| 1558 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4105 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1932 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 754 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2234 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1677 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3981 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2048 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2766 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2009 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32675 | Morohashi |
| 3212 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5265 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1990 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2145 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1653 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虎列刺 【コレラ】 cholera
- 虎疫 【コエキ】 cholera
- 猛虎 【モウコ】 fierce tiger, ferocious tiger, Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
- 竜虎 【リュウコ】 dragon and tiger, two mighty rivals
Kun reading compounds
- 虎 【とら】 tiger (Panthera tigris), drunkard, drunk, sot
- 虎葦毛 【とらあしげ】 dapple gray (horse coat color), dapple grey
- 大虎 【おおとら】 big tiger, drinker, staggering drunkard
- 小虎 【ことら】 small tiger, light drinker, occasional drinker
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たけ
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- tigre
Portuguese
French
- tigre
- ivrogne
| 1257 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2121.7 | Four corner code |
| 2121.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 864e | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2147 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 燕窩 【エンカ】 swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
- 燕楽 【エンガク】 Ancient Chinese banquet music
- 後燕 【コウエン】 Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)
- 飛燕 【ヒエン】 swallow in flight
Kun reading compounds
- 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
- 燕魚 【つばめうお】 longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish, flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
- 若い燕 【わかいつばめ】 young lover of an older woman, boy toy
- 小洞燕 【しょうどうつばめ】 sand martin (Riparia riparia)
- 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
- 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
- 燕魚 【つばめうお】 longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish, flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon
Spanish
- golondrina
Portuguese
French
| 4070 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2570 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3142 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2196 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 19429 | Morohashi |
| 3489 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2869 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k13.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 4433.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 71d5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1935 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 拳 【ケン】 hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
- 拳銃 【ケンジュウ】 pistol, handgun
- 形意拳 【ケイイケン】 shape-of-the-mind fist, Hsing I Chuan
- 五形拳 【ゴケイケン】 Wu Xing Fist, Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
- 拳骨 【ゲンコツ】 (clenched) fist, knuckles
- 拳固 【ゲンコ】 fist
Kun reading compounds
- 拳 【こぶし】 fist
- こぶし大 【こぶしだい】 fist-sized
- 【ツノナガコブシ】 pebble crab (Leucosia anatum)
- 力拳 【ちからこぶし】 clenched fist
Readings
- Korean:
- gweon
Spanish
- puño (cerrado)
Portuguese
French
| 1852 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1900 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1206 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2078 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 817 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3295 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1705 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 11996X | Morohashi |
| 2148 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2917 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1290 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3c6.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 9050.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 62f3 | Unicode hex code |