| 479 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 838 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1192 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2532 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1049 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 678 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 590 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1236 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1300 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 252 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1171 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 396 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 253 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 300 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 439 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17309 | Morohashi |
| 338 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3104 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 432 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 463 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 500 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 泣訴 【キュウソ】 imploring with tears in one's eyes
- 号泣 【ゴウキュウ】 crying loudly, bawling, wailing, lamentation, crying one's eyes out (without making noise), breaking into a flood of tears, crying buckets, weeping
- 哀泣 【アイキュウ】 crying with sadness
Kun reading compounds
- 泣く 【なく】 to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl
- 泣く子と地頭には勝てない 【なくことじとうにはかてない】 you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason, you can't fight City Hall
Readings
- Korean:
- eub
Spanish
- llorar
- gemir
- cantar (pájaros)
Portuguese
- choro
- chorar
- lamento
French
- pleurer
- gémir
| 373 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3011.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ce3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 始発 【シハツ】 first departure (of the day), first train, first bus, departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
- 始業 【シギョウ】 start of work, commencement, opening
- 年始 【ネンシ】 beginning of the year, new year, New Year's call, New Year's greetings
- 創始 【ソウシ】 creation, founding, initiating
Kun reading compounds
- 始める 【はじめる】 to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate, to start up (a business, society, etc.), to open (e.g. a store), to establish, to start ..., to begin to ...
- 始まる 【はじまる】 to begin, to start, to commence, to happen (again), to begin (anew), to date (from), to originate (in)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もと
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
- comenzar
- empezar
- empezar (trans.)
- empezar (intrans.)
Portuguese
- iniciar
- começar
French
- commencer
- débuter
| 225 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 304 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 288 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 465 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1208 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 545 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 155 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1092 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 494 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 503 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 129 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 439 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 335 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 211 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 252 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 755 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6166 | Morohashi |
| 281 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1203 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 747 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 809 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 321 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 299 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4346.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 59cb | Unicode hex code |