| 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 3
JLPT level N3
186 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 面 【メン】 face, mask, face guard, striking the head (in kendo), surface (esp. a geometrical surface), page, aspect, facet, side, chamfer, counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
- 面会 【メンカイ】 meeting (face-to-face), seeing, visit, interview
- 平面 【ヘイメン】 level surface, plane
- 対面 【タイメン】 meeting face-to-face, seeing in person, facing (each other), opposing (traffic, etc.), confronting
Kun reading compounds
- 面 【おもて】 face, surface, mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
- 面影 【おもかげ】 face, looks, countenance, vestige, trace, reminder
- 水の面 【みのも】 surface of the water, face of the water
- 面 【おもて】 face, surface, mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
- 面伏せ 【おもてぶせ】 being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down
- 細面 【ほそおもて】 slender face
- 面 【つら】 face, mug, surface, cheek meat, cheek, cheeks, surrounding area
- 面当て 【つらあて】 spiteful remarks
- 川面 【かわも】 river surface, surface of a river
- 赤面 【あかつら】 red face, villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 ずら、 ほおつき、 も
- Korean:
- myeon
Spanish
- cara
- semblante
- superficie
Portuguese
- máscara
- rosto
- recursos
- superfície
French
- masque
- face
- traits
- surface
| 322 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 417 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 395 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 165 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5087 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 321 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1002 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 904 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 274 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 274 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 438 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1876 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2590 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1324 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1796 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1910 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42618 | Morohashi |
| 2087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6566 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1892 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2039 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 117 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 347 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3176 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 1060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9762 | Unicode hex code |