| 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; ca. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
- 夏季 【カキ】 summer season, summer, summertime
- 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, summer, summertime
- 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
1409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 玄米 【ゲンマイ】 unpolished rice, unmilled rice, brown rice
- 玄関 【ゲンカン】 entrance, front door, entryway, entranceway, entry hall, vestibule, porch, foyer, mud room
- 幽玄 【ユウゲン】 mysterious profundity, quiet beauty, the subtle and profound, yūgen
Kun reading compounds
- 玄人 【くろうと】 expert, professional, master, connoisseur, woman in the nightlife business, demimondaine, geisha and prostitutes
- 玄人気質 【くろうとかたぎ】 professionalism, the temperament of a professional
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けん、 はる、 はるか
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- misterioso
- oculto
- oscuro
- negro
Portuguese
- misterioso
- oculto
French
- mystérieux
- occulte
- sombre
| 1227 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1514 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2918 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1113 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1533 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 522 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1225 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1289 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1276 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1311 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2485 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1256 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1722 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1395 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20814 | Morohashi |
| 1991 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3616 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1383 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1484 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1051 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 471 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 0073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7384 | Unicode hex code |