| 45 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 76 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 70 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 15 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 96 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 20 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 61 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 212 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 25 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 25 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 37 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1046 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4314 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2937 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 215 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14421 | Morohashi |
| 3502 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2536 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 211 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 224 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 47 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 本 【ホン】 book, volume, script, this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue, main, head, principal, real, genuine, regular, proper, counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
- 本位 【ホンイ】 standard, basis, principle
- 社会資本 【シャカイシホン】 social capital, SOC
- 配本 【ハイホン】 distribution of books
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 本木 【もとき】 original stock
- 大本 【おおもと】 root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
- 旗本 【はたもと】 shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まと、 ごう
- Korean:
- bon
Spanish
- libro
- origen
- base
- contador de cosas alargadas
Portuguese
- livro
- presente
- real
- verdadeiro
- principal
- sufixo p/ contagem De coisas longas
French
- livre
- présent
- essentiel
- origine
- principal
- réalité
- vérité
- compteur d'objets allongés
| 1855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 5023.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 672c | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卦辞 【カジ】 commentary (on any of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
- 卦兆 【カチョウ】 divination signs
- 八卦 【ハッケ】 eight trigrams, divination signs, divination, fortune-telling
- 卦 【ケ】 divination sign
- 卦算 【ケイサン】 paperweight
- 有卦 【ウケ】 streak of good luck
- 六十四卦 【ロクジュウシケ】 the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwae
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 801 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 647 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2798 | Morohashi |
| 625 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2m6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 4310.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5366 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
910 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 還元 【カンゲン】 restoration, return, reduction, resolution, deoxidization, deoxidation
- 環境 【カンキョウ】 environment, surroundings, circumstances
- 奪還 【ダッカン】 recapture, retaking, recovery, taking back
- 送還 【ソウカン】 sending home, repatriation, deportation
Kun reading compounds
- 帰る 【かえる】 to return, to come home, to go home, to go back, to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.), to get home, to get to home plate
Readings
- Korean:
- hwan, seon
Spanish
- volver
- regresar
- devolver
Portuguese
- devolver
- voltar
French
- renvoyer
- retour
| 1114 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1139 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4750 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1557 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1823 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2588 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 866 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 885 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1215 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 723 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3945 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2032 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2743 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 845 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39174P | Morohashi |
| 3180 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6121 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 837 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 900 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1856 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3665 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q13.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 3630.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9084 | Unicode hex code |