| 1742 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1763 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2893 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 730 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1304 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1470 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1567 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1410 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1304 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 651 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 391 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 488 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 250 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20535X | Morohashi |
| 535 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3586 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 244 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 259 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1461 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 猫額 【ビョウガク】 (as small as a) cat's forehead
- 猫額大 【ビョウガクダイ】 tiny
- 怪猫 【カイビョウ】 monster cat, cat with magical powers
- 成猫 【セイビョウ】 adult cat, fully-grown cat
Kun reading compounds
- 猫 【ねこ】 cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus), shamisen, geisha, wheelbarrow, clay bed-warmer, bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
- 猫 【ねこま】 cat
- 野良猫 【のらねこ】 stray cat, alley cat
- 山猫 【やまねこ】 wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.), wild cat, stray cat
Readings
- Korean:
- myo
Spanish
- gato
Portuguese
- Gato
French
- chat
| 2976 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3g8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 4426.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 732b | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 杓 【シャク】 ladle, dipper, wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris), cow parsley, keck, Queen Anne's lace
- 杓子 【シャクシ】 bamboo ladle
- 柄杓 【ヒシャク】 ladle, dipper, scoop
- 烏柄杓 【カラスビシャク】 crow dipper (Pinellia ternata)
Kun reading compounds
- 柄杓 【ひしゃく】 ladle, dipper, scoop
Readings
- Korean:
- pyo, jag
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2187 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1028 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 14466X | Morohashi |
| 833 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2558 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2510 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2570 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4792.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6753 | 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 |