| 1515 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1208 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1058 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1701 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 933 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1327 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1410 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1369 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2814 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1449 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 328 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30890 | Morohashi |
| 2262 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5031 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 322 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 344 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1292 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1489 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 荘 【ショウ】 manor, villa
- 荘園 【ショウエン】 manor, demesne
- 山荘 【サンソウ】 mountain villa, mountain retreat, mountain cottage
- 山水荘 【サンスイソウ】 The Sansui Inn
- 荘 【ショウ】 manor, villa
- 荘園 【ショウエン】 manor, demesne
- 荘 【チャン】 counter for games of mahjong
- 荘風牌 【チャンフォンパイ】 tile matching the round wind
- 半荘 【ハンチャン】 half-game consisting of an east and south round
- 連チャン 【レンチャン】 repeated events (e.g. meetings, drinking sessions), series of events, streak, straight, dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning, dealer keep
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- majestuoso
- solemne
- posada
- villa
Portuguese
- palacete
- pousada
- casa de campo
- mansão feudal
French
- villa
- auberge
- maison de campagne
- manoir féodal
| 1972 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k6.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4411.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8358 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
637 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 献金 【ケンキン】 donation, contribution, offering
- 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
- 社会貢献 【シャカイコウケン】 contribution to society
- 国際貢献 【コクサイコウケン】 international contribution, contributing to the wider world
- 献立 【コンダテ】 menu, bill of fare, program, programme, schedule
- 献立表 【コンダテヒョウ】 menu, list of meals (e.g. for the week)
- 九献 【クコン】 three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups, sake (secret language of court ladies), rice wine
- 一献 【イッコン】 one cup (of sake), (going out for, treating someone to) a drink, small drinking party
Kun reading compounds
- 奉る 【たてまつる】 to offer, to present, to set someone up in a high position, to revere at a distance, to do respectfully
Readings
- Korean:
- heon, sa
Spanish
- oferta
- ofrenda
- dedicar
- ofrecer
- contador de bebidas
Portuguese
- oferta
- sufixo p/ contagem de bebidas
- presente
- oferecer
French
- don
- offrande
- faire cadeau
- offrir
- compteur de boissons
| 1219 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1096 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2901 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1273 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1527 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1961 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1355 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1438 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1181 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1297 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2240 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1167 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1588 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1629 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20539 | Morohashi |
| 1785 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3596 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1615 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1742 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1647 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1563 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3g9.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 4323.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 732e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
- 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
- 近世 【キンセイ】 recent past, recent times, early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
- 創世 【ソウセイ】 creation of the world
- 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
- 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
- 夜店 【ヨミセ】 night stall, night shop, night fair
- 救世 【キュウセイ】 salvation
Kun reading compounds
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 世の中 【よのなか】 society, the world, the times
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし、 ゆ、 ゆき
- Korean:
- se
Spanish
- generación
- mundo
- edad
Portuguese
- geração
- mundo
- sociedade
- pública
French
- génération
- monde
- société
- public
| 263 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 344 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 327 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 152 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 95 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 177 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 105 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 335 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 252 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 252 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 156 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 13 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4308 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2178 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2932 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 28 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31 | Morohashi |
| 3496 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 20 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 28 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 28 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 81 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 254 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1975 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.37 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4471.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e16 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |