| 498 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 401 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 378 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1222 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 131 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 820 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 662 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 140 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1269 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1095 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1153 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 43 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 24 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 25 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 133 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17087 | Morohashi |
| 39 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3032 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 131 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 138 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 259 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
- 氷山 【ヒョウザン】 iceberg
- 海氷 【カイヒョウ】 sea ice
- 解氷 【カイヒョウ】 a thaw
Kun reading compounds
- 氷 【こおり】 ice, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
- 氷水 【こおりみず】 ice water, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
- 人造氷 【じんぞうこおり】 artificial ice
- 雪氷 【せっぴょう】 snow and ice, snow ice, frozen snow
- 氷 【ひ】 ice, hail
- 氷柱 【つらら】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
- 薄ら氷 【うすらひ】 thin ice
- 凍る 【こおる】 to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すい
- Korean:
- bing
Spanish
- hielo
- congelado
Portuguese
- estalactite
- gelo
- granizo
- geada
- congela
French
- glace
- glaçon
- grêle
- geler
- congeler
| 1142 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a1.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 3223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c37 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭取 【トウドリ】 (bank) president, greenroom manager (in a theater)
- 教頭 【キョウトウ】 deputy head teacher, vice principal
- 会頭 【カイトウ】 society president
- 頭 【ズ】 head
- 頭痛 【ズツウ】 headache
- 馬頭 【メズ】 horse-headed demon (in hell)
- 竜頭 【リュウズ】 crown (of a watch), stem, canon (of a bell), something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭取 【トウドリ】 (bank) president, greenroom manager (in a theater)
- 鳥兜 【トリカブト】 aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat
Kun reading compounds
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭打ち 【あたまうち】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 石頭 【いしあたま】 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)
- ごま塩頭 【ごましおあたま】 salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭文字 【かしらもじ】 first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
- お頭 【おかしら】 leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head
- 鯛の尾より鰯の頭 【たいのおよりいわしのかしら】 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- 頭 【かぶり】 head
- 頭を振る 【かぶりをふる】 to shake one's head (in denial)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ、 がみ、 ちゃん、 つむり、 づ
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- cabeza
- principio
- delantera
Portuguese
- cabeça
- sufixo para contagem de animais grandes
French
- tête
- compteur de gros animaux
| 294 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 203 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 186 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 386 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4469 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 519 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 275 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2504 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 276 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 276 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 166 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1889 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2019 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1073 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1453 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43490 | Morohashi |
| 1604 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6639 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1441 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1549 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 234 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 238 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3061 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-9 | SKIP code |
| 1118.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 982d | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 膾炙 【カイシャ】 becoming well-known, becoming common knowledge
Kun reading compounds
- 膾 【なます】 namasu, dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar
- 菊花膾 【きくかなます】 boiled chrysanthemum petals pickled in vinegar
- 菊膾 【きくなます】 boiled chrysanthemum petals pickled in vinegar
Readings
- Korean:
- hoe
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3821 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 29937 | Morohashi |
| 4879 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 4b13.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-13 | SKIP code |
| 7826.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-71-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81be | Unicode hex code |