| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
848 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 秀 【シュウ】 preeminence, supremacy, distinction, excellence
- 秀作 【シュウサク】 excellent (piece of) work
- 閨秀 【ケイシュウ】 accomplished lady, talented woman, eminent woman
- 清秀 【セイシュウ】 having refined and distinguished features, having a bright face
Kun reading compounds
- 秀でる 【ひいでる】 to excel, to surpass, to be superior, to be better (than others at something), to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows), to be prominent, to stand out
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しゅ、 しょう、 ひで、 ひでし、 ほ
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- sobresaliente
- excelente
- sobresalir
- sobrepasar
Portuguese
- superar
- excelência
- beleza
- superação
French
- excellence
- exceller
- beauté
- dépasser
| 1355 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 859 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3263 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 973 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1582 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 726 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1683 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1798 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1171 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1429 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3152 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1616 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2202 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 923 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24911 | Morohashi |
| 2545 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 914 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 980 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2245 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 2022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 79c0 | Unicode hex code |