| 1294 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 550 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2434 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1418 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 653 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1995 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 479 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 487 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 703 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1131 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3131 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1605 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2190 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 394 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16326P | Morohashi |
| 2490 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2962 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 512 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 551 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1636 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
269 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歳 【サイ】 ... years old, age (of) ...
- 歳月 【サイゲツ】 time, years
- 歳歳 【サイサイ】 annual
- 年年歳歳 【ネンネンサイサイ】 annually, every year, year in year out, from year to year
- 歳暮 【セイボ】 year-end gift, end of the year, year end
Kun reading compounds
- 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
- 年取った 【としとった】 old (person), aged
- いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
- 大年 【おおとし】 New Year's Eve, Jupiter (planet)
- 年 【とせ】 counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
- 万年 【まんねん】 ten thousand years, eternity, perennial, perpetual
- 二十歳 【はたとせ】 twenty years
Readings
- Korean:
- se
Spanish
- año
- edad
Portuguese
- Fim de ano
- idade
- ocasião
- oportunidade
French
- fin d'année
- âge
- compteur d'années
- occasion
- opportunité
| 1259 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4n9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 2125.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b73 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 役 【ヤク】 role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service, position (of responsibility), post, office, part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character, scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld
- 役員 【ヤクイン】 director, executive, officer, official, person in charge
- 悪役 【アクヤク】 villain, baddie, the villain's part
- 大役 【タイヤク】 important task, important role, great duty, important mission, major part (in a film, play, etc.), leading role, high-scoring combination
- 役 【エキ】 war, campaign, battle, unpaid work (ritsuryō system), forced labor
- 役務 【エキム】 labor, labour, service
- 荷役 【ニエキ】 handling cargo, loading and unloading
- 就役 【シュウエキ】 being placed on duty, going into commission (of a warship, freighter, etc.), being placed in commission
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちゃく
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- oficio
- deber
- servicio
- papel
- (guerra)
Portuguese
- dever
- guerra
- campanha
- esboço
- escritório
- serviço
- papel
French
- rôle
- fonctions
- guerre
- campagne
- corvée
- poste
- service
| 324 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 419 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 397 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 315 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1598 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 171 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 519 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 368 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 375 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 376 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 609 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 620 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 288 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 217 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 893 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10057 | Morohashi |
| 244 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1726 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 884 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 949 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 266 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 290 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2068 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2724.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f79 | Unicode hex code |