| 1695 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1529 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1872 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1440 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1346 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1178 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1236 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1255 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 881 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 361 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 225 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 269 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 659 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11952 | Morohashi |
| 304 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2114 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 652 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 704 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1184 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1373 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 拍 【ハク】 beat, mora
- 拍車 【ハクシャ】 (riding) spur, spurring on, acceleration, impetus
- 強拍 【キョウハク】 downbeat, accented beat
- 上拍 【ジョウハク】 upbeat
- 拍子 【ヒョウシ】 (musical) time, tempo, beat, rhythm, the moment, the instance, chance
- 拍子抜け 【ヒョウシヌケ】 anticlimax, let-down, disappointment, loss of interest
Readings
- Korean:
- bag
Spanish
- aplaudir
- batir palmas
- marcar el ritmo (música)
Portuguese
- aplauso
- batida (música)
French
- applaudir
- temps (musique)
- battement (coeur)
| 1378 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c5.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 5600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 62cd | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
149 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 記 【キ】 account, history, chronicle, annals, record, notice, note, as follows, Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE), Records of Ancient Matters
- 記憶 【キオク】 memory, recollection, remembrance, memory, storage
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
- 左記 【サキ】 undermentioned (statement), the following, at left
Kun reading compounds
- 記す 【しるす】 to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of, to mention, to describe, to give an account of, to inscribe, to mark, to brand, to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- crónica
- narración
- memorizar
- anotar
- consignar por escrito
Portuguese
- escriba
- contar
- narrativa
- narrar
French
- inscrire
- compte-rendu
- narration
| 180 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 105 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 95 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 147 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4318 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 301 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 895 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1149 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 371 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 372 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 633 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1660 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1843 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 974 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1321 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 535 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35244 | Morohashi |
| 1453 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5563 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 529 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 568 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 209 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 190 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3056 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 0761.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a18 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
585 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 号 【ゴウ】 number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group, sobriquet, pen-name, size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.), suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
- 号車 【ゴウシャ】 suffix for train car numbers
- 二号 【ニゴウ】 number two, mistress, concubine
- 符号 【フゴウ】 sign, mark, symbol, code, sign (e.g. positive, negative)
Readings
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- número
Portuguese
- apelido
- número
- item
- título
- pseudonimo
- nome
- chamada
French
- surnom
- numéro
- article
- titre
- pseudonyme
- nom
- appel
| 215 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 297 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 281 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 368 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 882 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 227 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 399 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 272 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 266 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 266 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 442 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 316 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2675 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1361 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1847 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1250 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3256 | Morohashi |
| 2153 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 692 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1242 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1330 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 248 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3752 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d2.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 6020.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53f7 | Unicode hex code |