| 43 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 70 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 9 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 551 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3909 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 328 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 81 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 481 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 255 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 255 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 314 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 641 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2740 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1405 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1018 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30734P | Morohashi |
| 2211 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4980 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1009 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1084 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 69 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
- 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
- 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
- 雄花 【オバナ】 male flower, staminate flower
- 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
- 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
- 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image
Kun reading compounds
- 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
- 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
- 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
- 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- わ
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- flor
Portuguese
- flor
French
- fleur
| 1956 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k4.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4421.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82b1 | Unicode hex code |
iris
- On:
- ショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 菖蒲 【ショウブ】 sweet flag (Acorus calamus), calamus, Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
- 菖蒲湯 【ショウブユ】 bathwater with iris petals
- 石菖 【セキショウ】 Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)
- 庭石菖 【ニワゼキショウ】 blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)
Readings
- Korean:
- chang
Spanish
- iris
Portuguese
French
| 3969 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1444 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2220 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2881 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1487 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2005 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 31174X | Morohashi |
| 5085 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2366 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2452 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k8.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 4460.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 83d6 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1887 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蒲公英 【タンポポ】 dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
- 蒲黄 【ホオウ】 cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 布団 【フトン】 futon, Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet, round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
- 蒲桃 【フトモモ】 rose apple (Syzygium jambos), Malabar plum, jambos
- 座蒲 【ザフ】 round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
- 匂い菖蒲 【ニオイショウブ】 aromatic cane, orris
- 黄菖蒲 【キショウブ】 yellow iris
Kun reading compounds
- 蒲 【がま】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
- 小蒲 【こがま】 Typha orientalis
- 蒲 【かば】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace, reddish yellow
- 樺色 【かばいろ】 reddish yellow
- 蒲 【がま】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
- 蒲魚 【かまとと】 feigning ignorance, feigning naivety, pretense of innocence, person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive, faux-naïf
- カニ蒲 【カニかま】 imitation crab meat, crab sticks
Readings
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- espadaña
- anea
Portuguese
French
- massette (typha latifolia)
| 1598 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4021 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1993 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2932 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2039 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1855 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31611X | Morohashi |
| 2504 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5156 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1838 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1981 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k10.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 4412.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 84b2 | Unicode hex code |