| 422 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 318 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 302 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 781 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2573 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 347 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 972 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1066 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 517 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 526 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 144 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1789 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 532 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 328 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 403 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1440 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39776 | Morohashi |
| 444 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6160 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1428 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1535 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 356 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1006 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 酒 【シュ】 alcohol, (alcoholic) drink, liqueur
- 酒税 【シュゼイ】 liquor tax, tax on alcohol
- 洋酒 【ヨウシュ】 Western wine and spirits, Western liquor
- 清酒 【セイシュ】 refined sake
Kun reading compounds
- 酒 【さけ】 alcohol, sake
- 酒好き 【さけずき】 love of drink, fondness for alcohol, person who likes to drink, drinker
- 手酌酒 【てじゃくさけ】 pouring one's own drinks, drinking alone
- 小酒 【こさけ】 small drink, small amount of alcohol
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 さ、 し
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- sake
- alcohol
- vino de arroz
Portuguese
- sake
- álcool
French
- saké
- alcool
| 375 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3116.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9152 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 呑酸 【ドンサン】 acid reflux, heart-burn
- 呑舟 【ドンシュウ】 swallowing a boat whole
- 併呑 【ヘイドン】 annexation, absorption, merger, swallowing up
- 清濁併呑 【セイダクヘイドン】 being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil, being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades
Kun reading compounds
- 飲む 【のむ】 to drink, to swallow, to take (medicine), to smoke (tobacco), to swallow up, to engulf, to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.), to keep down, to hold back, to swallow (one's tears), to catch (one's breath), to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.), to agree to, to make light of (someone), to think nothing of, to overwhelm, to overawe, to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.), to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- tan
Spanish
- beber
- tragar
- menospreciar
- subestimar
Portuguese
French
| 39 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 489 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3063 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 48970 | Morohashi |
| 2410 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 737 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2080 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2225 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3d4.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 2060.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5451 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1138 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 童話 【ドウワ】 children's story, fairy tale
- 童謡 【ドウヨウ】 children's song, nursery rhyme
- 天童 【テンドウ】 cherub, gods disguised as children, children parading as cherubs
- 悪童 【アクドウ】 bad boy, naughty child, brat
Kun reading compounds
- 童 【わらべ】 child
- わらべ歌 【わらべうた】 children's song, nursery song
- 京童 【きょうわらべ】 Kyoto's children, Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
- 小童 【こわっぱ】 boy, child, youth, brat
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぱ
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- niño
- chiquillo
Portuguese
- juvenil
- criança
French
- jeune
- enfant
| 487 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 385 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 363 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3357 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 643 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 788 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1743 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 410 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 416 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1026 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1461 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2639 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1348 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1828 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 443 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25775 | Morohashi |
| 2130 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4239 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 436 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 468 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 408 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 0010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7ae5 | 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 ...), counter for played stones
- 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
- 車椅子 【クルマイス】 wheelchair
- 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 |