| 92 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 159 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 142 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 130 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 70 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 58 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 181 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 998 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3292 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1703 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2314 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 333 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14294 | Morohashi |
| 2658 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2463 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 327 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 349 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 121 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 197 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
- 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
- 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
- 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol
Kun reading compounds
- 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かき
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- escritura
- escrito
- escribir
Portuguese
- escrever
French
- écrire
| 1678 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 5060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丹念 【タンネン】 painstaking, careful, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, elaborate
- 丹精 【タンセイ】 working earnestly, sincerity, diligence, effort, pains
- 伊勢丹 【イセタン】 Isetan (department store)
- 切支丹 【キリシタン】 Christianity (in feudal Japan), Christian
Kun reading compounds
- 丹 【に】 red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium), vermilion
- 丹色 【にいろ】 red
- 海胆 【うに】 sea urchin, seasoned sea urchin eggs
- 黄丹 【おうだん】 orange color traditionally worn by the crown prince
Readings
- Japanese names:
- た、 たみ、 まこと
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- rojo
- sin adornos
Portuguese
- Ferrugem
- colorido
- vermelho
- pílulas
French
- couleur de rouille
- rouge
- minium
- pilules
| 1563 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1263 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 163 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1852 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1028 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 79 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1093 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1144 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1813 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 18 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4249 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2147 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2897 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2058 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 99 | Morohashi |
| 3441 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 36 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2038 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2196 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1016 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3647 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.34 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 7744.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e39 | Unicode hex code |