| 689 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 590 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 561 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 469 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 424 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 316 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 532 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 670 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 579 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 588 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1117 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 774 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2554 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1304 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1773 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1604 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10390 | Morohashi |
| 2059 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1800 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1590 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1715 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 333 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 514 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
- On:
- ネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
390 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 念 【ネン】 sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, concern, attention, care
- 念願 【ネンガン】 one's heart's desire, one's dearest wish
- 執念 【シュウネン】 tenacity, persistence, obsession, implacability
- 通念 【ツウネン】 common idea, common wisdom, generally accepted idea
Readings
- Korean:
- nyeom
Spanish
- deseo
- pensamiento
- sentimiento
Portuguese
- desejo
- sentido
- idéia
- pensamento
- sentimento
- atenção
French
- désir
- souhait
- sens
- idée
- pensée
- sentiment
- attention
| 2858 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a6.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 8033.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5ff5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
- 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
- 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
- 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol
Kun reading compounds
- 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かき
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- escritura
- escrito
- escribir
Portuguese
- escrever
French
- écrire
| 92 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 159 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 142 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 130 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 70 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 58 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 181 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 998 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3292 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1703 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2314 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 333 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14294 | Morohashi |
| 2658 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2463 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 327 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 349 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 121 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 197 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1678 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 5060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f8 | Unicode hex code |