| 658 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 759 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 737 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 717 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3511 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 797 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1623 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1707 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 271 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 271 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 636 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1506 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1590 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2171 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1546 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27300 | Morohashi |
| 2458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4456 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1532 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1652 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 500 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 716 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 素 【ソ】 plain, white silk, prime
- 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
- 栄養素 【エイヨウソ】 nutrient
- 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
- 素 【ス】 one's nature, one's feelings, oneself, plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel, mere, poor, exceedingly
- 素顔 【スガオ】 face with no make-up, unpainted face, true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.), real face, true picture, real nature, sober face, sobriety
- 空素 【カラス】 dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)
- 鉤素 【ハリス】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 元より 【もとより】 from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally, of course, not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
- 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto, brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- materia prima
- elemental
- normal
- usual
Portuguese
- elementar
- princípio
- descoberto
- nu
French
- élément
- principe
- nu
- découvert
| 1441 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a4.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 5090.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d20 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 魚類 【ギョルイ】 fish, fishes
- 魚介類 【ギョカイルイ】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- 鮮魚 【センギョ】 fresh fish
- 稚魚 【チギョ】 fry, juvenile fish, fingerling
Kun reading compounds
- 魚 【さかな】 fish
- 魚市場 【うおいちば】 fish market
- 川魚 【かわうお】 river fish, freshwater fish
- 活魚 【かつぎょ】 live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
- 魚 【さかな】 fish
- 魚釣り 【さかなつり】 fishing
- 旬の魚 【しゅんのさかな】 fish in season
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- eo
Spanish
- pez
- pescado
Portuguese
- peixe
French
- poisson
| 190 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 109 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 98 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1008 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 603 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 103 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1485 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 290 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 290 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 485 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1931 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2636 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1345 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1825 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 173 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 45956 | Morohashi |
| 2127 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6845 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 171 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 183 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 200 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2540 | 2001 Kanji |
| 11a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 2733.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9b5a | Unicode hex code |