| 829 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 811 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 757 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1280 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1286 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 459 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 285 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 990 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1027 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1252 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 465 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2699 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1377 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1863 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1672 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7067 | Morohashi |
| 2175 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1309 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1656 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1785 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 839 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
eaves, roof, house, heaven
- On:
- ウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
883 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宇 【ウ】 Ukraine
- 宇 【ウ】 counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
- 大宇 【ダイウ】 Daewoo (car company)
- 航宇 【コウウ】 aerospace
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いえ、 たか、 ひろ、 ひろし
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- edificio grande
- cielo
- sensación
Portuguese
- Beira de telhado
- teto
- casa
- paraíso
French
- firmament
- cieux
- auvent
- toit
- maison
| 747 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 3040.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b87 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柳 【リュウ】 Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 柳暗花明 【リュウアンカメイ】 beautiful scenery of spring, red-light district
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 花柳 【カリュウ】 red-light district
Kun reading compounds
- 柳 【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 柳刃包丁 【やなぎばぼうちょう】 kitchen knife for sashimi
- 青柳 【あおやぎ】 green willow (i.e. one that has budded), meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
- 化粧柳 【けしょうやなぎ】 chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なぎ、 や、 やい、 やぎ、 やな、 やない
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- sauce
- mimbre
Portuguese
- salgueiro
French
- saule
| 1898 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2233 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1471 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1427 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1105 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1871 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2032 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1854 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1086 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1115 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 607 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 803 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1434 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14662 | Morohashi |
| 899 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2629 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1421 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1525 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1272 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1844 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a5.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 4792.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 67f3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
- 貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
- 越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
- 蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Kun reading compounds
- 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
- 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
- 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
Readings
- Korean:
- pae
Spanish
- concha
Portuguese
- Marisco
- conchas
French
- coquillage
| 169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 49 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 90 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1590 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4486 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 44 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 917 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 498 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 719 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1720 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3150 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1614 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2200 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 54 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36656 | Morohashi |
| 2543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5766 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 54 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 56 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 70 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3961 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 6080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c9d | Unicode hex code |