| 15 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) | 
| 17 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) | 
| 69 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) | 
| 148 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 
| 2170 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) | 
| 17 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 60 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) | 
| 109 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People | 
| 22 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 22 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 20 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) | 
| 1045 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 
| 4261 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 2149 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 2901 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) | 
| 199 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) | 
| 14415 | Morohashi | 
| 3450 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 2531 | New Nelson (John Haig) | 
| 195 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) | 
| 207 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) | 
| 255 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) | 
| 36 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) | 
木
      Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
    
    
      JLPT level N5
    
    
      317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
    
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
 - 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
 - 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
 - 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
 - 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
 - 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
 - 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
 - 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
 
Kun reading compounds
- 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
 - 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
 - 本木 【もとき】 original stock
 - 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree
 
Readings
- Japanese names:
 - ぐ、 も、 もと
 
- Korean:
 - mog, mo
 
Spanish
- árbol
 - madera
 
Portuguese
- árvore
 - madeira
 
French
- arbre
 - bois (matière)
 
| 1864 | 2001 Kanji | 
| 4a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary | 
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code | 
| 4090.0 | Four corner code | 
| 1-44-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code | 
| 6728 | Unicode hex code | 
工
      Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
    
    
      JLPT level N4
    
    
      299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
    
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
 - 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
 - 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
 - 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
 - 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
 - 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
 - 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
 - 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
 - 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
 - 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
 
Readings
- Japanese names:
 - もく
 
- Korean:
 - gong
 
Spanish
- construcción
 - fabricación
 - obrero
 
Portuguese
- ofício
 - construção
 
French
- ingénierie
 - industrie
 - construction
 - radical katakana E (no. 48)
 
| 71 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) | 
| 125 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) | 
| 113 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) | 
| 169 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 
| 1451 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) | 
| 77 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 161 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) | 
| 39 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People | 
| 139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 139 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 379 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) | 
| 550 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 
| 4190 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 2118 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 2866 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) | 
| 76 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) | 
| 8714 | Morohashi | 
| 3381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1532 | New Nelson (John Haig) | 
| 76 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) | 
| 80 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) | 
| 173 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) | 
| 84 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) | 
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji | 
| 0a3.6 | The Kanji Dictionary | 
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code | 
| 1010.0 | Four corner code | 
| 1-25-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code | 
| 5de5 | Unicode hex code | 
      Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
    
    
      JLPT level N2
    
    
      719 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
    
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 芸 【ゲイ】 art, craft, accomplishment, artistic skill, technique, performance
 - 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
 - 民芸 【ミンゲイ】 folk craft, folk art
 - 文芸 【ブンゲイ】 literature, the arts, art and literature, liberal arts
 - 芸香 【ウンコウ】 common rue (Ruta graveolens)
 - 芸艸堂 【ウンソウドウ】 Unsodo
 - 耕耘 【コウウン】 plowing and weeding, farming, cultivation, tillage
 
Readings
- Japanese names:
 - き、 げ、 なり
 
- Korean:
 - un, ye
 
Spanish
- arte
 - técnica
 
Portuguese
- técnica
 - arte
 - ofício
 - performance
 - representação
 - truque
 - façanha
 
French
- art
 - technique
 - métier
 - interprétation
 - tour
 - cascade
 
| 388 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) | 
| 495 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) | 
| 470 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) | 
| 588 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 
| 3908 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) | 
| 421 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 862 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) | 
| 689 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 435 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 441 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 566 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) | 
| 642 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 
| 2738 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1403 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) | 
| 428 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) | 
| 30741P | Morohashi | 
| 2209 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 4978 | New Nelson (John Haig) | 
| 421 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) | 
| 450 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) | 
| 479 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) | 
| 1971 | 2001 Kanji | 
| 3k4.12 | The Kanji Dictionary | 
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code | 
| 4473.1 | Four corner code | 
| 1-23-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code | 
| 82b8 | Unicode hex code |