| 756 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 847 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 834 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1119 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4504 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 616 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1779 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1755 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1171 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1228 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 855 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1729 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3220 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1669 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2260 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1787 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36704 | Morohashi |
| 2606 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5794 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1771 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1908 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 940 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
970 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貴 【キ】 your, indicates high rank or status, indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
- 貴金属 【キキンゾク】 precious metal
- 騰貴 【トウキ】 rise (in price or value), appreciation, advance
- 富貴 【フウキ】 riches and honours (honors), wealth and rank
Kun reading compounds
- 尊い 【とうとい】 precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred
- 貴い家柄 【たっといいえがら】 noble birth
- 尊い 【とうとい】 precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred
- 尊ぶ 【とうとぶ】 to value, to prize, to esteem, to respect, to honour, to honor, to revere, to look up to
- 尊ぶ 【とうとぶ】 to value, to prize, to esteem, to respect, to honour, to honor, to revere, to look up to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きよ、 ぎ、 たか、 たかし、 よし
- Korean:
- gwi
Spanish
- precioso
- valioso
- valorar
- apreciar
- estimar
Portuguese
- precioso
- valor
- prêmio
- estima
- honra
French
- précieux
- de valeur
- prisé
- estimé
- honneur
| 1661 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 5080.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8cb4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 公 【コウ】 public affair, government matter, the state, the government, the public, duke, prince, Sir, Lord, familiar or derogatory suffix
- 公安 【コウアン】 public safety, public welfare
- 大公 【タイコウ】 archduke
- 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
- 公家 【クゲ】 court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court
- 公廨 【クガイ】 government office
- 夙 【シュク】 outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
Kun reading compounds
- 公 【おおやけ】 official, governmental, formal, public (use, matter, forum, etc.), common, being public knowledge, being out in the open, exposure to public view
- 公所 【おおやけどころ】 imperial court, government office, imperial land, government land
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 き、 きみ、 きん、 たか、 ただし、 とも、 ひろ、 まさ
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- público
- imparcial
- oficial
Portuguese
- público
- príncipe
- oficial
- governamental
French
- public
- prince
- officiel
- gouvernemental
| 210 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 126 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 277 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 122 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 579 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 219 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 341 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 156 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 126 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 126 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 323 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 152 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2468 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1249 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1715 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 792 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1452 | Morohashi |
| 1974 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 372 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 784 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 847 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 212 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 92 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2071 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8073.0 | Four corner code |
| 8073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 516c | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
| 31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6930 | Morohashi |
| 3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1740.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b50 | Unicode hex code |