| 292 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 380 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 358 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 173 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 230 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 183 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 489 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1522 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 286 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 286 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 455 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 543 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4103 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2081 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2820 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1967 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8108 | Morohashi |
| 3310 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1476 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1948 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2098 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 379 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 362 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 島 【トウ】 Island, insula, island, islet
- 島国 【シマグニ】 island country
- 千島列島 【チシマレットウ】 Kurile Islands
- 列島 【レットウ】 archipelago, chain of islands
Kun reading compounds
- 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
- 島国 【しまぐに】 island country
- 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
- 広島 【ひろしま】 Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Readings
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- isla
Portuguese
- ilha
French
- île
| 852 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 2772.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5cf6 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2899 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1492 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3o8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2262.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-54-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5d5c | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2250 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 佑助 【ユウジョ】 assistance
- 神祐 【シンユウ】 heavenly protection, divine help
- 天佑 【テンユウ】 divine aid, divine grace, providential help
- 神祐 【シンユウ】 heavenly protection, divine help
- 天佑 【テンユウ】 divine aid, divine grace, providential help
Kun reading compounds
- 助ける 【たすける】 to save, to rescue, to spare, to help, to assist, to support (financially), to contribute (to), to provide aid, to facilitate, to stimulate, to promote, to contribute to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すけ、 たすく、 ゆ
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- proteger
- ayudar
Portuguese
French
| 389 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 364 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2015 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 83 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 55 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 58 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 507 | Morohashi |
| 74 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 150 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2126 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2a5.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 2426.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f51 | Unicode hex code |