| 1743 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 418 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2567 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 907 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1473 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1070 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 785 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 799 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 911 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1196 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 523 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 320 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1344 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17462 | Morohashi |
| 436 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3152 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1332 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1430 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1358 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
645 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 浜堤 【ヒンテイ】 beach ridge
- 海浜 【カイヒン】 seashore, seaside, beach
- 京浜 【ケイヒン】 Tokyo and Yokohama
Kun reading compounds
- 浜 【はま】 beach, seashore, captured pieces, captured stones, Yokohama, riverbank, riverside
- 浜辺 【はまべ】 beach, foreshore
- 白浜 【しらはま】 white sandy beach
- 塩浜 【しおはま】 saltpan, field for drying salt
Readings
- Korean:
- bin
Spanish
- litoral
- playa
- zona costera
- abreviatura de Yokohama
Portuguese
- praia
- costa
French
- plage
- rivage
| 361 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a7.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3218.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d5c | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 撫育 【ブイク】 care, tending
- 撫する 【ブスル】 to stroke, to caress
- 慰撫 【イブ】 pacification, soothing
- 綏撫 【スイブ】 lulled into peacefulness, comforted and consoled
Kun reading compounds
- 撫でる 【なでる】 to stroke, to caress, to brush gently, to pat, to rub, to comb (hair), to smooth down
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なで、 なでし、 む
- Korean:
- mu, bu
Spanish
- caricia
- roce
- consuelo
- acariciar
- rozar
- consolar
- calmar
Portuguese
French
| 2000 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 904 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 667 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 12743 | Morohashi |
| 2281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2270 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2368 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3c12.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 5803.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 64ab | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |