| 147 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 237 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 217 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 113 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 202 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 25 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 62 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 538 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 69 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 133 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 36 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4366 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2211 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2975 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1902 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14489 | Morohashi |
| 3551 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2565 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1884 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2029 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 27 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 153 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
102 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 来 【ライ】 next (year, spring, etc.), coming, since (e.g. last month), for (e.g. 20 years)
- 来客 【ライキャク】 visitor, caller
- 在来 【ザイライ】 pre-existing, already there, conventional
- 再来 【サイライ】 return, coming back, second coming (e.g. of Christ), second advent, reincarnation
Kun reading compounds
- 来る 【くる】 to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive, to come back, to do ... and come back, to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue, to come from, to be caused by, to derive from, to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
- 来る年 【くるとし】 the coming year
- 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
- 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
- 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
- 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
- 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
- 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
- 来合わせる 【きあわせる】 to happen to come along
- 来掛かる 【きかかる】 to happen to come
- 不出来 【ふでき】 bad job, poor workmanship, bungle
- 行ってき 【いってき】 bye, see ya (afterwards), have fun, get going, now
- 来い 【こい】 come!, come on!
- 来し方 【きしかた】 the past
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くり、 くる、 ごろ、 さ
- Korean:
- rae
Spanish
- venir
- llegar
- acercarse
- aproximarse
Portuguese
- Vir
- devido
- próximo
- causa
- tornar-se
French
- venir
- dû à
- suivant
- causer
- devenir
| 1464 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 5090.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6765 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
781 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 聴講 【チョウコウ】 lecture attendance, auditing
- 聴覚 【チョウカク】 (sense of) hearing, auditory perception
- 難聴 【ナンチョウ】 hardness of hearing, bradyacusia, deafness, hearing loss, having poor reception (radio, etc.)
- 愛聴 【アイチョウ】 loving listening to something, loving to listen to something
Kun reading compounds
- 聞く 【きく】 to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire, to query, to hear about, to hear of, to learn of, to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with, to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to, to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance), to taste (alcohol), to try
- 許す 【ゆるす】 to permit, to allow, to approve, to consent to, to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to tolerate, to exempt (someone) from, to remit, to release, to let off, to acknowledge, to admit, to trust, to confide in, to let one's guard down, to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.), to yield
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きく
- Korean:
- cheong
Spanish
- escuchar
Portuguese
- escutar
- teimoso
- investigação cuidadosa
- desobediente
French
- écouter
- têtu
- vilain
- sans même demander
| 1598 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1051 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3716 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1055 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1664 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2634 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1039 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1080 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 645 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1585 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1796 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 956 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1292 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 835 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29173 | Morohashi |
| 1418 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4740 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 827 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 890 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1881 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3258 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6e11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-11 | SKIP code |
| 1413.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8074 | Unicode hex code |