| 24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 27 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 36 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 63 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1355 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 33 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 46 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 21 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 27 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 27 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 88 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 511 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 7 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 106 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7473 | Morohashi |
| 7 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 126 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 15 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
小
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
- 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
- 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
- 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium
Kun reading compounds
- 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
- 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
Portuguese
- Pequeno
- pouco
French
- petit
| 1141 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 9000.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c0f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 便 【ベン】 convenience, service, facility, accommodation, excreta (esp. faeces), excrement, stool
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 利便 【リベン】 convenience
- 大便 【ダイベン】 feces, faeces, excrement, stool
- 便 【ビン】 flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service, mail, post, letter, opportunity, chance
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 穏便 【オンビン】 gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet, without fuss, simply
- 増便 【ゾウビン】 increase in the number of flights
Kun reading compounds
- 便り 【たより】 news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
- 便りがないのはよい便り 【たよりがないのはよいたより】 no news is good news
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon, byeon
Spanish
- conveniencia
- excremento
- noticias
- correspondencia
- carta
Portuguese
- conveniência
French
- commodité
- courrier
- vol (avion)
- nouvelles
| 510 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 610 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 582 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 578 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 450 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 265 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 118 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 330 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 330 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 101 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 105 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 71 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 75 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1000 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 659 | Morohashi |
| 95 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 219 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 991 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1066 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 533 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2166 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2124.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4fbf | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1720 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 垂直 【スイチョク】 vertical, perpendicular
- 垂纓 【スイエイ】 hanging tail (of a traditional Japanese hat), drooping tail
- 口蓋垂 【コウガイスイ】 uvula
- 虫垂 【チュウスイ】 (vermiform) appendix
Kun reading compounds
- 垂れる 【たれる】 to hang, to droop, to dangle, to sag, to lower, to pull down, to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status), to confer, to grant, to bestow, to drip, to ooze, to trickle, to drop, to leave behind (at death), to say, to utter, to excrete (urine, feces, etc.), to let out (a fart)
- 垂らす 【たらす】 to dribble, to spill, to suspend, to hang down, to slouch, to dangle
- 垂れ 【たれ】 sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce), hanging, something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.), (kendo) loin guard, kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character, woman, -ass, -head
- 垂れ幕 【たれまく】 hanging banner, hanging screen, curtain
- 直垂 【ひたたれ】 ancient ceremonial court robe
- 垂んとす 【なりなんとす】 to close in on (a certain age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
- 垂んとする 【なんなんとする】 to close in on (30 years of age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たる、 だれ
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- estar colgado
- colgar
- suspender
Portuguese
- declínio
- suspender
- pendurar
- negligente
French
- pendre
- suspendre
- tomber
- être avachi
- goutter
| 918 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 907 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1716 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 211 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1214 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 761 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1070 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1117 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1322 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 350 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4382 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2219 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2985 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1596 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5012 | Morohashi |
| 3565 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 999 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1582 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1705 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 866 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2272 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 2010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5782 | Unicode hex code |