| 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)
- 鰓孔 【エラアナ】 gill slit, pharyngeal slit
- 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 枝 【シ】 counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
- 枝葉 【エダハ】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
- 整枝 【セイシ】 training (branches in horticulture)
- 茘枝 【レイシ】 litchi (Nephelium litchi), lychee, lichee, litchi nut, bitter melon (Momordica charantia), bitter gourd, Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
Kun reading compounds
- 枝 【えだ】 branch, bough, limb, twig, sprig, spray
- 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
- 若枝 【わかえだ】 young branch, shoot, sprig, scion
- 細枝 【ほそえだ】 twig, wand
Readings
- Japanese names:
- え、 ぐさ
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- rama
- bifurcación
Portuguese
- ramagem
- ramo
- galho
- tronco
French
- branche
- rameau
- brindille
- compteur de branches
| 719 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1315 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1154 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2211 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 889 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 626 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 631 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 870 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 889 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 972 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1074 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1073 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 579 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 767 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 720 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14557 | Morohashi |
| 863 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2591 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 713 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 770 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 684 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1867 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4494.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 679d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 泳者 【エイシャ】 a swimmer
- 泳動 【エイドウ】 migration, movement, phoresis
- 遠泳 【エンエイ】 long-distance swimming
- 着衣泳 【チャクイエイ】 swimming fully-clothed
Kun reading compounds
- 泳ぐ 【およぐ】 to swim, to struggle through (a crowd), to make one's way through the world, to get along (in life), to totter, to lose one's balance
Readings
- Korean:
- yeong
Spanish
- nadar
Portuguese
- nadar
French
- nager
| 352 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 252 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 232 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1198 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2520 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 562 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 680 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1208 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1271 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 193 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1168 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 385 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 289 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 138 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17328 | Morohashi |
| 327 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3090 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 136 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 144 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 293 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 342 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3313.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6cf3 | Unicode hex code |