| 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
670 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 適格 【テキカク】 eligible, qualified, competent
- 適応 【テキオウ】 adaptation, accommodation, conformity
- 不適 【フテキ】 inadequacy, inappropriateness, unfitness, impropriety
- 悠々自適 【ユウユウジテキ】 living a life of leisure with dignity, living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares, otium cum dignitate
Kun reading compounds
- 叶う 【かなう】 to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.), to be realized, to be fulfilled, to suit (e.g. a purpose), to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.), to conform to (standards, rules, etc.), to be consistent with, to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. the heat)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeog, cheog
Spanish
- adecuado
- apropiado
- adaptarse
Portuguese
- raro
- ocasional
- conveniente
- qualificado
- capaz
French
- approprié
- occasionnel
- rare
- qualifié
- capable
| 679 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 778 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 755 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 663 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4738 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 453 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 966 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2240 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 415 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 421 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 657 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 718 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3918 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2020 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2726 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 448 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39076P | Morohashi |
| 3160 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6107 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 441 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 473 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 799 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 449 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 3030.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9069 | Unicode hex code |