| 401 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 483 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1108 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3982 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 870 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 246 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1447 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 931 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 958 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 774 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 660 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2880 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1486 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2004 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 742 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31184P | Morohashi |
| 2305 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5097 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 734 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 793 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 566 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1327 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 菜 【サイ】 side dish
- 菜園 【サイエン】 vegetable garden
- 山菜 【サンサイ】 edible wild plants
- 前菜 【ゼンサイ】 hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, appetiser, starter
Kun reading compounds
- 菜 【な】 greens, vegetables, rape (Brassica napus), rapeseed
- 菜種 【なたね】 rapeseed, coleseed
- 若菜 【わかな】 young greens, young herbs
- うまい菜 【うまいな】 Swiss chard
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よう
- Korean:
- chae
Spanish
- verduras
- entremeses
- vegetales
Portuguese
- legume
- salada
- verduras
French
- légume
- accompagnement (du riz)
| 1964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k8.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 4490.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 83dc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 単 【タン】 single, simple, singles (tennis, badminton, etc.), win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
- 単位 【タンイ】 unit, denomination, credit (in school), in units of (e.g. "in thousands"), in amounts of
- 菜単 【サイタン】 menu (at a Chinese restaurant)
- 指定単 【シテイタン】 designated money trust
Kun reading compounds
- 一重 【ひとえ】 one layer, single layer, monopetalous, unlined kimono, single-edged eyelid, eyelid with an epicanthic fold, upper eyelid with no fold
- 単衣 【たんい】 unlined kimono, one kimono, a single kimono
- 十二単 【じゅうにひとえ】 twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady), ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis), bugle
Readings
- Korean:
- dan, seon
Spanish
- sencillo
- uno
- unidad
- sólo
- único
Portuguese
- Simples
- um
- solteiro
- meramente
French
- simple
- un
- unique
- seulement
| 671 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 569 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 542 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 593 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 139 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 390 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 382 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 919A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 300 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 300 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 359 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 516 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2805 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1444 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1947 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2752 | Morohashi |
| 2256 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 620 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1928 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2078 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 348 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 530 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 955 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 9050.6 | Four corner code |
| 3250.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5358 | Unicode hex code |