| 346 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1481 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1200 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2108 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 988 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 598 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 699 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 764 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 778 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 428 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 970 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3086 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1574 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2153 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1192 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13816 | Morohashi |
| 2432 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2433 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1184 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1268 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 306 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1197 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昔時 【セキジ】 old times, former times
- 昔日 【セキジツ】 old days
- 今昔 【コンジャク】 past and present
- 往昔 【オウセキ】 ancient times
Kun reading compounds
- 昔 【むかし】 the old days, the past, former times, a long time ago, the past ten years, the past decade
- 昔話 【むかしばなし】 old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence
- 一昔 【ひとむかし】 an age (ago), a long time (ago), a decade (ago)
- 遥か昔 【はるかむかし】 long ago
Readings
- Korean:
- seog, chag
Spanish
- antiguamente
- antigüedad
- viejos tiempos
- tiempo atrás
Portuguese
- Era uma vez
- antiquidade
- tempos antigos
French
- autrefois
- antiquité
- il était une fois
| 1978 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.28 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4460.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6614 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
49 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 今 【コン】 the current ..., this, today's ...
- 今夏 【コンカ】 this summer, next summer, last summer
- 往古来今 【オウコライコン】 in all ages, since antiquity
- 当今 【トウコン】 nowadays, these days, at present
- 今古 【キンコ】 now and anciently
- 今上 【キンジョウ】 His Majesty the Emperor, the present emperor, the reigning emperor
Kun reading compounds
- 今 【いま】 now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, another, more
- 今に 【いまに】 before long, even now
- 中今 【なかいま】 the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity)
- 今が今 【いまがいま】 just now
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な
- Korean:
- geum
Spanish
- ahora
- momento actual
Portuguese
- agora
French
- maintenant
| 81 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 138 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 125 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 146 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 352 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 94 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 12 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 67 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 51 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 51 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 27 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 45 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2464 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1246 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1712 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1601 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 358 | Morohashi |
| 1968 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 112 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1587 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1711 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 50 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 93 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2860 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 8020.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4eca | Unicode hex code |