| 355 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 255 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 235 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 297 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2361 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 470 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 644 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2301 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 781 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 795 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 34 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1111 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1350 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 733 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 979 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1767 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15484P | Morohashi |
| 1066 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2854 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1751 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1888 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 432 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
480 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
- 横行 【オウコウ】 being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent, walking sideways, staggering, striding
- 縦横 【ジュウオウ】 length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal, the four cardinal points, every direction, all directions, as one wishes, as one pleases, at will
- 専横 【センオウ】 arbitrariness, despotism, high-handedness, tyranny
Kun reading compounds
- 横 【よこ】 horizontal (as opposed to vertical), lying down, side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth, side (of a box, etc.), beside, aside, next to, unconnected
- 邪 【よこしま】 wicked, evil, wrong, bad
- 真横 【まよこ】 (right at the) side, just beside
- 縦中横 【たてちゅうよこ】 using horizontal characters in vertical writing
Readings
- Korean:
- hoeng
Spanish
- lateral
- lado
- horizontal
- egoísta
- incorrecto
- costado
Portuguese
- De lado
- lado
- horizontal
- largura
- trama (tecidos)
French
- latéral
- côté
- horizontal
- largeur
- trame (tissu)
| 1861 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a11.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-11 | SKIP code |
| 4498.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6a2a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
- 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
- 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
- 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol
Kun reading compounds
- 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かき
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- escritura
- escrito
- escribir
Portuguese
- escrever
French
- écrire
| 92 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 159 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 142 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 130 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 70 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 58 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 181 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 998 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3292 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1703 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2314 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 333 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14294 | Morohashi |
| 2658 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2463 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 327 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 349 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 121 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 197 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1678 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 5060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f8 | Unicode hex code |