| 663 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 540 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 533 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 575 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4472 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 809 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 916 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1761 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 739 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 752 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 939 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1718 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2647 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1350 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1831 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1995 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36372 | Morohashi |
| 2134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5744 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1976 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2130 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 591 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
394 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 象 【ショウ】 form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon
- 将棋 【ショウギ】 shogi, Japanese chess
- 具象 【グショウ】 concreteness, embodiment, expressing concretely
- 抽象 【チュウショウ】 abstraction
- 象 【ゾウ】 elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
- 象牙 【ゾウゲ】 ivory
- アジア象 【アジアゾウ】 Asian elephant, Indian elephant
- 海象 【セイウチ】 walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)
Kun reading compounds
- 象る 【かたどる】 to model (something) on, to be modelled on, to be made in the shape of, to take the shape of, to imitate, to symbolize, to represent
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きさ
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- imagen
- imitar
- forma
- figura
- elefante
Portuguese
- elefante
- modelar
- imitar
- imagem
- forma
- sinal (dos tempos)
French
- éléphant
- modèle
- imiter
- image
- forme
- signe (des temps)
- phénomène
| 2551 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2n10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2723.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c61 | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N4
389 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 質 【シツ】 quality, value, nature, inherent quality, character, logical quality
- 質疑 【シツギ】 question, interpellation
- 変質 【ヘンシツ】 alteration (of character or essence), change in quality, transformation, deterioration, degeneration, transmutation, perversion (esp. sexual)
- タンパク質 【タンパクシツ】 protein
- 質 【シチ】 pawn, pawned article, pledge, security, guarantee
- 質屋 【シチヤ】 pawnshop
- 入質 【ニュウシチ】 pawning
- 流質 【リュウシチ】 forfeiting a pawned article
- 入質 【ニュウシチ】 pawning
- 流質 【リュウシチ】 forfeiting a pawned article
Kun reading compounds
- 質 【たち】 nature (of a person), disposition, temperament, nature (of something), character, kind, sort
- たちが良い 【たちがいい】 good-natured, of good character
- 質す 【ただす】 to ask (about), to inquire, to enquire, to question, to make sure of
Readings
- Korean:
- jil, ji
Spanish
- substancia
- contenido
- simplicidad
- calidad
- depósito
- custodia
Portuguese
- substância
- qualidade
- matéria
- temperamento
French
- substance
- matière
- qualité
- tempérament
| 628 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 726 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 699 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 369 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4518 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 325 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 253 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2395 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 176 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 176 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 238 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1737 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3483 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1796 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2445 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1146 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36833 | Morohashi |
| 2808 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5817 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1137 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1219 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 359 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 808 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2661 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-13-2 | SKIP code |
| 7280.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8cea | Unicode hex code |