| 13 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 15 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 8 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 432 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2743 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 15 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 69 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 52 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 20 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 20 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 18 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1260 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4273 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2159 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2911 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 163 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18850 | Morohashi |
| 3463 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3394 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 161 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 27 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 火 【カ】 Tuesday, fire (second of the five elements)
- 火炎瓶 【カエンビン】 Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb
- 発火 【ハッカ】 ignition, combustion, catching fire, firing a blank cartridge, discharge of a gun without bullets
- 点火 【テンカ】 ignition, lighting, firing, setting off
Kun reading compounds
- 火 【ひ】 fire, flame, blaze
- 火口 【ひぐち】 burner, nozzle, origin of a fire
- 飛び火 【とびひ】 leaping flames, flying sparks, spread of fire (due to leaping flames), repercussions in unanticipated areas, spilling over, effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved, impetigo contagiosa
- 不知火 【しらぬい】 phosphorescent light, mysterious lights on the sea, sea fire
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- fuego
- flama
- llama
Portuguese
- fogo
French
- feu
| 1162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 9080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 706b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 星 【セイ】 Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Singapore
- 星座 【セイザ】 constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
- 新星 【シンセイ】 nova, new face, new star
- 小惑星 【ショウワクセイ】 asteroid
- 客星 【カクセイ】 celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)
- 七星 【シチセイ】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
Kun reading compounds
- 星 【ほし】 star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body, star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk, star (actor, player, etc.), dot, spot, fleck, bullseye, perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect, one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune, point, score, star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi, (pyrotechnic) star
- 星空 【ほしぞら】 starry sky
- 四三の星 【しそうのほし】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
- 希望の星 【きぼうのほし】 ray of light, ray of hope, promising talent
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- estrella
- punto pequeño
- resultado de un juego
Portuguese
- estrela
- ponto
- marca
French
- étoile
- point
- marque
| 264 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 171 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 154 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 877 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2121 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 838 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 599 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 946 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 730 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 743 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 463 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 973 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3089 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2156 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1570 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13837 | Morohashi |
| 2435 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2452 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1556 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1676 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 181 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 6010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 661f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 旗手 【キシュ】 standard-bearer, flag-bearer
- 旗色 【ハタイロ】 situation, outlook, one's allegiance, affiliation, position
- 日章旗 【ニッショウキ】 the Japanese (rising sun) flag
- 校旗 【コウキ】 school flag
Kun reading compounds
- 旗 【はた】 flag, pataka (banner), banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
- 旗揚げ 【はたあげ】 raising an army, raising a banner, launching a new group, launching a business, launching a new party
- 白旗 【しらはた】 white flag, truce flag, surrender flag
- 大会旗 【たいかいはた】 tournament flag
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- bandera nacional
- estandarte
- bandera
Portuguese
- bandeira nacional
- bandeira
- padrão
French
- drapeau
- bannière
- étendard
| 371 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 474 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 451 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1174 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2093 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 601 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1401 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2093 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1006 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1043 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1528 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 962 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1321 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 716 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 958 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1780 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13687 | Morohashi |
| 1047 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1764 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1901 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 615 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4h10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 0828.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65d7 | Unicode hex code |