| 137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 222 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 203 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 554 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2466 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 89 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 65 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 326 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 112 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 112 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 74 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4287 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2165 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2917 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 102 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16723 | Morohashi |
| 3475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3005 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 101 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 105 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 317 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 114 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
570 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 母国 【ボコク】 one's home country, one's homeland
- 母校 【ボコウ】 alma mater
- 養父母 【ヨウフボ】 adoptive parents
- 空母 【クウボ】 aircraft carrier
Kun reading compounds
- 母 【はは】 mother
- 母親 【ははおや】 mother
- 必要は発明の母 【ひつようははつめいのはは】 necessity is the mother of invention
- 失敗は成功の母 【しっぱいはせいこうのはは】 failure is the mother of success
- 母屋 【もや】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline, main building (of a manor), central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
- 母屋桁 【もやげた】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline
- 雲母 【うんも】 mica, isinglass
- 乳母 【うば】 wet nurse, nursing mother
Readings
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- madre
- base
- cimientos
Portuguese
- mãe
- materno
French
- maman
- mère
| 3647 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.36 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 7750.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bcd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1583 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 后宮 【コウグウ】 empress's palace, queen's palace, empress, queen
- 皇妃 【コウヒ】 empress, queen
- 皇太后 【コウタイゴウ】 Empress Dowager, Queen Mother
- 太后 【タイコウ】 empress dowager, queen mother
Kun reading compounds
- 后 【きさき】 empress, queen
- 后町 【きさきまち】 women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
Readings
- Korean:
- hu
Spanish
- emperatriz
- esposa del emperador
Portuguese
- imperatriz
- rainha
- depois
- atrás
- mais tarde
French
- impératrice
- reine
- après
- derrière
- arrière
- plus tard
| 780 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 869 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 858 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1759 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 181 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 542 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1125 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 304 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1119 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1171 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1873 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 283 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3701 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1893 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2574 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1878 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3298 | Morohashi |
| 2981 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 704 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1861 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2005 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 844 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2677 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 7226.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 540e | Unicode hex code |