| 229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30095 | Morohashi |
| 3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
| 879 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81ea | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
211 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 在 【ザイ】 the country, countryside, outskirts, suburbs, presence, being in attendance, situated in, staying in, resident in
- 在外 【ザイガイ】 overseas, abroad
- 顕在 【ケンザイ】 being actual (as opposed to hidden or latent), being apparent, being obvious, being tangible, being revealed
- 介在 【カイザイ】 existing (between), interposition, intervention, involvement
Kun reading compounds
- 有る 【ある】 to be, to exist, to live, to have, to be located, to be equipped with, to happen, to come about
- 在るがまま 【あるがまま】 as it is, plain (truth), bare, undisguised, unvarnished, unexaggerated, honest, true, frank, candid
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あり
- Korean:
- jae
Spanish
- existir
- pueblo natal
- alrededores
- ser
Portuguese
- existir
- arredores
- subúrbios
- localizados em
French
- exister
- banlieue
- situé à
| 613 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 711 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 684 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 243 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1055 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 258 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 427 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 314 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 268 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 268 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 588 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 349 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3704 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1896 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 692 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4881 | Morohashi |
| 2984 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 975 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 685 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 740 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 182 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 659 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b3.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4021.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5728 | Unicode hex code |