| 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 2
    
    
      JLPT level N4
    
    
      550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
    
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 室 【シツ】 room, wife (of someone of high rank), scabbard, Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
 - 室長 【シツチョウ】 section chief, laboratory manager, office head, room monitor
 - 同室 【ドウシツ】 same room, sharing a room, occupying the same room
 - 皇室 【コウシツ】 Imperial household
 
Kun reading compounds
- 室 【むろ】 greenhouse, icehouse, cellar
 - 室町 【むろまち】 Muromachi period (1336-1573)
 - 石室 【せきしつ】 stone hut, rock chamber, tomb, stone burial chamber
 - 氷室 【ひむろ】 ice house, ice room, cold room
 
Readings
- Korean:
 - sil
 
Spanish
- habitación
 - cuarto
 - caverna
 - guarida
 - gruta
 
Portuguese
- quarto
 - apartamento
 - câmara
 - estufa
 - porão
 
French
- pièce
 - appartement
 - chambre
 - serre
 - cave
 
| 232 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) | 
| 152 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) | 
| 136 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) | 
| 421 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 
| 1300 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) | 
| 278 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 157 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) | 
| 1183 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 3.5 | Japanese for Busy People | 
| 166 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 166 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 331 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) | 
| 477 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 
| 2802 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1442 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1943 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) | 
| 761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) | 
| 7136 | Morohashi | 
| 2254 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1327 | New Nelson (John Haig) | 
| 754 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) | 
| 816 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) | 
| 176 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) | 
| 772 | 2001 Kanji | 
| 3m6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary | 
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code | 
| 3010.4 | Four corner code | 
| 1-28-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code | 
| 5ba4 | Unicode hex code |