| 1158 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 620 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1628 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 924 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 524 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1572 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 708 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 721 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 919 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 632 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 703 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 422 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 529 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1410 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10157X | Morohashi |
| 577 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1761 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1398 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1500 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 371 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1530 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1087 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 御 【ギョ】 honorific affix, honorific prefix
- 御苑 【ギョエン】 imperial garden
- 自動制御 【ジドウセイギョ】 automatic control
- ファジィ制御 【ファジィセイギョ】 fuzzy control
- 御 【ゴ】 honorific/polite/humble prefix, honorific suffix
- 御所 【ゴショ】 imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace), imperial residence, residence of a shogun, minister, etc., emperor, ex-emperor, empress, imperial prince, shogun, minister
- 甥御 【オイゴ】 (another person's) nephew
- 大御 【オオイゴ】 older lady
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う
- Korean:
- eo, a
Spanish
- prefijo honorífico
- manipular
- gobernar
Portuguese
- honrado
- manipular
- governar
French
- honorable
- diriger
- contrôler
| 2044 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5fa1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 茶 【チャ】 tea, tea plant (Camellia sinensis), tea preparation, making tea, brown, mockery
- 茶色 【チャイロ】 brown, light brown, tawny
- 煎茶 【センチャ】 green tea, green leaf tea, non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha), medium-grade green tea
- 抹茶 【マッチャ】 matcha, powdered green tea
- 茶道 【サドウ】 tea ceremony, Way of Tea, sadō
- 茶店 【サテン】 tea house
- 喫茶 【キッサ】 tea drinking, teahouse, tearoom, coffee lounge, coffee shop, (rather formal) cafe
- 歌声喫茶 【ウタゴエキッサ】 utagoe coffeehouse, sing-along tearoom, coffee shop in which customers can sing in chorus accompanied by a band
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちや
- Korean:
- da, cha
Spanish
- hoja de té
- té
Portuguese
- chá
French
- thé
| 275 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 187 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 171 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 805 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3940 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 392 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 245 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 931 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 251 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 251 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 145 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 654 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2808 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1446 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1948 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 258 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30915P | Morohashi |
| 2259 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5033 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 252 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 267 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 183 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k6.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4490.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8336 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |