| 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 |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1638 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柴胡 【サイコ】 Bupleurum root, Radix Bupleuri
- 西貢 【サイゴン】 Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City
- 鹿砦 【ロクサイ】 abatis
- 柴 【シバ】 brushwood, firewood
- 柴犬 【シバイヌ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog
Kun reading compounds
- 柴 【しば】 brushwood, firewood
- 柴犬 【しばいぬ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog
- 火柴 【かしば】 match, lucifer
- 噛柴 【たむしば】 willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia), anise magnolia
Readings
- Korean:
- si, chae
Spanish
- maleza
- leña
Portuguese
French
| 2251 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1221 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3287 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2309 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 14664X | Morohashi |
| 2653 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2657 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2044 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2202 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a6.33 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 2190.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 67f4 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1995 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 胡散 【ウサン】 suspicious
- 胡散臭い 【ウサンクサイ】 suspicious-looking, shady, questionable, dubious, fishy
- 胡 【コ】 barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
- 胡椒 【コショウ】 pepper
- 柴胡 【サイコ】 Bupleurum root, Radix Bupleuri
- 京胡 【キョウコ】 jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
- 誤魔化す 【ゴマカス】 to deceive, to cheat, to swindle, to falsify, to misrepresent, to lie about, to tamper with, to doctor, to cook, to evade (a question, taxes, etc.), to dodge, to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.), to smooth over, to get one's way out of (a difficult situation), to explain away, to embezzle, to pocket
- 胡麻 【ゴマ】 sesame seeds, sesame (Sesamum indicum)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えびす、 くる
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- bárbaro
- extranjero
Portuguese
French
| 3753 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 879 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1467 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 623 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1057 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 29400 | Morohashi |
| 4792 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2470 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2537 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4b5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 4762.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 80e1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1356 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 湯治 【トウジ】 hot-spring cure, taking the baths
- 湯液 【トウエキ】 decoction (in Chinese medicine)
- 銭湯 【セントウ】 public bath, bathhouse
- 給湯 【キュウトウ】 hot-water supply
Kun reading compounds
- 湯 【ゆ】 hot water, hot bath, hot spring, molten iron
- 湯気 【ゆげ】 steam, vapour, vapor
- 茶の湯 【ちゃのゆ】 tea ceremony, chanoyu
- もらい湯 【もらいゆ】 taking a bath in another's home
Readings
- Korean:
- tang, sang
Spanish
- agua caliente
- fuente termal
Portuguese
- água quente
- banho
- fonte quente
French
- eau chaude
- bain
- source chaude
| 482 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 381 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 359 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1022 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2633 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 844 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 700 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1587 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 632 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 642 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 836 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1226 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 747 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 446 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 561 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 552 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17874 | Morohashi |
| 612 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3245 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 546 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 585 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 406 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 351 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a9.23 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3612.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e6f | Unicode hex code |