| 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
1393 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陰 【イン】 (the) negative (e.g. pole), yin (in Chinese divination), hidden place, unseen part, private location
- 女神 【メガミ】 goddess, female deity
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 外陰 【ガイイン】 vulva, pudenda
Kun reading compounds
- 陰 【かげ】 shade, shadow, behind (something), other side, back, the background, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.), darkness
- 陰口 【かげぐち】 malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 物陰 【ものかげ】 place hidden from view, cover, shelter, hiding place
- 陰る 【かげる】 to become clouded, to darken, to get dark, to become hidden (behind clouds), to darken (of a face), to worsen, to deteriorate, to become gloomy
Readings
- Korean:
- eum
Spanish
- sombra
- oscuridad
- oculto
- negativo
- ocultar
Portuguese
- matiz
- yin
- negativa
- órgões sexuais
- segredo
- sombra
French
- Yin
- ombre
- négatif
- secret
- organes sexuels
| 1013 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1408 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5006 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1031 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1872 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1563 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 867 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 886 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1525 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 735 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 657 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 397 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 494 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1606 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41691 | Morohashi |
| 541 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6462 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1592 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1718 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1496 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3671 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 7823.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9670 | Unicode hex code |