| 144 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 232 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 212 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 298 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 336 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 766 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 471 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 479 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 93 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 406 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2550 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1301 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1770 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1046 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5763 | Morohashi |
| 2056 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1037 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1115 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 318 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 169 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夜 【ヤ】 counter for nights
- 夜間 【ヤカン】 night, nighttime
- 同夜 【ドウヤ】 the same night, that night
- 通夜 【ツヤ】 all-night vigil over a body, wake
Kun reading compounds
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜明け 【よあけ】 dawn, daybreak
- 毎夜 【まいよ】 every evening, every night
- 短夜 【みじかよ】 short summer night
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜ご飯 【よるごはん】 dinner, evening meal
- 御寝 【およる】 sleep, rest
- 銀河鉄道の夜 【ぎんがてつどうのよる】 Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa), Milky Way Railroad
Readings
- Korean:
- ya
Spanish
- noche
- tarde
Portuguese
- noite
- à noite
French
- nuit
- soirée
| 467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 0024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 591c | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 這般 【シャハン】 these, this kind of, such, this time
- 這裏 【シャリ】 inside this, within
Kun reading compounds
- 這う 【はう】 to crawl, to creep, to go on all fours, to slither, to wriggle, to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.), to spread, to creep
- 入り込む 【はいりこむ】 to go into, to come into, to penetrate, to get in, to step in (a house), to become complicated
- 入り口 【いりぐち】 entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth
Readings
- Korean:
- jeo, eon
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4698 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1515 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 4003 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2775 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 38889X | Morohashi |
| 6058 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2414 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2494 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2q7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 3030.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9019 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 星 【セイ】 Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Singapore
- 星座 【セイザ】 constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
- 新星 【シンセイ】 nova, new face, new star
- 小惑星 【ショウワクセイ】 asteroid
- 客星 【カクセイ】 celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)
- 七星 【シチセイ】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
Kun reading compounds
- 星 【ほし】 star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body, star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk, star (actor, player, etc.), dot, spot, fleck, bullseye, perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect, one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune, point, score, star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi, (pyrotechnic) star
- 星空 【ほしぞら】 starry sky
- 四三の星 【しそうのほし】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
- 希望の星 【きぼうのほし】 ray of light, ray of hope, promising talent
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- estrella
- punto pequeño
- resultado de un juego
Portuguese
- estrela
- ponto
- marca
French
- étoile
- point
- marque
| 264 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 171 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 154 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 877 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2121 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 838 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 599 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 946 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 730 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 743 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 463 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 973 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3089 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2156 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1570 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13837 | Morohashi |
| 2435 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2452 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1556 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1676 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 181 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 6010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 661f | Unicode hex code |