| 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
JLPT level N1
1580 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 謡曲 【ヨウキョク】 noh song
- 民謡 【ミンヨウ】 folk song, popular song
- 歌謡 【カヨウ】 song, ballad
Kun reading compounds
- 謡 【うたい】 noh chanting, recitation
- 謡物 【うたいもの】 utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
- 地謡 【じうたい】 noh chorus
- 素謡 【すうたい】 bare noh chanting, vocal-only noh theater performance, with no dancing or instruments, unaccompanied utai
- 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)
Readings
- Korean:
- yo
Spanish
- canto del teatro Noh
- canto melódico
- cantar
Portuguese
- Canto de teatro noh
French
- chanter
- chant Noh
| 1883 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1531 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4410 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1071 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1768 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2642 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1647 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1760 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1788 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1704 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2011 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1071 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1445 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1987 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35779P | Morohashi |
| 1597 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5666 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1968 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2119 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1854 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3076 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a9.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-9 | SKIP code |
| 0267.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8b21 | Unicode hex code |