Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate
Kun:
まが.いもど.き
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1990 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 擬 【ギ】 pseudo-, quasi-
  • 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

Kun reading compounds

  • 紛い 【まがい】 imitation, sham, -like
  • 紛い物 【まがいもの】 imitation, fake, sham
  • 擬き 【もどき】 -like, pseudo-, mock ..., imitation ..., in the style of ..., comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), criticism, censure
  • 銀竜草擬 【ぎんりょうそうもどき】 Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
  • 太平洋赤坊擬 【たいへいようあかぼうもどき】 Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), Indo-Pacific beaked whale, tropical bottlenose whale

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ni3
Korean:
eui

Spanish

  • imitar
  • comparar
  • parecerse
  • suponer

Portuguese

  • imitar
  • alvo (uma arma)
  • nomear
  • imita

French

  • imitation
  • pointer une arme
  • nommer
  • comparer
1139 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1851 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1356 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1387 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1517 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1618 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1791 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
930 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
969 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
540 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
706 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1423 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12870 Morohashi
788 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2307 New Nelson (John Haig)
1411 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1514 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1869 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1370 2001 Kanji
3c14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-14 SKIP code
5708.1 Four corner code
1-21-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
64ec Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
Kun:
に.るひ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
923 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 【ジガバチ】 red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
  • 酷似 【コクジ】 resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
  • 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

Kun reading compounds

  • 似る 【にる】 to resemble, to look like, to be like, to be alike, to be similar, to take after

Readings

Japanese names:
にた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4, shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • parecerse a
  • parecerse
  • ser similar

Portuguese

  • formação
  • lembra
  • falsificar
  • imitar
  • conveniente

French

  • ressembler
  • devenir
  • contrefaire
  • imiter
  • approprié
625 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
724 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
696 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1219 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
376 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
775 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
311 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
350 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1486 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1583 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1172 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
77 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
71 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
43 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1038 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
485 Morohashi
63 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1029 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1106 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
669 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2162 2001 Kanji
2a5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2820.0 Four corner code
1-27-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f3c Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
Variants:
riot, war, disorder, disturb
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
755 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 乱 【ラン】 revolt, rebellion, war
  • 乱獲 【ランカク】 excessive fishing, overfishing, overhunting, excessive taking
  • 動乱 【ドウラン】 disturbance, upheaval, unrest, war, riot
  • 騒乱 【ソウラン】 disturbance, riot, mayhem
  • 胡乱 【ウロン】 suspicious-looking, fishy

Kun reading compounds

  • 乱れる 【みだれる】 to be disordered, to be disarranged, to be disarrayed, to be disheveled, to be dishevelled, to be discomposed, to be upset, to get confused, to be disturbed, to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
  • 乱す 【みだす】 to throw into disorder, to disarrange, to disturb (order, peace, etc.), to corrupt (public morals), to dishevel (hair)
  • 乱れる 【みだれる】 to be disordered, to be disarranged, to be disarrayed, to be disheveled, to be dishevelled, to be discomposed, to be upset, to get confused, to be disturbed, to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
  • 乱れ 【みだれ】 disorder, disturbance, unrest

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luan4
Korean:
ran

Spanish

  • disturbio
  • desorden
  • confusión
  • absurdamente
  • irrazonablemente
  • guerra
  • confundirse
  • estar desordenado
  • ser molestado
  • confundir
  • desordenar
  • molestar

Portuguese

  • distúrbio
  • guerra
  • desordenar
  • perturbar

French

  • tumulte
  • émeute
  • troubles
  • désordre
  • guerre
  • confusion
999 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
989 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
734 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3856 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
912 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
290 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
437 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
689 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
702 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
932 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
28 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1611 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
846 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1161 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
72 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
187 Morohashi
1260 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
60 New Nelson (John Haig)
72 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
76 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
856 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2256 2001 Kanji
3d4.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-1 SKIP code
2261.0 Four corner code
1-45-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e71 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
number, strength, fate, law, figures
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 数 【スウ】 several, a few, a number of, number, quantity, amount, counting, calculation, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
  • 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
  • 数 【スウ】 several, a few, a number of, number, quantity, amount, counting, calculation, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles

Kun reading compounds

  • 数 【かず】 number, amount
  • 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
  • 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
  • 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
  • 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
  • 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly

Readings

Japanese names:
じゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4, shu3, shuo4
Korean:
su, chog

Spanish

  • número
  • cifra
  • contar

Portuguese

  • número
  • vigor
  • destino
  • lei
  • figuras

French

  • nombre
  • compter
  • destin
  • loi
  • chiffres
262 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
168 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
151 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
188 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2057 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
429 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
592 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2169 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
529 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2245 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
938 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13319 Morohashi
1790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2353 New Nelson (John Haig)
929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
998 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
159 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
227 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1066 2001 Kanji
4i9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9844.0 Four corner code
1-31-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6570 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
life
Parts:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
  • 生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding
  • 回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
  • 公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 public health, public hygiene, sanitation
  • 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
  • 生家 【セイカ】 house where one was born, one's parents' house
  • 殺生 【セッショウ】 killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
  • 死生 【シセイ】 life and death

Kun reading compounds

  • 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
  • 生きる糧 【いきるかて】 source of vitality, life sustenance
  • 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
  • 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
  • 生ける屍 【いけるしかばね】 living corpse
  • 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
  • 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
  • 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
  • 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
  • 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
  • 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
  • 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
  • 生う 【おう】 to grow (of plants), to spring up
  • 生える 【はえる】 to grow, to spring up, to sprout, to cut (teeth)
  • 生やす 【はやす】 to grow, to cultivate, to let grow (e.g. weeds)
  • 生 【き】 pure, undiluted, raw, crude
  • 生地 【きじ】 cloth, fabric, material, texture, dough, batter, inherent quality, one's true character, one's true colours, unglazed pottery, skin with no make-up, uncoated metal
  • 死に生き 【しにいき】 death and life, death or life, death
  • 生 【なま】 raw, uncooked, fresh, natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed, unprotected (sex), raw, bareback, live (i.e. not recorded), inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude, impudence, sauciness, unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer, blank (e.g. disk), unused, just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-, insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory, cash, tipsiness
  • 生り 【なまり】 boiled and half-dried bonito
  • お生 【おなま】 impudence, sauciness
  • 現ナマ 【げんナマ】 cold cash, hard cash
  • 生る 【なる】 to bear fruit
  • 生す 【なす】 to have a child
  • 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
あさ、 いき、 いく、 いけ、 うぶ、 うまい、 え、 おい、 ぎゅう、 くるみ、 ごせ、 さ、 じょう、 すぎ、 そ、 そう、 ちる、 なば、 にう、 にゅう、 ふ、 み、 もう、 よい、 りゅう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng1
Korean:
saeng

Spanish

  • vida
  • nacimiento
  • vivir
  • existir
  • nacer
  • dar a luz
  • puro
  • crudo

Portuguese

  • vida
  • genuína
  • nascimento

French

  • vie
  • naissance
  • authentique
  • cru
34 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
44 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
42 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
29 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2991 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
67 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
71 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
214 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
44 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
49 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1327 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4309 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2933 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1569 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21670 Morohashi
3497 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3715 New Nelson (John Haig)
1555 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1675 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
9 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
43 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2472 2001 Kanji
0a5.29 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-2 SKIP code
2510.0 Four corner code
1-32-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
751f Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 成果 【セイカ】 (good) result, outcome, fruits (of one's labors), product, accomplishment
  • 成案 【セイアン】 definite plan
  • 合成 【ゴウセイ】 composition, synthesis, compounding, combining, composite photo, (function) composition
  • 集大成 【シュウタイセイ】 (large) compilation, culmination (of hard work)
  • 成仏 【ジョウブツ】 attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)
  • 成就 【ジョウジュ】 fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

Kun reading compounds

  • 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
  • 成るべく 【なるべく】 as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible
  • 成す 【なす】 to form, to make, to constitute, to build up (e.g. a fortune), to create, to establish, to accomplish, to achieve, to win (fame), to gain, to change (into), to convert, to do, to commit, to carry out, to bring about, to do intentionally
  • なす角 【なすかく】 formed angle, angle made

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 しげ、 そん、 たえ、 なお、 なり、 なる、 のり、 ひら、 まさ、 よし、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • convertirse en
  • resultar
  • consistir en
  • hacerse
  • llegar a ser
  • llevar a cabo
  • lograr

Portuguese

  • tornar-se
  • obter
  • crescer
  • passar
  • alcançar

French

  • se changer en
  • devenir
  • obtenir
  • croissance
  • s'écouler
  • accomplir
439 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
545 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
515 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
115 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1799 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
224 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
549 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
322 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
261 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
377 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
836 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4352 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
367 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11542P Morohashi
3537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2025 New Nelson (John Haig)
361 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
386 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
160 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
466 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-4 SKIP code
3-5-1 SKIP code
5320.0 Four corner code
1-32-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6210 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
Kun:
うつわ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
525 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 器 【キ】 device, instrument, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
  • 機械 【キカイ】 machine, mechanism, instrument, appliance, apparatus
  • 呼吸器 【コキュウキ】 respiratory organs
  • 化学兵器 【カガクヘイキ】 chemical weapon

Kun reading compounds

  • 器 【うつわ】 bowl, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
  • 器物 【きぶつ】 receptacle, container, vessel, utensil, implement, furniture, personal property, calibre, talent, ability
  • 横綱の器 【よこづなのうつわ】 mental characteristics expected of a grand champion

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • utensilio
  • vasija
  • receptáculo
  • envase
  • caldera

Portuguese

  • utensilio
  • vasol
  • receptaculo
  • implementar
  • instrumento
  • capacidade
  • recipiente
  • ferramenta
  • conjunto

French

  • ustensile
  • récipient
  • instrument
  • appareil
  • capacité
  • outil
  • service (de table)
372 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
475 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
452 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
483 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
398 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
419 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2378 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
527 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
536 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
334 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1742 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2368 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
122 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4349P Morohashi
2713 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898 New Nelson (John Haig)
121 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
127 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
624 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d12.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-9 SKIP code
4-15-1 SKIP code
6666.3 Four corner code
1-20-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5668 Unicode hex code