| 178 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 102 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 249 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 744 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1414 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 821 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 487 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 942 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1345 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1428 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 457 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 538 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2778 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1423 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 777 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7985 | Morohashi |
| 2235 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1461 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 770 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 832 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 156 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 岩盤 【ガンバン】 bedrock
- 岩石 【ガンセキ】 rock
- 砂岩 【サガン】 sandstone
- 石灰岩 【セッカイガン】 limestone
Kun reading compounds
- 岩 【いわ】 rock, boulder, crag
- 岩間 【いわま】 among rocks
- 一枚岩 【いちまいいわ】 monolith, large slab of rock, unity (of a group, organization, etc.), unanimity, solidarity
- 浮岩 【うきいわ】 rock partially submerged in water, rock partially emerging from the water, pumice stone
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- roca
Portuguese
- rochedo
- rocha
- penhedo
French
- rocher
- roc
- falaise
| 1277 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o5.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2260.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5ca9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 教頭 【キョウトウ】 deputy head teacher, vice principal
- 会頭 【カイトウ】 society president
- 頭 【ズ】 head
- 頭打ち 【アタマウチ】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 馬頭 【メズ】 horse-headed demon (in hell)
- 竜頭 【リュウズ】 crown (of a watch), stem, canon (of a bell), something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 鳥兜 【トリカブト】 aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat
Kun reading compounds
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭打ち 【あたまうち】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 石頭 【いしあたま】 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)
- ごま塩頭 【ごましおあたま】 salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭文字 【かしらもじ】 first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
- お頭 【おかしら】 leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head
- 鯛の尾より鰯の頭 【たいのおよりいわしのかしら】 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- 頭 【かぶり】 head
- 頭を振る 【かぶりをふる】 to shake one's head (in denial)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ、 がみ、 ちゃん、 つむり、 づ
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- cabeza
- principio
- delantera
Portuguese
- cabeça
- sufixo para contagem de animais grandes
French
- tête
- compteur de gros animaux
| 294 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 203 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 186 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 386 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4469 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 519 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 275 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2504 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 276 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 276 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 166 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1889 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2019 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1073 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1453 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43490 | Morohashi |
| 1604 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6639 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1441 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1549 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 234 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 238 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3061 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-9 | SKIP code |
| 1118.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 982d | Unicode hex code |