| 822 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1174 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1977 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 696 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2044 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 947 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2759 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1411 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1905 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1103 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5893 | Morohashi |
| 2219 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1147 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1094 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1175 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
841 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 奈良 【ナラ】 Nara (city, prefecture)
- な行 【ナギョウ】 the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)
- 眼仁奈 【メジナ】 largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)
- 輪奈 【ワナ】 loop (of thread, string, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
- 如何 【いかん】 (depending on) how, (depending on) what, nature (of), what is ...?, how is ...?, what will be ...?
- 唐梨 【からなし】 Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)
Readings
- Korean:
- nae, na
Spanish
- Nara
- ¿que tal?
- ¿por qué?
Portuguese
French
- Nara
- comment ?
| 1441 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4090.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5948 | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
446 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 渡航 【トコウ】 voyage, passage, travelling
- 渡欧 【トオウ】 going to Europe, trip to Europe
- 過渡 【カト】 crossing, ferry, transient, changing old to new
- 譲渡 【ジョウト】 transfer, assignment, conveyance
Kun reading compounds
- 渡る 【わたる】 to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span
- 渡る世間に鬼はない 【わたるせけんにおにはない】 all people aren't evil, don't distrust everyone, there is kindness to be found everywhere
- 渡す 【わたす】 to ferry across (e.g. a river), to carry across, to traverse, to lay across, to build across, to hand over, to hand in, to pass, to give, to transfer
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 たり、 わたな、 わたら、 わたり
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- vadear
- cruzar
- pasar
- emigrar
- entregar
Portuguese
- transito
- vau
- balsa
- cruzar
- importar
- entregar
- diâmetro
- emigrar
French
- transit
- gué
- bac
- traversée
- import
- livrer
- diamètre
- migrer
| 1636 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 615 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2635 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 897 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 695 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1586 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 378 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 379 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 205 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1225 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 746 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 445 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 560 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1203 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17765 | Morohashi |
| 611 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3247 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1195 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1279 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1561 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 367 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a9.35 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3014.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e21 | Unicode hex code |