| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1777 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 炊飯器 【スイハンキ】 rice cooker
- 炊事 【スイジ】 cooking, kitchen work
- 雑炊 【ゾウスイ】 rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
- 烹炊 【ホウスイ】 cooking by boiling
Kun reading compounds
- 炊く 【たく】 to cook (grains, e.g. rice), to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe, to get angry, to snap
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- chwi
Spanish
- cocinar
- hervir
- cocer
Portuguese
- cozinhar
- ferver
French
- cuisiner
- cuire
| 1453 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1774 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2752 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1626 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1512 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 602 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1791 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1927 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1311 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1265 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1080 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 584 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 773 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 479 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18904 | Morohashi |
| 870 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3405 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 468 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 507 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1208 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 9788.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 708a | Unicode hex code |