| 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 |
爪
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2025 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 爪牙 【ソウガ】 claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man
- 爪痕 【ソウコン】 fingernail mark, scratch
- 陥入爪 【カンニュウソウ】 ingrown nail, ingrowing nail
- 狼爪 【ロウソウ】 dewclaw
Kun reading compounds
- 爪 【つめ】 nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof, plectrum, pick, hook, clasp
- 爪切り 【つめきり】 nail clippers
- 陥入爪 【かんにゅうそう】 ingrown nail, ingrowing nail
- 鷹の爪 【たかのつめ】 Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree), extremely spicy form of chili pepper, variety of high-quality green tea
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- uña
- garra
- zarpa
Portuguese
French
- ongle
- griffe
- serre
- plectre
| 2822 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1887 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 115 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1320 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3756 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2605 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 735 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19653 | Morohashi |
| 3024 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3509 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 727 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 784 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 0a4.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 7223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 722a | Unicode hex code |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
- 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
- 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
- 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
- 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 さわ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
| 39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 59 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 48 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1447 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 41 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 49 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 20 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 33 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 33 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 101 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 6 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 129 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8673 | Morohashi |
| 6 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 127 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 134 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 196 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 21 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 2200.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5ddd | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川獺 【カワウソ】 otter (Lutra lutra), Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
Kun reading compounds
- 川獺 【かわうそ】 otter (Lutra lutra), Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
- 川獺 【かわうそ】 otter (Lutra lutra), Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
- 海獺 【うみうそ】 sea lion
- 川獺 【かわうそ】 otter (Lutra lutra), Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
- 獺魚を祭る 【かわうそうおをまつる】 one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
- 川獺 【かわうそ】 otter (Lutra lutra), Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
- 獺魚を祭る 【かわうそうおをまつる】 one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
- ユーラシア川獺 【ユーラシアかわうそ】 European otter (Lutra lutra), common otter, Eurasian otter
- 小爪川獺 【こつめかわうそ】 Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
Readings
- Korean:
- dal, chal
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2917 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2791 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 20782 | Morohashi |
| 3615 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3g16.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-16 | SKIP code |
| 4728.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-64-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 737a | Unicode hex code |