| 1203 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 971 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3545 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 894 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1633 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2539 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1025 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1064 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 901 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1537 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1720 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 919 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1382 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27531 | Morohashi |
| 1360 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4501 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1370 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1470 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1656 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
743 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 継続 【ケイゾク】 continuation, continuance, going on
- 継承 【ケイショウ】 inheritance, succession, accession, share-alike, inheritance
- 後継 【コウケイ】 succession, successor
- 中継 【チュウケイ】 relay, hook-up, relay broadcasting
Kun reading compounds
- 継ぐ 【つぐ】 to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow, to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair, to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- sucesión
- herencia
- pariente político
- suceder
- heredar
- tener éxito
Portuguese
- herdar
- ser bem-sucedido
- remendo
- enxerto (árvore)
French
- hériter
- succession
- relais
- rapiécer
- greffe (arbre)
| 2775 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a7.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-7 | SKIP code |
| 2991.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d99 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 竿 【カン】 counter for poles, rods, etc.
- 竿頭 【カントウ】 top of a pole
- 一竿 【イッカン】 one pole (esp. used for fishing poles), one rod
- 三竿 【サンカン】 broad daylight
Kun reading compounds
- 竿 【さお】 rod, pole, neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen, beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance), single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese), penis, counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
- 竿姉妹 【さおしまい】 women who have had sex with the same man, pole sisters
- 殻竿 【からざお】 flail (for threshing grain)
Readings
- Korean:
- gan
Spanish
- palo
- barra
- vara
- caña
Portuguese
French
| 3369 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3259 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2288 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 25854 | Morohashi |
| 4250 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2632 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2676 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6f3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 8840.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7aff | Unicode hex code |