| 783 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 871 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 861 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 964 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3100 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 460 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1551 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 297 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 297 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 579 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1366 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3175 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1635 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 267 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22701 | Morohashi |
| 2566 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3870 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 261 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 279 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 880 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 皇后 【コウゴウ】 empress (consort)
- 皇居 【コウキョ】 Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence
- 倉皇 【ソウコウ】 hurriedly, in a hurry, in great haste
- 教皇 【キョウコウ】 Pope
- 皇子 【オウジ】 imperial prince
- 皇女 【コウジョ】 imperial princess
- 法皇 【ホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
- 太上法皇 【ダイジョウホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おうじ、 おお、 み
- Korean:
- hwang, wang
Spanish
- emperador
Portuguese
- imperador
French
- empereur
| 872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4f5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 2610.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7687 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
- 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
- 太太 【タイタイ】 wife
- 馬太 【マタイ】 Matthew (the Apostle)
- 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
- 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
- 羽太 【ハタ】 sea basses, groupers
- 赤羽太 【アカハタ】 blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
Kun reading compounds
- 太い 【ふとい】 fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious
- 太藺 【ふとい】 softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
- 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 たか、 ひろ
- Korean:
- tae
Spanish
- grande
- gordo
- grueso
- engordar
Portuguese
- gordo
- grande
- espesso
French
- gras
- dodu
- gros
| 269 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 181 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 164 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 343 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1172 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 508 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 151 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 105 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 629 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 639 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 124 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 409 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2673 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1360 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 121 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5834 | Morohashi |
| 2152 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1137 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 120 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 126 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 257 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 98 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1463 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4003.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 592a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1583 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 后宮 【コウグウ】 empress's palace, queen's palace, empress, queen
- 皇妃 【コウヒ】 empress, queen
- 皇太后 【コウタイゴウ】 Empress Dowager, Queen Mother
- 太后 【タイコウ】 empress dowager, queen mother
Kun reading compounds
- 后 【きさき】 empress (consort), queen (consort)
- 后町 【きさきまち】 women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
Readings
- Korean:
- hu
Spanish
- emperatriz
- esposa del emperador
Portuguese
- imperatriz
- rainha
- depois
- atrás
- mais tarde
French
- impératrice
- reine
- après
- derrière
- arrière
- plus tard
| 780 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 869 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 858 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1759 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 181 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 542 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1125 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 304 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1119 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1171 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1873 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 283 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3701 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1893 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2574 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1878 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3298 | Morohashi |
| 2981 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 704 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1861 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2005 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 844 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2677 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 7226.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 540e | Unicode hex code |