| 1260 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1149 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3193 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1598 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 766 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1635 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1009 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1046 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1309 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1403 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1518 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 802 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1095 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 702 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24230 | Morohashi |
| 1183 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4008 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 695 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 750 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1571 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 硬 【コウ】 hardness
- 硬貨 【コウカ】 coin, hard currency
- 生硬 【セイコウ】 crude, immature, unpolished
- 重硬 【ジュウコウ】 heavy and hard (of a wood)
Kun reading compounds
- 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
- かたいことは言いっこなし 【かたいことはいいっこなし】 let's put formalities aside, let's not speak so stiffly
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- rígido
- duro
- firme
Portuguese
- duro
- rígido
French
- dur
- raide
| 3366 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5a7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 1164.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 786c | Unicode hex code |
水
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
- 水位 【スイイ】 water level
- 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
- 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water
Kun reading compounds
- 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool or cold), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
- 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
- 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
- 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- agua
Portuguese
- água
French
- eau
| 14 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 16 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 40 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 144 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2482 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 16 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 68 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 54 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 21 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 21 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 19 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1151 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 10 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 132 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17083 | Morohashi |
| 10 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3030 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 130 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 137 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 166 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 31 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1142 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 1223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c34 | Unicode hex code |