| 66 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 73 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 17 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1295 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2868 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 578 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 216 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 107 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 280 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 280 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 319 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1295 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4275 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2160 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2912 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 243 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20234 | Morohashi |
| 3464 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3553 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 238 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 253 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 29 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
1326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 犬猿の仲 【ケンエンノナカ】 like cats and dogs, (on) very bad terms, relationship of dogs and monkeys
- 犬猿 【ケンエン】 cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship), dogs and monkeys
- 柴犬 【シバイヌ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog
- ポメラニア犬 【ポメラニアケン】 Pomeranian (dog)
Kun reading compounds
- 犬 【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy, loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
- 犬合わせ 【いぬあわせ】 dog fighting, dog fight
- 野良犬 【のらいぬ】 stray dog
- 柴犬 【しばいぬ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeon
Spanish
- perro
Portuguese
- Cão
French
- chien
| 1463 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3g0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4303.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72ac | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2496 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釘頭 【テイトウ】 nailhead
- 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
Kun reading compounds
- 釘 【くぎ】 nail, spike, tack, rivet, brad, (pachinko) pin
- 釘隠 【くぎかくし】 nail hider, nailhead cover, decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
- 合い釘 【あいくぎ】 double-pointed nail, dowel
- 鋲釘 【びょうくぎ】 rivet, tack, thumbtack, drawing-pin, hobnail
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- clavo
- clavija
- tachuela
Portuguese
French
| 4816 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1154 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2100 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1489 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 40159 | Morohashi |
| 1667 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6217 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2766 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2788 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 8a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 8112.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91d8 | Unicode hex code |