| 908 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 897 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 511 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3642 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 903 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 832 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 860 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 879 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1316 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1465 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3223 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1672 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2263 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1267 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28311P | Morohashi |
| 2609 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4643 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1259 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1349 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 959 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
signature, govt office, police station
- On:
- ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
725 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 署 【ショ】 station (esp. a police station), office (e.g. tax office)
- 署員 【ショイン】 staff member, station employee, official
- 支署 【シショ】 substation
- 副署 【フクショ】 countersignature
Readings
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- puesto
- cargo
- oficina del gobierno
- firma
Portuguese
- assinatura
- escritório do govêrno
- estação de polícia
French
- signature
- commissariat de police
- bureau (administration)
- autorités publiques
| 3678 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5g8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-8 | SKIP code |
| 3-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 6060.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7f72 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
12 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 長 【チョウ】 head, chief, leader, elder, merit, strong point, superiority, major
- 長官 【チョウカン】 secretary (government), director, chief
- 体長 【タイチョウ】 length (of an animal), body length
- 医長 【イチョウ】 medical director, chief physician
Kun reading compounds
- 長い 【ながい】 long (distance, length), long (time), protracted, prolonged
- 長居 【ながい】 long visit, overstaying
- 長 【おさ】 head, chief, leader, the greatest (of all the ...)
- 【オサガメ】 leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- 田長 【たおさ】 master of the rice field, chief farmer, lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 死出田長 【しでたおさ】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 おしゃ、 たかし、 たけ、 な、 は、 ひさ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- largo
- jefe
- sobresaliente
Portuguese
- Longo
- ambicionar
- líder
- chefe
French
- long
- chef
| 116 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 189 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 173 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 25 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 155 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 95 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 939 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 95 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 95 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 89 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1837 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2212 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1939 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41100 | Morohashi |
| 2556 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6379 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1920 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2070 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 90 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 161 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-8-1 | SKIP code |
| 7173.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9577 | Unicode hex code |