| 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 N2
687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 換金 【カンキン】 realization (of goods into money), conversion (into money), liquidation
- 換気 【カンキ】 ventilation
- 互換 【ゴカン】 interchange, transposition, compatible (e.g. PC)
- 代換 【ダイカン】 hypallage
Kun reading compounds
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
Readings
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- cambio
- intercambio
- intercambiar
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- ser intercambiado
- ser convertido
Portuguese
- trocar
- turno
- carga
- mudar
French
- échanger
- remplacer
- convertir
- change
| 1105 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 846 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1964 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 957 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 580 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1586 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1693 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 749 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 913 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 716 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 429 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 537 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1052 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12358 | Morohashi |
| 587 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2233 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1043 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1122 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1540 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c9.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 5703.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63db | Unicode hex code |