| 781 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 870 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 860 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1249 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 773 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 865 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1204 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 541 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 542 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 551 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 738 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 459 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3973 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2044 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2761 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1261 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6952 | Morohashi |
| 3205 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1289 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1253 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1342 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 850 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
1030 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 孝 【コウ】 filial piety
- 孝行 【コウコウ】 filial piety, showing devotion (to someone)
- 親不孝 【オヤフコウ】 lack of filial piety, disobedience to one's parents
- 不孝 【フコウ】 undutifulness to one's parents, lack of filial piety, (the crime of) cursing one's parents, disowning one's child
- 孝 【コウ】 filial piety
- 不孝 【フコウ】 undutifulness to one's parents, lack of filial piety, (the crime of) cursing one's parents, disowning one's child
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たか、 たかし、 のり、 よし
- Korean:
- hyo
Spanish
- devoción filial
- deber filial
Portuguese
- piedade filial
- respeito pelas crianças
French
- piété filiale
- respect des anciens
| 1447 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4440.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b5d | Unicode hex code |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
- 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
- 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
- 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
- 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
- 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
- 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kun reading compounds
- 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
- 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
- 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
- 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
- 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
- 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かざり、 ふ、 も
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- letras
- literatura
Portuguese
- sentença
- literatura
- estilo
- arte
- decoração
- figuras
- plano
French
- phrase
- littérature
- style
- art
- décoration
- figure (de style)
- plan
- radical littéraire (no. 67)
| 134 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 77 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 68 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 136 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 71 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 180 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 86 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 949 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1708 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1741 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13450 | Morohashi |
| 1962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 89 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 35 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 466 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 0040.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6587 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1276 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帝国 【テイコク】 empire, imperial
- 帝京 【テイキョウ】 the capital
- 女帝 【ジョテイ】 empress
- 大帝 【タイテイ】 great emperor, ... the Great
Kun reading compounds
- 帝 【みかど】 emperor (of Japan), mikado, (the gates of an) imperial residence
- 帝揚羽 【みかどあげは】 common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
- 時の帝 【ときのみかど】 emperor of the time
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- soberano
- emperador
Portuguese
- soberano
- o imperador
- Deus
- criador
French
- souverain
- empereur
- dieu
- créateur
| 1616 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1024 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 906 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1250 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 971 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1179 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1237 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1066 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 561 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2573 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1315 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1786 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 442 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8865 | Morohashi |
| 2073 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1560 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 435 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 466 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1250 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e1d | Unicode hex code |