| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
1046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 飯店 【ハンテン】 Chinese restaurant
- 飯切 【ハンギリ】 flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
- 米飯 【ベイハン】 cooked rice
- 赤飯 【セキハン】 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
Kun reading compounds
- 飯 【めし】 cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood
- 飯売女 【めしうりおんな】 maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
- 握り飯 【にぎりめし】 onigiri, rice ball
- 冷や飯 【ひやめし】 cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 いい、 いり、 え
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- comida
- arroz cocido
Portuguese
- refeição
- arroz cozido
French
- repas
- riz bouilli
| 696 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 594 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 565 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1083 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5158 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 768 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 279 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 325 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 325 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 604 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1904 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2126 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1110 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1509 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1485 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44064P | Morohashi |
| 1691 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6679 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1473 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1583 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 597 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2867 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8174.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98ef | Unicode hex code |