| 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 |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2149 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 綴字 【テイジ】 spelling
- 綴字法 【テイジホウ】 spelling rules, orthography
- 補綴 【ホテツ】 mending, revision, supplementation, (dental) prosthesis, prosthetic
- 原綴 【ゲンテツ】 spelling in the original language, spelling in the original script
- 綴字 【テイジ】 spelling
- 合綴 【ガッテツ】 binding several papers or booklets into one
- 補綴 【ホテツ】 mending, revision, supplementation, (dental) prosthesis, prosthetic
Kun reading compounds
- 綴じる 【とじる】 to bind, to file, to finish (a dish) by pouring beaten egg into the broth, to sew up, to stitch together
- 綴る 【つづる】 to spell, to write, to compose, to frame, to bind (e.g. documents), to patch, to sew together, to stitch together
- 綴り 【つづり】 spelling, orthography, file, pad, bundle, binding
- 綴り合わせる 【つづりあわせる】 to bind together
Readings
- Korean:
- cheol, che
Spanish
- composición
- encuadernación
- ortografía
- deletreo
- componer
- escribir
- encuadernar
Portuguese
French
| 3562 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2530 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1746 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1264 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 27579 | Morohashi |
| 1381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2073 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2222 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6a8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 2794.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7db4 | Unicode hex code |