| 1520 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2030 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2134 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1413 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1479 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1929 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2114 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1933 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 999 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3414 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1181 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14297 | Morohashi |
| 2746 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2477 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1173 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1257 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1448 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1998 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 曹 【ソウ】 palace room for government officials, fellow, set (of people), clan, family
- 曹灰硼石 【ソウカイホウセキ】 ulexite
- 法曹 【ホウソウ】 legal profession, judicial officer, lawyer, attorney
- 海曹 【カイソウ】 petty officer (navy)
- 曹司 【ゾウシ】 palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting, room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees, person living in such a room, boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryō period)
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- cadete
- amigo
Portuguese
- caçula
- amigo
French
- élève officier
- sous-officier
- ami
- fils de bonne famille
| 1978 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c7.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 5560.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
759 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 司 【シ】 office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
- 司会 【シカイ】 leading a meeting, presiding over a meeting, officiating at a ceremony, chairmanship, chairman, presenter, host, moderator, master of ceremonies
- 公司 【コンス】 company (in China), firm
- にぎり寿司 【ニギリズシ】 nigirizushi, hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood
Kun reading compounds
- 司る 【つかさどる】 to be in charge of, to manage, to direct, to administer, to preside over, to rule, to govern, to control
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つ、 つか、 つかさ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- dirigir
- gobernar
- ordenar
Portuguese
- diretor
- oficial
- escritório do govt
- regra
- administrar
French
- directeur
- fonctionnaire
- bureau administratif
- gouverner
- administrer
| 412 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 524 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 497 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 712 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 877 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 761 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 400 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 164 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 842 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 861 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1204 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 318 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3648 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1861 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2538 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1881 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3257 | Morohashi |
| 2931 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 698 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1863 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2007 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 451 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3549 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d2.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-1-4 | SKIP code |
| 1762.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53f8 | Unicode hex code |