| 851 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 840 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1085 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3768 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1149 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 846 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1347 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1283 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1357 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1086 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1030 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1187 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 647 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 858 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1504 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29442 | Morohashi |
| 951 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4811 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1491 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1604 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 897 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1144 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 胸部 【キョウブ】 chest, breast
- 胸中 【キョウチュウ】 one's heart, one's mind, one's intentions
- 豊胸 【ホウキョウ】 full breasts, ample breasts, breast enlargement
- 開胸 【カイキョウ】 thoracotomy
Kun reading compounds
- 胸 【むね】 chest, breast, breasts, bosom, bust, heart, lungs, stomach, heart, mind, feelings
- 胸赤鶸 【むねあかひわ】 Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
- 両胸 【りょうむね】 both sides of the chest, both breasts
- 鳩胸 【はとむね】 pigeon chest (deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum), pigeon breast, pectus carinatum, woman with big breasts, iron armor with protruding chest, curved front portion of a stirrup, curve at the base of a shamisen neck
Readings
- Korean:
- hyung
Spanish
- pecho
- corazón
- sentimientos
Portuguese
- seio
- peito
- tórax
- coração
- sentimentos
French
- poitrine
- seins
- coeur
- sentiments
| 3952 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b6.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 80f8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
- 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
- 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
- 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
- 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day
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 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
- 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
- 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- comienzo
- principio
- origen
- jefe
Portuguese
- começo
- tempo anterior
- origem
French
- commencement
- origine
- ancien temps
| 68 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 117 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 106 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 328 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 106 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 121 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 60 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 137 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 137 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 245 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 141 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2428 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1226 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1690 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 59 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1340 | Morohashi |
| 1929 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 343 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 59 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 63 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 408 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 89 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 1021.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5143 | Unicode hex code |