| 119 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 67 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 58 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 364 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 16 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 78 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 41 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 93 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 141 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 141 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 462 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 410 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4250 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2148 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2898 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 435 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5833 | Morohashi |
| 3442 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1138 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 428 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 457 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 277 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 34 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
512 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 天 【テン】 sky, heaven, God, svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth), deva (divine being of Buddhism), top (of a book), sole (of a Japanese sandal), beginning, start, tempura, India
- 天下 【テンカ】 the whole world, the whole country, society, the public, supremacy over a nation, government of a country, the ruling power, having one's own way, doing as one pleases, peerless, incomparable, superlative, world-famous, shogun (Edo period)
- 炎天 【エンテン】 blazing heat, scorching sun
- 楽天 【ラクテン】 optimism
Kun reading compounds
- 天津 【あまつ】 heavenly, imperial
- 天津乙女 【あまつおとめ】 celestial maiden
- 天 【あめ】 sky
- 天地 【てんち】 heaven and earth, the universe, the world, nature, land, world, realm, sphere, top and bottom, gods of heaven and earth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あも、 た、 たかし、 て、 なま
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- paraíso
- cielo
- imperial
Portuguese
- paraíso
- ceú
- imperiais
French
- cieux
- ciel
- impérial
| 3163 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 1043.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5929 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 狗子仏性 【クシブッショウ】 the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
- 狗屠 【クト】 dog slaughter, killing of dogs, dog butcher
- 走狗 【ソウク】 hound, hunting dog, running dog, dupe, tool of another person, cat's-paw
- 狡兎良狗 【コウトリョウク】 When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
Kun reading compounds
- 犬 【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy, loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
- 【イヌワシ】 golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- 喪家の狗 【そうかのいぬ】 feeling lost like a stray dog
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2875 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 566 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 405 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 20345 | Morohashi |
| 345 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3565 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2341 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2430 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3g5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72d7 | Unicode hex code |
haiku, actor
- On:
- ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
- 俳句 【ハイク】 haiku, 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
Readings
- Korean:
- bae
Spanish
- haiku
- actor
- intérprete
Portuguese
- haiku
- ator
French
- acteur
- haïku
| 969 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 959 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1280 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 485 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1427 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1052 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1036 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1035 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1076 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1167 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 110 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 126 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 82 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 94 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1648 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 726 | Morohashi |
| 112 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 254 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1633 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1761 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 913 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2154 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 2121.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ff3 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 諧和 【カイワ】 gentle mutual affection, harmony, harmony
- 諧謔 【カイギャク】 joke, jest, banter
- 俳諧 【ハイカイ】 haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.), haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century), absurd, comical
- 天狗俳諧 【テングハイカイ】 parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results), tengu haiku
Readings
- Korean:
- hae
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4413 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2639 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1069 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2008 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1442 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 35718 | Morohashi |
| 5670 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 486 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 7a9.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-9 | SKIP code |
| 0166.1 | Four corner code |
| 0266.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-75-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8ae7 | Unicode hex code |