| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
925 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 恵雨 【ケイウ】 welcome rain
- 恵泉女学園大学 【ケイセンジョガクエンダイガク】 Keisen University
- 互恵 【ゴケイ】 reciprocity, mutual benefit
- 慈恵 【ジケイ】 mercy and love
- 恵 【エ】 wisdom, enlightenment, prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path), wisdom
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 悪知恵 【ワルヂエ】 craft, cunning, guile, serpentine wisdom
- 付け知恵 【ツケヂエ】 hint, suggestion
Kun reading compounds
- 恵む 【めぐむ】 to bless, to show mercy to, to give (money, etc.)
- 恵み 【めぐみ】 blessing, grace
- 恵みの雨 【めぐみのあめ】 welcome rain, merciful rain, blessed rain, rain after a long dry period
- 天の恵み 【てんのめぐみ】 God's gift, God's blessing, grace of God, godsend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あや、 け、 さと、 さとし、 しげ、 へい、 み、 やす
- Korean:
- hye
Spanish
- favor
- bendición
- gracia
- bondad
- ser bondadoso
- favorecer
Portuguese
- favor
- benção
- graça
- gentileza
French
- bénéficier de
- faveur divine
- grâce
- gentillesse
| 1196 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 875 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1681 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1498 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 540 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1226 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1219 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1282 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1077 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 781 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3293 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1704 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2315 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 619 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10618P | Morohashi |
| 2659 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1847 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 612 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 659 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1331 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1558 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 5033.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6075 | Unicode hex code |