| 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 4
JLPT level N1
1075 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
- 縄鏢 【ジョウヒョウ】 rope dart, rope javelin
- 絞縄 【コウジョウ】 hangman's noose, halter, rope to hang a criminal
- 結縄 【ケツジョウ】 knotted cord or rope, quipu, quippu
Kun reading compounds
- 縄 【なわ】 rope, cord, policeman's rope
- 縄張り 【なわばり】 stretching a rope around, roping off, cordoning off, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, jurisdiction, sphere of influence, territory (of an animal)
- 腰縄 【こしなわ】 leash, rope tied round prisoner's waists
- 延縄 【はえなわ】 longline
Readings
- Korean:
- seung
Spanish
- cuerda de paja
- cordón
- soga
Portuguese
- corda de palha
- corda
French
- corde
- corde de paille
| 1420 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1005 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3568 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1642 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2653 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1760 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1890 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1568 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1550 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1756 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 942 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1271 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1389 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27729 | Morohashi |
| 1388 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4547 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1377 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1477 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1793 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 6a9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 2691.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7e04 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1764 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縛 【バク】 tying up, restraint, restriction, arrest
- 縛する 【バクスル】 to bind, to restrain
- 呪縛 【ジュバク】 spell (that restricts one's movements), binding spell
- 繋縛 【ケイバク】 constraint, restraint, restriction, binding
Kun reading compounds
- 縛る 【しばる】 to tie, to bind, to fasten, to restrict (freedom), to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.), to fetter
Readings
- Korean:
- bag
Spanish
- atar
- amarrar
- arrestar
- refrenar
- contener
Portuguese
- atar
- prender
- unir
- amarrar
- apertar
French
- ficeler
- lier
- attacher
- arrêts
- contrainte
| 1701 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1983 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3593 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1361 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1643 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1448 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1541 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1569 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1555 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1779 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 949 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1282 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1388 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27771X | Morohashi |
| 1405 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4567 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1376 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1476 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1844 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2748 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a10.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-10 | SKIP code |
| 2394.6 | Four corner code |
| 2394.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7e1b | Unicode hex code |