| 1482 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1477 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2632 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1823 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 513 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2464 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 501 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 540 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1320 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 曾 【ヒイ】 great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
- ひ孫 【ヒマゴ】 great-grandchild
- 曾 【ヒイ】 great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
- ひ孫 【ヒマゴ】 great-grandchild
- 白檜曽 【シラビソ】 Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii)
- 大白檜曽 【オオシラビソ】 Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)
- 曾遊 【ソウユウ】 former visit
Kun reading compounds
- 嘗て 【かつて】 once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex-, never yet, never before, first time, still not happened
- 嘗て 【かつて】 once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex-, never yet, never before, first time, still not happened
Readings
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- antes
- anteriormente
- hasta ahora
- tres generaciones atrás
Portuguese
French
- anciennement
- ex-
- arrière (-petit-fils)
- arrière (-grand-mère)
- précédent
- jamais
| 2o9.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 8060.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66fd | Unicode hex code |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
- 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
- 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
- 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
- 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
- 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
- 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kun reading compounds
- 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
- 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
- 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
- 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
- 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
- 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かざり、 ふ、 も
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- letras
- literatura
Portuguese
- sentença
- literatura
- estilo
- arte
- decoração
- figuras
- plano
French
- phrase
- littérature
- style
- art
- décoration
- figure (de style)
- plan
- radical littéraire (no. 67)
| 134 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 77 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 68 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 136 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 71 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 180 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 86 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 949 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1708 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1741 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13450 | Morohashi |
| 1962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 89 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 35 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 466 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 0040.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6587 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2063 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 渓谷 【ケイコク】 valley (with a river running through it), gorge, ravine, canyon
- 渓流 【ケイリュウ】 mountain stream, mountain torrent
- 雪渓 【セッケイ】 snowy valley
- 猊鼻渓 【ゲイビケイ】 Geibi Gorge (Ichinoseki, Iwate)
Kun reading compounds
- 谷 【たに】 valley
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- arroyo de montaña
- valle
- garganta
Portuguese
- corrente de montanha
- vale
French
- torrent
- gorge
- vallée étroite
| 1199 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1822 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2581 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1846 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1484 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1330A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1884 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2053 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1843 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1206 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 628 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 380 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 474 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 848 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 516 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3196 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 840 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 903 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1454 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a8.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3213.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e13 | Unicode hex code |