642 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
740 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
718 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
356 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1364 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
199 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
499 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1463 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
497 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
506 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
708 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
566 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3203 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1657 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
807 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8955 | Morohashi |
2590 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1569 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
799 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
862 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
190 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
737 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
293 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 常識 【ジョウシキ】 common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette
- 常勤 【ジョウキン】 full-time employment
- 平常 【ヘイジョウ】 normal, usual, ordinary, everyday
- 経常 【ケイジョウ】 ordinary
Kun reading compounds
- 常 【つね】 usual state of things
- 常に 【つねに】 always, constantly
- 経常 【けいじょう】 ordinary
- 人の常 【ひとのつね】 human nature
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とき、 のぶ、 ひ、 ひた
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- habitual
- usual
- ordinario
- normal
- siempre
- interminable
Portuguese
- regular
- normal
- comum
- usual
French
- habituel
- ordinaire
- normal
1044 | 2001 Kanji |
3n8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-6 | SKIP code |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
9022.7 | Four corner code |
1-30-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e38 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夏 【カ】 Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
- 夏季 【カキ】 summer season
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 盛夏 【セイカ】 midsummer, height of summer
- 夏 【ゲ】 summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
- 夏至 【ゲシ】 summer solstice
- 一夏 【イチゲ】 one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
- 半夏 【ハンゲ】 crow dipper (Pinellia tuber), 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
Kun reading compounds
- 夏 【なつ】 summer
- 夏季 【かき】 summer season
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 常夏 【とこなつ】 everlasting summer
Readings
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- verano
Portuguese
- verão
French
- été
52 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
88 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
82 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
580 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
58 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
163 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
148 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1161 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
461 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
469 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
97 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
402 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2619 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1339 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1815 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
302 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5720 | Morohashi |
2113 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1120 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
296 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
317 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
188 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3167 | 2001 Kanji |
4i7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
2-7-3 | SKIP code |
1024.7 | Four corner code |
1040.7 | Four corner code |
1-18-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
590f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4752 | Morohashi |
3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3172 | 2001 Kanji |
3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
6010.3 | Four corner code |
1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56fd | Unicode hex code |