| 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 |
arc, arch, bow
- On:
- コ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2371 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弧 【コ】 arc
- 弧形 【コケイ】 arc
- 円弧 【エンコ】 arc
- 励弧 【レイコ】 excitation
Readings
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- arco
- circunferencia
Portuguese
- Arco
French
- arc de cercle
- arc
- arche
| 1230 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1958 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1567 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1729 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1271 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1481 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1578 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1447 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 609 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 430 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 320 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1896 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9757X | Morohashi |
| 360 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1687 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1878 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2023 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1224 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3562 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3h6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 1223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f27 | Unicode hex code |