| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1273 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 祥 【ショウ】 omen (usu. good), (auspicious) sign, first two anniversaries of a person's death
- 祥雲 【ショウウン】 auspicious cloud
- 瑞祥 【ズイショウ】 auspicious sign, good omen
- 清祥 【セイショウ】 happiness and health
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 さか、 さち、 ひろ、 まさ、 やす、 ゆき、 よし、 あきら、 さき、 さむ、 ただ、 なか、 なが
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- suerte
- buen augurio
Portuguese
- auspicioso
- felicidade
- bons auspícios
French
- bon présage
- prometteur
- bonheur
| 1398 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1549 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3246 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1562 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1578 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1074 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1576 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1682 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1542 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1424 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1184 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 644 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 855 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1097 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24689P | Morohashi |
| 948 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4090 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1088 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1169 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1373 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 3825.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7965 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1882 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 忌 【キ】 mourning, mourning period, anniversary of one's death
- 忌避 【キヒ】 evasion, avoidance, shirking, recusation (of a judge), taking exception (to a judge), challenge
- 回忌 【カイキ】 death anniversary, anniversary of a person's death
- 七回忌 【シチカイキ】 sixth anniversary of a death
Kun reading compounds
- 忌む 【いむ】 to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest
- 忌むべき 【いむべき】 abominable, detestable
- 忌み 【いみ】 mourning, abstinence, taboo, religious purification, pure, holy
- 忌み明け 【いみあけ】 end of mourning
- 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)
- 物忌み 【ものいみ】 purification through fasting and abstinence, confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)
- 忌まわしい 【いまわしい】 abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting, horrid, repugnant, ominous, inauspicious, unlucky
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いまわ
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- aborrecer
- detestar
- luto
Portuguese
- luto
- odiar
- detestável
- aniversário de morte
French
- deuil
- détester
- répugnant
- anniversaire du décès
| 1122 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1819 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1463 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1522 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1287 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 462 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1797 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1935 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1697 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 769 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2735 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1401 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1889 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 606 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10310 | Morohashi |
| 2207 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1786 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 599 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 644 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1121 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3558 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k3.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 1733.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5fcc | Unicode hex code |