| 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
1717 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 灰色 【ハイイロ】 grey, gray, ashen
- 灰色植物門 【カイショクショクブツモン】 Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
- 石灰 【セッカイ】 lime, quicklime, caustic lime
- 生石灰 【セイセッカイ】 quick lime
Kun reading compounds
- 灰 【はい】 ash, ashes
- 灰色 【はいいろ】 grey, gray, ashen
- 死の灰 【しのはい】 lethal radioactive fallout, atomic dust
- 降灰 【こうかい】 fall of (volcanic) ash, falling ash
Readings
- Korean:
- hoe
Spanish
- ceniza
- cremar
Portuguese
- cinzas
- suco adstringente
- cremar
French
- cendre
- lessive
- incinéré
| 834 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 818 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1788 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 820 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1325 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 712 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 302 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1343 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1426 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 874 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1261 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3699 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2573 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 170 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18859 | Morohashi |
| 2979 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3396 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 168 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 180 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 840 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3362 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2p4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 7128.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7070 | Unicode hex code |
butterfly
- On:
- チョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2011 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蝶 【チョウ】 butterfly
- 蝶々 【チョウチョウ】 butterfly
- 太陽蝶 【タイヨウチョウ】 sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)
- 猪鹿蝶 【イノシカチョウ】 the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld), inoshikacho (type of hanafuda gambling game)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeob
Spanish
- mariposa
Portuguese
French
- papillon
| 4171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1970 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2495 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2236 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1772 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1278 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 527 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 33333 | Morohashi |
| 1401 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5363 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 521 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 560 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6d9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 5419.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8776 | Unicode hex code |