| 1616 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1024 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 906 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1250 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 971 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1179 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1237 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1066 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 561 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2573 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1315 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1786 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 442 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8865 | Morohashi |
| 2073 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1560 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 435 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 466 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1250 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1276 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帝国 【テイコク】 empire, imperial
- 帝京 【テイキョウ】 the capital
- 女帝 【ジョテイ】 empress
- 大帝 【タイテイ】 great emperor, ... the Great
Kun reading compounds
- 帝 【みかど】 emperor (of Japan), mikado, (the gates of an) imperial residence
- 帝揚羽 【みかどあげは】 common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
- 時の帝 【ときのみかど】 emperor of the time
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- soberano
- emperador
Portuguese
- soberano
- o imperador
- Deus
- criador
French
- souverain
- empereur
- dieu
- créateur
| 444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e1d | Unicode hex code |
butterfly
- On:
- チョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2011 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蝶 【チョウ】 butterfly
- 蝶々 【チョウチョウ】 butterfly
- 太陽蝶 【タイヨウチョウ】 sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)
- 猪鹿蝶 【イノシカチョウ】 the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld), inoshikacho (type of hanafuda gambling game)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeob
Spanish
- mariposa
Portuguese
French
- papillon
| 4171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1970 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2495 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2236 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1772 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1278 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 527 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 33333 | Morohashi |
| 1401 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5363 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 521 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 560 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6d9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 5419.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8776 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 鮫 【さめ】 shark
- 鮫皮 【さめがわ】 shagreen (from a shark or stingray), sharkskin, shark leather
- 藪雨 【やぶさめ】 Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- tiburón
Portuguese
French
| 5294 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2672 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2354 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 46127 | Morohashi |
| 6863 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2821 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2836 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 11a6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-6 | SKIP code |
| 2034.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9bab | Unicode hex code |