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 |
氏
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
84 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 氏 【シ】 Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, clan, he, him, counter for people
- 氏族 【シゾク】 clan, family
- 両氏 【リョウシ】 both persons
- 同氏 【ドウシ】 the said person, he, she, same surname
Kun reading compounds
- 氏 【うじ】 family name, lineage, birth, clan
- 氏名 【しめい】 (full) name, identity
- 杜氏 【とうじ】 chief brewer at a sake brewery
- 漢氏 【あやうじ】 Aya clan
Readings
- Korean:
- ssi, ji
Spanish
- apellido
- clan
- señor
Portuguese
- nome de família
- sobrenome
- clã
French
- nom de famille
- nom
- clan
- Monsieur
620 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
522 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
495 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
177 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2478 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
361 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1456 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
223 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
566 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
575 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
744 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1148 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3669 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2552 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1845 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17026 | Morohashi |
2951 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3020 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1828 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1970 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
223 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
443 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2656 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-2 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
7274.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c0f | Unicode hex code |