| 805 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 899 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 889 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1023 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1294 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 248 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1206 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 679 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 616 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 626 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 816 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 471 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2769 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1419 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1109 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7106 | Morohashi |
| 2228 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1321 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1100 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1181 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 865 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
997 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宗 【シュウ】 sect, denomination, tenets (of a religious sect)
- 宗教 【シュウキョウ】 religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed, religious activity
- 浄土真宗 【ジョウドシンシュウ】 Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect), True Pure Land School
- 浄土宗 【ジョウドシュウ】 Pure Land sect (of Buddhism), Jodo (sect)
- 宗 【ソウ】 origin, source, virtuous ancestor
- 宗家 【ソウケ】 head of family, originator
- 大宗 【タイソウ】 leading figure, foundation
- 皇宗 【コウソウ】 imperial ancestors
Kun reading compounds
- 旨 【むね】 principle, aim, main purpose, central part, pillar, purport, gist, drift, meaning, instructions, orders, intention, wishes
- 正宗 【まさむね】 famous sword, sword blade by Masamune, sake, Japanese rice wine, brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
- 独眼竜政宗 【どくがんりゅうまさむね】 Dokuganryū Masamune (NHK Taiga drama, 1987)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かず、 し、 そ、 そお、 たか、 とし、 のり、 ひろ、 むな、 もと、 よし
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- enseñanzas religiosas
- fundamento
- origen
Portuguese
- religião
- seita
- denominação
- ponto principal
- origem
- essência
French
- religion
- secte
- confession
- point principal
- origine
- essence
| 741 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3090.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b97 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
| 79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4752 | Morohashi |
| 3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 6010.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 56fd | Unicode hex code |