| 195 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 113 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 103 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 127 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4671 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 127 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 259 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 506 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 445 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 452 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 109 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 679 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3798 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1941 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2634 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38752P | Morohashi |
| 3061 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6021 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1129 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1210 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 149 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 近畿 【キンキ】 Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- 近海 【キンカイ】 coastal waters, adjacent seas
- ごく最近 【ゴクサイキン】 very recently, in the very recent past
- 至近 【シキン】 very near
- 近流 【コンル】 banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
Kun reading compounds
- 近い 【ちかい】 near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
- 近いうちに 【ちかいうちに】 soon, shortly, before long
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おう、 おお、 この
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- cerca
- cercano
Portuguese
- perto
- cedo
- consangüíneo
- equivalente
French
- près
- tôt
- proche
- équivalent à
| 2654 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3230.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8fd1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2000 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 詠 【エイ】 recitation (of a poem), chanting, singing, composition (of a poem), composed poem
- 詠歌 【エイカ】 poem (esp. tanka), song, composition of a poem or song, pilgrim's song, pilgrim's hymn, singing a poem or song in a loud voice
- 朗詠 【ロウエイ】 recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
- 遺詠 【イエイ】 posthumous song or poem
Kun reading compounds
- 詠む 【よむ】 to compose (a Japanese poem), to write, to use as the theme of a poem, to recite (e.g. a poem), to chant, to intone
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うた、 え、 ええ
- Korean:
- yeong
Spanish
- recital
- composición
- poesía
- recitar
- componer
- escribir poesía
Portuguese
- recital
- poema
- canção
- composição
French
- composer (un poème)
- récitation
- poème
- chanson
| 1016 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1942 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4336 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1161 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1749 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1664 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1209 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1272 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1905 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1669 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1894 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1004 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1360 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 351 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35409 | Morohashi |
| 1500 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5584 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 345 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 369 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1583 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3042 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a5.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 0363.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a60 | Unicode hex code |