| 169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 49 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 90 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1590 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4486 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 44 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 917 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 498 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 719 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1720 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3150 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1614 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2200 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 54 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36656 | Morohashi |
| 2543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5766 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 54 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 56 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 70 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
- 貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
- 越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
- 蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Kun reading compounds
- 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
- 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
- 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
Readings
- Korean:
- pae
Spanish
- concha
Portuguese
- Marisco
- conchas
French
- coquillage
| 3961 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 6080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c9d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
537 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 細 【サイ】 detail, details
- 細菌 【サイキン】 bacterium, bacteria, germ
- 子細 【シサイ】 reasons, circumstances, details, particulars, significance, meaning, hindrance, inconvenience, objection
- 精細 【セイサイ】 fine, minute, detailed, meticulous, precise
Kun reading compounds
- 細い 【ほそい】 thin, slender, fine, unlucky
- 細い糸 【ほそいいと】 fine thread
- 細る 【ほそる】 to get thin, to taper off
- 細か 【こまか】 small, fine, detailed, stingy
- 細かい 【こまかい】 small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy
- 細かい 【こまかい】 small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy
- 細かいこと 【こまかいこと】 trifles, minor details
Readings
- Korean:
- se
Spanish
- estrecho
- fino
- delgado
- detallado
- adelgazar
- minucioso
Portuguese
- franzino
- emagrecer
- afinar
- delgado
- estreito
French
- menu
- long et fin
- délicat
- mince
- fluet
- étroit
| 218 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 140 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 284 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 721 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3522 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 701 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 812 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1958 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 695 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 708 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 123 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1525 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1689 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 900 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1375 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27344 | Morohashi |
| 1333 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4472 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1363 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1463 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 205 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2776 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2690.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d30 | Unicode hex code |
工
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
- 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
- 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
- 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
- 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
- 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
- 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
- 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
- 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
- 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もく
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- construcción
- fabricación
- obrero
Portuguese
- ofício
- construção
French
- ingénierie
- industrie
- construction
- radical katakana E (no. 48)
| 71 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 125 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 113 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 169 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1451 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 77 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 161 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 39 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 139 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 379 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 550 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4190 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2118 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2866 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 76 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8714 | Morohashi |
| 3381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1532 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 76 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 80 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 173 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 84 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1010.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5de5 | Unicode hex code |