| 1221 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1488 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4517 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1072 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 931 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2579 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1288 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1362 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1740 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3518 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1817 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2472 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 860 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36822 | Morohashi |
| 2839 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5816 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 852 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 915 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1855 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 賢 【ケン】 intelligence, genius, scholarship, virtue
- 賢人 【ケンジン】 wise person, virtuous person, sage, unrefined sake
- 遺賢 【イケン】 able men left out of office
- 聖賢 【セイケン】 saints and sages
Kun reading compounds
- 賢い 【かしこい】 wise, clever, smart, well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かた、 さか、 さと、 さとし、 たか、 たて、 のり、 まこと、 まさ、 まさる
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- inteligente
- sabio
- ingenioso
Portuguese
- sábio
- inteligente
- sabedoria
- inteligência
French
- intelligent
- sage
- sagesse
| 3461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-9-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-7 | SKIP code |
| 7780.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8ce2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
- 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
- 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender
Kun reading compounds
- 者 【もの】 person
- 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
- 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
- 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- alguém
- pessoa
French
- personne
- quelqu'un
| 235 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 314 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 298 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 22 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3685 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 56 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 769 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 164 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 164 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 148 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1578 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3980 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2047 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2765 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1264 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28852 | Morohashi |
| 3211 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4698 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1256 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1345 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 19 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 302 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1478 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c4.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8005 | Unicode hex code |