| 182 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 535 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 4349 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2962 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 5852 | Morohashi |
| 1143 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2881 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2893 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2324 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夷 【イ】 barbarian
- 夷国 【イコク】 land of the barbarians
- 攘夷 【ジョウイ】 expulsion of foreigners
- 征夷 【セイイ】 defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi), conquering barbarians
Kun reading compounds
- 夷 【えびす】 peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu), provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city), brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan), foreigner, barbarian
- 恵比寿 【えびす】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 東夷 【あずまえびす】 warrior from the eastern parts of Japan, eastern barbarians, people east of China (from the perspective of China)
- 荒夷 【あらえびす】 crude warrior from the eastern parts of Japan, wild man
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し
- Korean:
- i
Spanish
- bárbaro
- salvaje
Portuguese
French
| 0a6.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 5003.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5937 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1601 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 隅角 【グウカク】 iridocorneal angle, angulus iridocornealis, corner
- 一隅 【イチグウ】 corner, nook
- 四隅 【ヨスミ】 four corners, four ordinal directions
Kun reading compounds
- 隅 【すみ】 corner, nook, recess, downstage right (on a noh stage)
- 隅々 【すみずみ】 every corner, every nook and cranny, all the ins and outs
- 四隅 【よすみ】 four corners, four ordinal directions
- 一隅 【いちぐう】 corner, nook
Readings
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- esquina
- rincón
Portuguese
- esquina
- canto
French
- coin
- recoin
| 1187 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1686 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5009 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 990 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1566 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1640 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1753 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1239 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 744 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 760 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 568 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1977 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41743X | Morohashi |
| 623 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6467 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1958 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2108 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1599 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3653 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 7622.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9685 | Unicode hex code |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
- 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
- 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
- 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
- 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 さわ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
| 39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 59 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 48 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1447 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 41 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 49 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 20 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 33 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 33 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 101 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 6 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 129 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8673 | Morohashi |
| 6 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 127 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 134 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 196 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 21 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 2200.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5ddd | Unicode hex code |