| 123 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 206 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 189 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 484 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4375 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 55 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 88 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2142 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 244 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 244 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 180 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1689 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1943 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1038 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1401 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 354 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35580P | Morohashi |
| 1541 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5629 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 348 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 372 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 323 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 233 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
618 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 読書 【ドクショ】 reading (a book)
- 読者 【ドクシャ】 reader
- 積ん読 【ツンドク】 buying books and not reading them, stockpiling books, tsundoku, books bought but not read
- 必読 【ヒツドク】 must-read, required reading
- 読書 【ドクショ】 reading (a book)
- 読本 【トクホン】 reading-book, reader, guidebook, manual, textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
- 読点 【トウテン】 comma
- 句読 【クトウ】 breaks and pauses (in a sentence), punctuation, way of reading (esp. kanbun)
- 吏読 【リト】 Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
Kun reading compounds
- 読む 【よむ】 to read, to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant, to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine, to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji), to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time), to count, to estimate, to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よみ
- Korean:
- dog, du
Spanish
- leer
Portuguese
- leia
French
- lire
| 3057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 0461.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8aad | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
319 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 聞見 【ブンケン】 information, experience, knowledge, observation
- 聞香 【ブンコウ】 smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party
- スポーツ新聞 【スポーツシンブン】 sports newspaper
- 壁新聞 【カベシンブン】 wall newspaper, wall poster
- 聞見 【ブンケン】 information, experience, knowledge, observation
- 聞香 【ブンコウ】 smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party
- 奏聞 【ソウモン】 reporting to the Emperor
- 声聞 【ショウモン】 sravaka (disciple of Buddha), adherent of Hinayana Buddhism
Kun reading compounds
- 聞く 【きく】 to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire, to query, to hear about, to hear of, to learn of, to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with, to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to, to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance), to taste (alcohol), to try
- 聞くだけ野暮 【きくだけやぼ】 asking would be rude, tasteless question
- 聞こえる 【きこえる】 to be heard, to be audible, to reach one's ears, to sound (like), to come across (as), to be well known, to be famous, to accept (someone's words), to agree, to understand
Readings
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- preguntar
- escuchar
- rumor
- reputación
- oír
Portuguese
- escutar
- perguntar
- escuta
French
- entendre
- écouter
- demander
| 314 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 219 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 200 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 262 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4959 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 109 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 80 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2244 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 64 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 64 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 179 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1584 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4127 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2097 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2840 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1640 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29104 | Morohashi |
| 3326 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4732 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1626 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1754 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 184 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 234 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3854 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8e6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-6 | SKIP code |
| 7712.1 | Four corner code |
| 7740.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 805e | Unicode hex code |