| 71 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 125 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 113 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 169 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1451 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 77 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 161 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 39 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 139 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 379 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 550 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4190 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2118 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2866 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 76 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8714 | Morohashi |
| 3381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1532 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 76 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 80 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 173 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 84 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
工
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
- 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
- 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
- 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
- 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
- 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
- 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
- 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
- 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
- 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もく
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- construcción
- fabricación
- obrero
Portuguese
- ofício
- construção
French
- ingénierie
- industrie
- construction
- radical katakana E (no. 48)
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1010.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5de5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夫妻 【フサイ】 husband and wife, married couple
- 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife
- 継夫 【ケイフ】 second husband
- 炊夫 【スイフ】 male cook
- 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife
- 夫子 【フウシ】 teacher, wise man, sage, master, Confucius, the person concerned, you, he, she
- 一工夫 【ヒトクフウ】 a bit of contrivance, some fiddling, a little ingenuity
- 創意工夫 【ソウイクフウ】 ingenuity, inventiveness, creative originality
- 夫人 【フジン】 wife, Mrs, madam, wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.), consort of the emperor
- 賦役 【フエキ】 slave labour, slave labor, compulsory service, forced labour, forced labor, exacted service
- 大夫 【ダイブ】 high steward, grand master
- 右京大夫 【ウキョウノダイブ】 Ukyō no Daibu (title under the ritsuryō system), high steward
Kun reading compounds
- 夫 【おっと】 husband
- 夫選び 【おっとえらび】 choosing a husband
- ＤＶ夫 【ディーブイおっと】 (physically) abusive husband, wife beater
- 元夫 【もとおっと】 ex-husband, former husband
- 其れ其れ 【それぞれ】 each, respectively
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 と、 ゆう、 よ
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- marido
- hombre
- esposo
Portuguese
- marido
- homem
French
- mari
- homme
| 501 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 601 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 573 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 265 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 164 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 51 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 445 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 104 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 315 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 315 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 595 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 411 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4271 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2157 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2909 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5835 | Morohashi |
| 3460 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1136 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 838 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 901 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 220 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 445 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1463 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.31 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 5003.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 592b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1712 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 凝縮 【ギョウシュク】 condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.), condensation (of a vapour or gas)
- 凝固 【ギョウコ】 coagulation, freezing, solidification
Kun reading compounds
- 凝る 【こる】 to become stiff (of muscles), to get absorbed in, to develop a passion for, to devote oneself to, to become obsessed with, to get hooked on, to be elaborate, to be intricate, to be exquisite, to be particular about, to pay great attention to
- 凝らす 【こらす】 to concentrate, to focus on, to devote, to apply oneself, to stiffen, to become tense
- 凝らす 【こごらす】 to freeze, to congeal, to concentrate one's attention on, to devote oneself to something, to ponder, to meditate
- 凝らせる 【こごらせる】 to freeze, to congeal
- 凝る 【こごる】 to congeal, to gelatinize, to jellify, to jell, to gell, to freeze
Readings
- Korean:
- eung
Spanish
- rigidez
- endurecimiento
- entumecimiento
- endurecerse
- ser absorbido
- crecer erecto
Portuguese
- congelar
- geada
- rígida
- seja absorvida em
French
- congeler
- geler
- rigide
- être absorbé
- coagulation
| 1175 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1845 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 652 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1370 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1083 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2431 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1518 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1619 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1790 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 169 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 198 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 128 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 154 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1424 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1720 | Morohashi |
| 175 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 431 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1412 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1515 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1821 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 370 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b14.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-14 | SKIP code |
| 3718.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51dd | Unicode hex code |