| 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 6
JLPT level N2
1086 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 泉水 【センスイ】 garden pond, miniature lake, fountain
- 泉下 【センカ】 Hades, the hereafter
- 源泉 【ゲンセン】 source (of a spring, etc.), source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.), origin, wellspring
- 天然温泉 【テンネンオンセン】 natural hot spring
Kun reading compounds
- 泉 【いずみ】 spring, fountain
- 泉熱 【いずみねつ】 Izumi fever (resembles scarlet fever)
- 知識の泉 【ちしきのいずみ】 source of knowledge
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いず、 ずい、 ずみ、 ぜい、 ぜん、 の
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- manantial
- fuente
Portuguese
- Fonte
- nascente
French
- source
- fontaine
| 926 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 915 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 902 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3099 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 915 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 674 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 965 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1192 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1253 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 840 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1154 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3176 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1636 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2224 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 135 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17274 | Morohashi |
| 2567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3095 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 133 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 140 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 887 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 842 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.33 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 2623.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6cc9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
920 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 栄 【エイ】 honor, honour, glory, prosperity
- 栄冠 【エイカン】 laurels, garland
- 共栄 【キョウエイ】 mutual prosperity
- 虚栄 【キョエイ】 vanity, vainglory
Kun reading compounds
- 栄える 【さかえる】 to prosper, to flourish
- 栄え 【はえ】 glory, splendour, honour
- 映える 【はえる】 to shine, to glow, to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)
- 映える 【はえる】 to shine, to glow, to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)
- 栄 【えい】 honor, honour, glory, prosperity
- 栄冠 【えいかん】 laurels, garland
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さかえ、 しげ、 てる、 なが、 ひで、 よし
- Korean:
- yeong
Spanish
- florecer
- prosperidad
- honor
- gloria
- prosperar
Portuguese
- florescer
- prosperidade
- honra
- glória
- esplendor
French
- florissant
- prospérité
- honneur
- gloire
- splendeur
| 549 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 450 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 427 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 745 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2239 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 777 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 631 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 969 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 723 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 736 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1188 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1054 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3183 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1642 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2231 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 332 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14687P | Morohashi |
| 2574 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2635 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 326 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 348 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 520 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3290.4 | Four corner code |
| 9090.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6804 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |