423 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
531 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
503 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
435 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3295 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
232 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
783 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2124 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
228 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
228 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
564 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1442 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1560 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
823 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1128 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1695 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25174 | Morohashi |
1218 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4159 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1679 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1810 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
417 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
618 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
461 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 種 【シュ】 kind, variety, (biological) species, (logical) species
- 種子 【シュシ】 seed, pit
- 職種 【ショクシュ】 type of occupation, occupational category
- 業種 【ギョウシュ】 type of industry
Kun reading compounds
- 種 【たね】 seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kernel, stone (e.g. of a peach), progeny, offspring, issue, breed, paternal blood, lineage, sperm, semen, seed, cause, source, seed, origin, material (e.g. for an article), matter (e.g. of a story), subject (of discussion), theme, (news) copy, source (of a story), ingredient, main ingredient (of a piece of sushi), leaven, mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.), secret, trickery, 10-point card, tane, animal card
- 種馬 【たねうま】 studhorse, stallion, breeding horse
- 菜種 【なたね】 rapeseed, coleseed
- 麻種 【あさたね】 hemp seed
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おい、 くさ、 た、 ほ
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- semilla
- tipo
- variedad
- clase
- noticia
Portuguese
- espécie
- tipo
- classe
- variedade
- cepa
French
- espèce
- classe
- sorte
- variété
- graine
2272 | 2001 Kanji |
5d9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-9 | SKIP code |
2291.4 | Four corner code |
1-28-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7a2e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紙 【シ】 newspaper
- 紙上 【シジョウ】 on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
- 原稿用紙 【ゲンコウヨウシ】 Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
- 製紙 【セイシ】 papermaking, paper manufacture
Kun reading compounds
- 紙 【かみ】 paper
- 紙芝居 【かみしばい】 kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
- インディア紙 【インディアかみ】 India paper
- 頸上 【くびかみ】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- papel
- periódico
Portuguese
- Papel
French
- papier
85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
148 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
132 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
501 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3510 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1953 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
180 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
180 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
243 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1517 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1654 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27293 | Morohashi |
1302 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4455 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1829 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1971 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
456 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
194 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2756 | 2001 Kanji |
6a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-4 | SKIP code |
2294.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d19 | Unicode hex code |