 一夏 【イチゲ】 one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
- 半夏 【ハンゲ】 crow dipper (Pinellia tuber), 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
Kun reading compounds
- 夏 【なつ】 summer
- 夏季 【かき】 summer season
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 常夏 【とこなつ】 everlasting summer
Readings
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- verano
Portuguese
- verão
French
- été
3167 | 2001 Kanji |
4i7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
2-7-3 | SKIP code |
1024.7 | Four corner code |
1040.7 | Four corner code |
1-18-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
590f | Unicode hex code |
marquis, lord, daimyo
- On:
- コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2363 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 侯 【コウ】 marquis, second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility, daimyo
- 候補 【コウホ】 candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list, candidacy, candidature, nomination
- 王侯 【オウコウ】 the king and his feudal lords
- 仙台侯 【センダイコウ】 Lord of Sendai
Readings
- Korean:
- hu
Spanish
- marqués
- señor feudal
- daimyo
Portuguese
- marques
- senhor
- daimyo
French
- marquis
- seigneur
- daimyo
1256 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
2014 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
443 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1479 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
777 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1924 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2107 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1876 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
95 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
109 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
74 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
79 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1654 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
633 | Morohashi |
98 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
211 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1639 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1767 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1227 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2163 | 2001 Kanji |
2a7.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-7 | SKIP code |
2723.4 | Four corner code |
1-24-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4faf | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 記章 【キショウ】 medal, badge, insignia
Readings
- Korean:
- hwi
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1642 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2866 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
968 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
705 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
10267X | Morohashi |
787 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1773 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
3i14.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-14 | SKIP code |
2824.0 | Four corner code |
1-21-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5fbd | Unicode hex code |