| 166 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 84 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 478 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2422 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 256 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 201 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 392 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 395 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 200 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1125 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2296 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 480 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16167 | Morohashi |
| 1825 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2945 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 469 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 508 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 486 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 230 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
- 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
- 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
- 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
Kun reading compounds
- 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
- 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
- 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
- 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
- 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- canción
- cantar
Portuguese
- canção
- cantar
French
- chanson
- chanter
| 3162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 1768.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b4c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2084 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 枕籍 【チンセキ】 bedding, bed, to sleep together in the same bed, to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow, to sleep together using books as a pillow
- 枕状溶岩 【マクラジョウヨウガン】 pillow lava
- 開枕 【カイチン】 bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism), sleeping
- 陶枕 【トウチン】 porcelain pillow (used in summer)
Kun reading compounds
- 枕 【まくら】 pillow, bolster, introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in
- 枕絵 【まくらえ】 erotic picture
- 新枕 【にいまくら】 bridal bed
- 高枕 【たかまくら】 high pillow
Readings
- Korean:
- chim
Spanish
- almohada
- prefacio a una frase o charla
Portuguese
French
| 2209 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1900 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 627 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 965 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1064 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 14546 | Morohashi |
| 2589 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2472 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2034 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1857 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4491.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6795 | Unicode hex code |