| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
588 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 座 【ザ】 seat, place, position, status, gathering, party, company, atmosphere (of a gathering), stand, pedestal, platform, trade guild, attaches to the names of constellations, attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes, counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
- 座敷 【ザシキ】 tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room, dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
- 連座 【レンザ】 implication (in a crime), involvement, sitting in a row (in the same seat)
- 同坐 【ドウザ】 sitting together, the same theater (theatre), involvement, entanglement, implication
Kun reading compounds
- 座る 【すわる】 to sit, to squat, to assume (a position), to hold steady, to hold still
Readings
- Korean:
- jwa
Spanish
- sitio
- asiento
- constelación
- sentarse
Portuguese
- agachar
- assento
- almofada
- reunião
- sentar
French
- s'accroupir
- s'asseoir
- siège
- coussin
- rassemblement
- théâtre
- constellation
| 880 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 870 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 377 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1515 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1089 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 510 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1245 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 786 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 800 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 175 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 590 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3868 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1989 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2686 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1033 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9319 | Morohashi |
| 3116 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1619 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1024 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1100 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 900 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 572 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 0021.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5ea7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 敷設 【フセツ】 laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.), construction
- 敷衍 【フエン】 expatiation, enlargement (e.g. on a point), elaboration, amplification, clear explanation, paraphrasing
Kun reading compounds
- 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しき、 にゅう
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- extender
- tender una vía
- pavimentar
Portuguese
- espalhar
- pavimentar
- assentar
- promulgar
French
- étaler
- paver
- s'asseoir
- promulguer
| 1756 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1053 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2059 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1039 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1392 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2355 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1451 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1544 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 724 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 947 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2345 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1207 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1653 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1901 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13359P | Morohashi |
| 1870 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2357 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1883 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2028 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1772 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1566 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-4 | SKIP code |
| 5824.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6577 | Unicode hex code |