| 1034 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 766 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2413 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1416 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 649 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1022 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1061 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 554 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1121 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1098 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 596 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1715 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16024P | Morohashi |
| 887 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2931 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1699 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1834 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1198 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
421 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 欧 【オウ】 Europe
- 欧州 【オウシュウ】 Europe
- 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
- 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 ひろ
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- Europa
Portuguese
- Europa
French
- Europe
| 3462 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 7778.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b27 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
386 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 州 【シュウ】 state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear
- 州政府 【シュウセイフ】 state government
- 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton
- 沿海州 【エンカイシュウ】 Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
- 州 【ス】 sandbank, sandbar
- 洲浜 【スハマ】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
- 白州 【シラス】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
- 中州 【ナカス】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar
Kun reading compounds
- 州 【す】 sandbank, sandbar
- 洲浜 【すはま】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
- 白州 【しらす】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
- 中州 【なかす】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くに
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- estado
- provincia
- banco de arena
Portuguese
- estado
- província
French
- province
- état
| 424 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 320 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 304 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 542 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 99 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 445 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 490 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 224 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 195 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 195 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 553 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 549 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 64 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 39 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 40 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 130 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8678 | Morohashi |
| 57 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1529 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 128 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 135 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 271 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-5 | SKIP code |
| 3200.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5dde | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
658 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 諸 【ショ】 various, many, several
- 諸君 【ショクン】 you (people), gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, my friends, everyone
Kun reading compounds
- 諸 【もろ】 both, many, various, all, together
- 諸々 【もろもろ】 all kinds of things, various things, large number of people
- その他もろもろ 【そのたもろもろ】 and various other things, and many others, and all the rest, and so on and so forth
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- diversos
- varios
- variados
Portuguese
- vários
- muitos
- juntamente
French
- multiples
- plusieurs
- différents
- divers
- ensemble
| 812 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 909 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 898 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 602 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4393 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 617 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 909 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2329 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 861 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 880 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1032 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1694 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1984 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1061 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1427 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1269 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35691P | Morohashi |
| 1577 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5648 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1261 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1351 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 272 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 985 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3078 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-8 | SKIP code |
| 0466.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8af8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
| 79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4752 | Morohashi |
| 3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 6010.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 56fd | Unicode hex code |