| 2950 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1609 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1469 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1260 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 911 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 13470 | Morohashi |
| 1000 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2371 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2556 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1865 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 斑 【ブチ】 spots, speckles, mottles
- 斑晶 【ハンショウ】 phenocryst
- 水斑 【スイハン】 water spot (e.g. dried on a dish after washing)
- 黄斑 【オウハン】 macula, macula lutea, yellow spot
Kun reading compounds
- 斑 【ぶち】 spots, speckles, mottles
- 斑入り 【ふいり】 variegated, spotted
- 胡麻斑 【ごまふ】 black speckles, small black spots (like sprinkled sesame)
- 白斑 【はくはん】 white spot, bright spot, facula, vitiligo, leukoderma, leukoma
- 斑 【まだら】 spots, speckles, mottles, speckled, spotted
- 斑海豚 【まだらいるか】 pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
- 浅葱斑 【あさぎまだら】 chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
- 鹿の子斑 【かのこまだら】 pattern of white spots, dapples
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- mancha
- mota
- manchado
- moteado
- abigarrado
- multicolor
Portuguese
French
| 4f8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 1111.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6591 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1637 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鳩首 【キュウシュ】 going into a huddle
- 糾合 【キュウゴウ】 rally, muster
- 鶚 【ミサゴ】 osprey (Pandion haliaetus), fish hawk
- 軍鳩 【グンキュウ】 carrier pigeon, war pigeon
- 鳩槃荼 【クハンダ】 Kumbhanda, demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality
Kun reading compounds
- 鳩 【はと】 pigeon, dove
- 鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう 【はとがまめでっぽうをくったよう】 like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
- レース鳩 【レースはと】 racing pigeon, homing pigeon
- 白鳩 【しろはと】 dove
Readings
- Japanese names:
- やす
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- paloma
Portuguese
French
- pigeon
- colombe
| 5342 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1825 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2273 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 184 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 120 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 141 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1965 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 46648 | Morohashi |
| 163 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6936 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1946 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2096 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 11b2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 4702.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9ce9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
292 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 町 【チョウ】 town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood, street, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m), chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
- 町議会 【チョウギカイ】 town council
- 同町 【ドウチョウ】 the same town, that town
- 門前町 【モンゼンマチ】 town originally built around a temple or shrine
Kun reading compounds
- 町 【まち】 town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood, downtown, main street, street, road
- 街角 【まちかど】 street corner
- 室町 【むろまち】 Muromachi period (1336-1573)
- 門前町 【もんぜんまち】 town originally built around a temple or shrine
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- pueblo
- ciudad
- bloque
- calle
Portuguese
- aldeia
- cidade
- bloco
- rua
French
- quartier
- ville
- village
- rue
| 115 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 61 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 57 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 114 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2995 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 167 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 221 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 426 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 182 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 182 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 549 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1335 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1430 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 756 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1028 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 93 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21735 | Morohashi |
| 1113 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3729 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 92 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 96 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 63 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3653 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5f2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 6102.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 753a | Unicode hex code |