| 279 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 188 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 172 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 863 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 53 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 828 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 189 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 983 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 470 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 478 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 92 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 974 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3841 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1972 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2668 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1084 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13886 | Morohashi |
| 3097 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2450 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1075 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1156 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 184 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昼食 【チュウショク】 lunch, midday meal, food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
- 昼間 【ヒルマ】 daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
- 炎昼 【エンチュウ】 hot summer early afternoon
- 春昼 【シュンチュウ】 spring day (which seems long and quiet)
Kun reading compounds
- 昼 【ひる】 noon, midday, daytime, lunch
- 昼食 【ちゅうしょく】 lunch, midday meal, food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
- 小昼 【こひる】 just before noon, late-morning snack
- 夜昼 【よるひる】 day and night
Readings
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- día
- mediodía
Portuguese
- dia
- meio-dia
French
- journée
- midi
| 3772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-1 | SKIP code |
| 7710.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 663c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 礼 【レイ】 thanks, gratitude, manners, etiquette, bow (i.e. bending of the body), bowing, reward, gift, ceremony, ritual, key money
- 礼儀 【レイギ】 manners, courtesy, etiquette
- 巡礼 【ジュンレイ】 pilgrimage, pilgrim
- 儀礼 【ギレイ】 courtesy, etiquette, formality, protocol, (religious) observance, ritual, rite
- 礼賛 【ライサン】 praise, worship, adoration, glorification
- 礼冠 【ライカン】 crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)
- 頂礼 【チョウライ】 prostration, placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
- 帰命頂礼 【キミョウチョウライ】 most formal form of a prayer
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あや、 なり、 のり、 ひろし、 れ
- Korean:
- rye
Spanish
- saludo
- reverencia
- cortesía
- gracias
Portuguese
- saudação
- reverência
- cerimônia
- agradecimento
- remuneração
French
- salut
- courbette
- cérémonie
- remerciements
- rémunération
| 337 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 436 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 413 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 983 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3229 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 350 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 770 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 146 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 620 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 630 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 822 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1417 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1012 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 547 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 724 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1096 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24626P | Morohashi |
| 818 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4061 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1087 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1168 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 262 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 656 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 3221.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 793c | Unicode hex code |