| 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
- 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
- 昼過ぎ 【ひるすぎ】 just past noon, afternoon
- 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 5
JLPT level N3
305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 職 【ショク】 job, work, employment, occupation, position, duties, trade, skill
- 職員 【ショクイン】 staff member, employee, worker, personnel
- 住職 【ジュウショク】 chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
- 休職 【キュウショク】 temporary retirement, leave of absence, suspension from office
- 職 【ショク】 job, work, employment, occupation, position, duties, trade, skill
- 有職 【ユウショク】 holding a job, being employed, gainful employment, being learned, being knowledgeable, having great artistic talent, being a skilled performer, being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もと
- Korean:
- jig
Spanish
- puesto
- empleo
- ocupación
Portuguese
- posto
- emprego
- trabalho
French
- poste de travail
- emploi
- travail
| 819 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 743 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 721 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 335 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3718 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 432 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 839 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2734 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 385 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 386 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 513 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1586 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1803 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 960 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1297 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 832 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29183 | Morohashi |
| 1425 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4742 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 824 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 887 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 253 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 823 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3259 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6e12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-12 | SKIP code |
| 1315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8077 | Unicode hex code |