| 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 |
purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 斎場 【サイジョウ】 funeral hall, ceremony site
- 斎院 【サイイン】 imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise
- 大斎 【タイサイ】 Great Lent, Great Fast
- 小斎 【ショウサイ】 abstinence (in Catholicism)
Kun reading compounds
- 斎 【とき】 meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
- 忌む 【いむ】 to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest
- 祝う 【いわう】 to celebrate, to congratulate, to observe (a festival), to present (a gift) in celebration, to drink in celebration, to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.), to pray for
- 斎く 【いつく】 to worship, to enshrine
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いつき、 さえ、 ひとし、 いつ、 きよ、 ただ、 とき、 よし
- Korean:
- jae, ja
Spanish
- purificación y culto
- habitación para aislarse
Portuguese
- purificação
- comida de Budistas
- quarto
- adorar
- evitar
- da mesma forma
- semelhante
French
- purification
- nourriture bouddhiste
- pièce
- adorer
- éviter
- semblable
| 1291 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1363 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5425 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1269 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1394 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1454 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1478 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1575 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1781 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1875 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2622 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1340 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1817 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1748 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13467 | Morohashi |
| 2115 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2368 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1732 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1869 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1503 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 454 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j9.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 4-11-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 0022.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 658e | Unicode hex code |