| 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 3
JLPT level N1
1422 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 豆腐 【トウフ】 tofu, bean curd, beancurd
- 豆乳 【トウニュウ】 soy milk
- 緑豆 【リョクトウ】 mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram
- 菜豆 【サイトウ】 haricot, kidney bean
- 豆打 【ズンダ】 mashed boiled green soybeans
- 小豆 【アズキ】 adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
- 大豆 【ダイズ】 soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy
Kun reading compounds
- 豆 【まめ】 legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea, soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy, female genitalia (esp. the clitoris), kidney, small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale, child
- 豆知識 【まめちしき】 trivia, snippet of knowledge
- 枝豆 【えだまめ】 edamame (green soybeans)
- ライ豆 【ライまめ】 lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), butter bean
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ど、 ま
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- legumbres
- habichuelas
- prefijo diminutivo
Portuguese
- feijões
- ervilha
- nanico
French
- haricot
- pois
- infime
| 379 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1640 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 988 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4465 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1044 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1773 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 438 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 958 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 988 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 471 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1715 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2442 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1235 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1700 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1452 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36245 | Morohashi |
| 1943 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5735 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1440 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1548 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 288 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3073 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d4.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 1010.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c46 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 梨園 【リエン】 theatrical world
- 梨果 【リカ】 pome
- 鳳梨 【ホウリ】 pineapple
- 阿闍梨 【アジャリ】 high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils), high priest, initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon), monk who conducts religious services
Kun reading compounds
- 梨 【なし】 nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia), Japanese pear, Asian pear
- 梨狩り 【なしがり】 pear picking, harvesting pears
- 西洋梨 【せいようなし】 European pear (Pyrus communis), common pear
- 青梨 【あおなし】 Harbin pear (Pyrus ussuriensis var. hondoensis), Ussurian pear, Chinese pear
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- peral
- pera
Portuguese
French
- poire
| 1487 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1476 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2115 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1951 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3412 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1757 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2392 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 916 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14873 | Morohashi |
| 2744 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2697 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 907 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 973 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a7.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 2290.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68a8 | Unicode hex code |