| 827 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 755 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 732 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1711 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3855 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 878 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1688 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1259 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1331 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1288 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1591 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2711 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1384 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1871 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 43 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30277 | Morohashi |
| 2186 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4917 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 41 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 41 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 660 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1830 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 舌圧子 【ゼツアツシ】 tongue depressor
- 舌咽神経 【ゼツインシンケイ】 glossopharyngeal nerve
- 饒舌 【ジョウゼツ】 talkativeness, garrulity, loquacity
- 後舌 【コウゼツ】 rear part of the tongue
Kun reading compounds
- 舌 【した】 tongue, tongue-like object, clapper (of a bell), talon (of a lock), reed (of a musical instrument)
- 舌打ち 【したうち】 clicking one's tongue, tut-tut, smacking one's lips (with relish)
- 貧乏舌 【びんぼうじた】 being unable to discern good food from bad, poor person's taste (in food), unsophisticated palate
- 迎え舌 【むかえした】 sticking out one's tongue when putting food in one's mouth
Readings
- Korean:
- seol
Spanish
- lengua
Portuguese
- língua
- lingueta de inst. de sopro
- lingueta de fechadura
French
- langue
- anche
- battant (cloche)
| 2277 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d3.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-5 | SKIP code |
| 2060.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 820c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 根 【コン】 stick-to-itiveness, perseverance, persistence, radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily), root, indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
- 根幹 【コンカン】 foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals, root and trunk
- 事実無根 【ジジツムコン】 groundless, entirely contrary to fact
- 球根 【キュウコン】 (plant) bulb
Kun reading compounds
- 根 【ね】 root (of a plant), root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.), root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis, one's true nature, (fishing) reef
- 根ざす 【ねざす】 to come from, to have roots in
- 島根 【しまね】 Shimane (prefecture), island country
- 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge
Readings
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- raíz matemática
- perseverancia
- raíz
Portuguese
- raiz
- radical
- verruga
French
- racine
- radical
- point noir (acné)
| 216 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 298 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 282 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 535 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2261 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 425 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 632 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1372 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 314 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 314 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 974 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1092 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1167 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 631 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 841 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14745 | Morohashi |
| 930 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2670 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1571 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 390 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 355 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1865 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 4793.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6839 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1453 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乾電池 【カンデンチ】 dry cell, battery
- 乾燥 【カンソウ】 dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes), dehydration, desiccation, insipidity
- 速乾 【ソッカン】 drying quickly
- 臘乾 【ラカン】 Chinese smoked and salted ham
- 乾 【ケン】 qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
- 乾位 【ケンイ】 northwest
Kun reading compounds
- 乾く 【かわく】 to get dry
- 乾かす 【かわかす】 to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate
- 干す 【ほす】 to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
- 干る 【ひる】 to dry (up), to become parched, to ebb, to recede
- 戌亥 【いぬい】 northwest
Readings
- Korean:
- gan, geon
Spanish
- seco
- secar
- secarse
- desecarse
Portuguese
- seca
- dessecar
- evaporar
- paraíso
- imperador
French
- sécheresse
- sécher
- dessécher
- vider (verre)
- cieux
- empereur
| 1099 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1355 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 784 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1195 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 292 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1411 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1190 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1249 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 904 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 27 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2113 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1101 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1500 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 204 | Morohashi |
| 1679 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 63 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 463 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1407 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1556 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c7.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 4841.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e7e | Unicode hex code |