| 1241 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1755 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1265 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1336 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1203 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 58 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 940 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 970 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1881 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 456 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 205 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 131 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 158 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 97 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6933 | Morohashi |
| 179 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1282 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 96 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 100 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1028 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2052 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 孔子 【コウシ】 Confucius
- 孔隙率 【コウゲキリツ】 porosity
- 瞳孔 【ドウコウ】 pupil (of the eye)
- 細孔 【サイコウ】 pore, small cavity, puncture
- 孔雀 【クジャク】 peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
- 孔子 【コウシ】 Confucius
Kun reading compounds
- 穴 【あな】 hole, opening, orifice, perforation, pit, hollow, cavity, hole (e.g. in the ground), burrow, den, lair, holt, hole, deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss, gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.), vacancy, opening, flaw, fault, defect, weak point, hole (in a theory, plan, etc.), loophole, good place not many people know about, well-kept secret, upset victory (with a large payoff), long shot, dark horse, (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre), hiding place, hideout
- 鍵穴 【かぎあな】 keyhole
- 巣穴 【すあな】 nesting hole, burrow, den
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- cavidad
- agujero
- raja
- grieta
Portuguese
- Cavidade
- buraco
- fenda
- muito
- grande
- excessivamente
French
- cavité
- trou
- fente
- très
- grand
- extrêmement
| 3556 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1241.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b54 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 孟子 【モウシ】 Mencius (372-289 BCE), Mengzi, Mencius (one of the Four Books)
- 孟夏 【モウカ】 beginning of summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 孔孟 【コウモウ】 Confucius and Mencius
- 論孟 【ロンモウ】 the Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たけし、 たけ、 はる、 はじめ、 つとむ、 おさ、 はい
- Korean:
- maeng, mang
Spanish
- jefe
- principio
- comienzo
- grande
Portuguese
French
| 1269 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 667 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2049 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2760 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1412 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1906 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 6960 | Morohashi |
| 2220 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1291 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2872 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2c5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 1710.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b5f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 教育委員会 【キョウイクイインカイ】 Board of Education
- 教育 【キョウイク】 education, schooling, training, instruction, teaching, upbringing, culture, cultivation, education
- 政教 【セイキョウ】 religion and politics, church and state
- 正教 【セイキョウ】 orthodoxy, (Greek) orthodox church
Kun reading compounds
- 教える 【おしえる】 to teach, to instruct, to tell, to inform, to show, to preach
- 教わる 【おそわる】 to be taught, to learn, to take lessons in
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり、 ひさ
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- educación
- enseñanza
- enseñar
- instruir
- ser enseñado
Portuguese
- ensinar
- fé
- doutrina
French
- enseigner
- foi
- doctrine
| 191 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 112 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 101 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 97 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2052 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 247 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 179 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1408 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 245 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 245 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 214 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 940 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1887 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1002 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1356 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1262 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13213 | Morohashi |
| 1493 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2345 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1254 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1343 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 58 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 202 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1466 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 4844.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6559 | Unicode hex code |