| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
313 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 供述 【キョウジュツ】 affidavit, deposition, testimony
- 供給 【キョウキュウ】 supply, provision
- 情報提供 【ジョウホウテイキョウ】 provision of information
- 臓器提供 【ゾウキテイキョウ】 organ donation
- 供養 【クヨウ】 memorial service for the dead, holding a service
- 供物 【クモツ】 offering (e.g. to the gods), votive offering
- 節句 【セック】 seasonal festival
- 初節供 【ハツゼック】 baby's first annual festival
- 供花 【キョウカ】 offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.), floral tribute
- 人身御供 【ヒトミゴクウ】 human sacrifice, victim
- 供御 【クゴ】 emperor's meal
- 供祭 【グサイ】 offerings, offerings and worship
- 内供 【ナイグ】 inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
- 応供 【オウグ】 arhat (meritorious person, esp. an epithet of Buddha)
Kun reading compounds
- 供える 【そなえる】 to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate
- 供 【とも】 companion, follower, attendant, retinue
- 共に 【ともに】 together, jointly, at the same time, with, as ..., including, along with, both
- 酒のお供 【さけのおとも】 appetizer or snack served with drinks, accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
Readings
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- ofrecer
- entregar
- expresar
- mencionar
- acompañante
Portuguese
- submeter
- oferecer
- presentear
- servir (refeição)
- acompanhar
French
- présenter
- offrir
- soumettre
- proposer
- accompagner
- servir (plat)
- pluriel cérémonieux
| 760 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 850 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 839 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 456 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 431 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 694 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 315 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 555 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 197 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 197 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 418 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 88 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 98 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 66 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 70 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1813 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 605 | Morohashi |
| 88 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 195 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1796 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1935 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 340 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 861 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2161 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 2428.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f9b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
30 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 連 【レン】 two reams (of paper), 1000 sheets (of paper), stanza, verse, tribe (in taxonomy), forecast (bet), bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet), party, company, group, set, things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc., falcon
- 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
- 労連 【ロウレン】 labour union, labor union
- 常連 【ジョウレン】 regular customer, regular patron, regular visitor, frequenter, constant companion
Kun reading compounds
- 連なる 【つらなる】 to extend, to stretch out, to stand in a row, to attend, to participate in, to enrol, to enroll, to join, to have a connection, to be related, to be linked
- 連ねる 【つらねる】 to line up, to put in a row, to add (to a group), to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.), to join (e.g. a list), to link, to put together, to string together (e.g. compliments), to enumerate, to take along with, to bring with
- 連れる 【つれる】 to take (someone) with one, to bring along, to go with, to be accompanied by
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ずれ、 つれ、 むらじ、 れ
- Korean:
- ryeon
Spanish
- unir
- acompañar
- estar junto
- grupo
- agrupar
Portuguese
- Levar pelo caminho
- primazia
- unir
- conectar
- partido
- gangue
- grupo
French
- emmener
- se mettre en rang
- s'unir
- série
- parti
- bande
- clique
| 538 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 637 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 607 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 87 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4702 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 383 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 960 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1238 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 440 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 446 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 299 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 699 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3849 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1976 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2672 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 293 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38902P | Morohashi |
| 3103 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6062 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 287 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 305 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 101 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 560 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1555 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3530.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9023 | Unicode hex code |