| 254 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 338 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 322 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 347 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 93 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 204 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 740 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 185 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.9 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 309 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 309 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 585 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1332 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4319 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2186 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2942 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1126 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21726 | Morohashi |
| 3507 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3726 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1117 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1198 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 253 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
492 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 申請 【シンセイ】 application, request, petition
- 申告 【シンコク】 report, return (e.g. tax), statement, declaration, notification, filing
- 上申 【ジョウシン】 report to a superior
- 具申 【グシン】 offering a full report to a superior
Kun reading compounds
- 申す 【もうす】 to say, to be called, to do
- 申すまでもなく 【もうすまでもなく】 needless to say, obviously, of course
- 申 【さる】 the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm), west-southwest, 7th month of the lunar calendar
- 猿楽 【さるがく】 sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around
- 庚申 【かのえさる】 Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040), Shōmen Kongō (deity), kōshin-machi (religious wake)
- 甲申 【きのえさる】 Wood Monkey (21st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1944, 2004, 2064)
Readings
- Korean:
- sin
Spanish
- decir
- tener el honor de
Portuguese
- tem a honra para
French
- dire (humble)
- s'appeler (humble)
- j'ai l'honneur de
- signe de la 9ème branche terrestre
- signe du Singe (zodiaque)
- 15 h à 17 h
| 1655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.39 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 5000.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7533 | 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 |