| 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 5
JLPT level N3
321 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 費 【ヒ】 cost, expense
- 費用 【ヒヨウ】 cost, expense
- 固定費 【コテイヒ】 fixed cost, fixed expense
- 交際費 【コウサイヒ】 entertainment expenses
Kun reading compounds
- 費やす 【ついやす】 to spend, to expend, to consume, to waste, to squander, to throw away, to devote
- 費える 【ついえる】 to be used up (of money, savings, etc.), to dwindle away, to be wasted (of time)
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- gasto
- coste
- gastar
Portuguese
- despesa
- custo
- gastar
- consumir
- perder
French
- dépense
- coût
- dépenser
- consommer
- gaspiller
| 495 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 596 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 567 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 337 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4497 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 608 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 925 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 749 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 762 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 858 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1732 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3221 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1670 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2261 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1246 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36717 | Morohashi |
| 2607 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5786 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1238 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1326 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 352 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 598 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1961 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 5580.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8cbb | Unicode hex code |