| 2875 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 566 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 405 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 20345 | Morohashi |
| 345 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3565 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2341 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2430 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 狗子仏性 【クシブッショウ】 the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
- 狗屠 【クト】 dog slaughter, killing of dogs, dog butcher
- 走狗 【ソウク】 hound, hunting dog, running dog, dupe, tool of another person, cat's-paw
- 狡兎良狗 【コウトリョウク】 When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
Kun reading compounds
- 犬 【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy, loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
- 【イヌワシ】 golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- 喪家の狗 【そうかのいぬ】 feeling lost like a stray dog
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3g5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72d7 | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
819 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 仏 【ブツ】 Buddha, Buddhism
- 仏像 【ブツゾウ】 statue of Buddha, image of Buddha, Buddhist statue, Buddhist image
- 石仏 【セキブツ】 stone Buddhist image, unemotional person, taciturn person
- 成仏 【ジョウブツ】 attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)
- 仏 【フツ】 France
- 仏語 【フツゴ】 French (language)
- 渡仏 【トフツ】 going to France
- 滞仏 【タイフツ】 staying in France
Kun reading compounds
- 仏 【ほとけ】 Buddha, Shakyamuni, Buddhist image, figure of Buddha, the dead, dead person, departed soul, merciful person
- 仏顔 【ほとけがお】 gentle face
- 神仏 【しんぶつ】 gods and Buddha, Shinto and Buddhism
- 吾が仏 【あがほとけ】 my dear, my Buddha
Readings
- Korean:
- bul
Spanish
- Buda
- Francia
- muerto
- difunto
Portuguese
- Buddha
- o morto
- França
French
- Bouddha
- France
- défunt
| 711 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 805 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 784 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 678 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 351 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 249 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 300 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 128 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 583 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 592 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 416 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 57 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 20 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 10 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 10 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 973 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 364 | Morohashi |
| 19 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 111 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 964 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1037 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 644 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2171 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ecf | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
- 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
- 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
- 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
- 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
- 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
- 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
- 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
Kun reading compounds
- 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- sexo
- género
- naturaleza
- temperamento
Portuguese
- sexo
- gênero
- natureza
French
- sexe
- genre
- nature
- propriétés
| 645 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 745 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 723 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1666 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 280 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 535 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 564 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 421 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 811 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 357 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1572 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10478 | Morohashi |
| 299 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1558 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1679 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 119 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 690 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 9501.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6027 | Unicode hex code |