| 96 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 152 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 167 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 28 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 83 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 336 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 72 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 72 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 40 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1638 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4333 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2193 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2951 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1616 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34763 | Morohashi |
| 3520 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5514 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1602 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1728 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 198 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 128 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
西
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 西 【セイ】 Spain
- 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
- 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest
- 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest
- 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- 西遊 【セイユウ】 westward trip, trip to the West
- 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
- 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain
Kun reading compounds
- 西 【にし】 west
- 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- 南西 【なんせい】 southwest
- 京都外大西 【きょうとがいだいにし】 Kyoto Gaidainishi
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いり、 ひし、 むら
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- Oeste
- España
Portuguese
- oeste
- Espanha
French
- Ouest
- Espagne
| 3275 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 1060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 897f | Unicode hex code |
squad, corps, unit, group
- On:
- ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1592 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 班 【ハン】 group, party, team, squad, section
- 班員 【ハンイン】 member of a group
- 首班 【シュハン】 head, leader, prime minister
- 取材班 【シュザイハン】 team of reporters, news crew
Readings
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- grupo
- unidad
- contador de grupos
Portuguese
- esquadra
- corpos (mil.)
- unidade
- grupo
French
- équipe
- corps
- unité
- groupe
| 970 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 960 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1448 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2935 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1804 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1535 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1075 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1381 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1468 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1541 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1318 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1182 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 642 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 853 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1237 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20976 | Morohashi |
| 946 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3636 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1229 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1315 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 914 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4f6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 1111.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 73ed | Unicode hex code |
牙
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2067 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 牙城 【ガジョウ】 stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent), inner citadel, bastion
- 牙関緊急 【ガカンキンキュウ】 trismus, lockjaw
- 爪牙 【ソウガ】 claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man
- 毒牙 【ドクガ】 poison fang, sinister ways, crooked means, clutches, wily ways, dirty trick
- 牙 【ゲ】 tooth, ivory
- 牙牌 【ガハイ】 bone tile (e.g. for Chinese dominoes)
- 新象牙 【シンゾウゲ】 ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)
- 狼牙 【ロウゲ】 Potentilla cryptotaeniae (species of flowering plant)
Kun reading compounds
- 牙 【きば】 tusk, fang
- 牙海蜷 【きばうみにな】 mud creeper (Terebralia palustris)
Readings
- Korean:
- a
Spanish
- colmillo
Portuguese
French
- croc
- défense
- radical défense d'ivoire (no. 92)
| 2848 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1548 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4243 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2891 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1923 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19909 | Morohashi |
| 3435 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3531 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1904 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2053 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 0a4.28 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 7124.0 | Four corner code |
| 1024.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7259 | Unicode hex code |