| 16 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 18 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 14 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 59 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4815 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 18 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 94 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 664 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 23 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 23 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 21 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1808 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2552 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1302 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1771 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 275 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40152 | Morohashi |
| 2057 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6211 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 269 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 287 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 79 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 72 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
53 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 金 【キン】 gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles
- 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
- 集金 【シュウキン】 money collection
- 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
- 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
- 金剛 【コンゴウ】 vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
- 鬱金 【ウコン】 turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
- 葛鬱金 【クズウコン】 arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
- 漉油 【コシアブラ】 Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
Kun reading compounds
- 金 【かね】 money, metal
- 金持ち 【かねもち】 rich person
- 細かい金 【こまかいかね】 small change
- 汚れた金 【よごれたかね】 dirty money
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん
- Korean:
- gim, geum
Spanish
- oro
- dinero
- metal
Portuguese
- ouro
French
- or
| 2872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 8010.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91d1 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2147 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 燕窩 【エンカ】 swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
- 燕楽 【エンガク】 Ancient Chinese banquet music
- 後燕 【コウエン】 Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)
- 飛燕 【ヒエン】 swallow in flight
Kun reading compounds
- 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
- 燕魚 【つばめうお】 longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish, flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
- 若い燕 【わかいつばめ】 young lover of an older woman, boy toy
- 小洞燕 【しょうどうつばめ】 sand martin (Riparia riparia)
- 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
- 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
- 燕魚 【つばめうお】 longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish, flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon
Spanish
- golondrina
Portuguese
French
| 4070 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2570 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3142 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2196 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 19429 | Morohashi |
| 3489 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2869 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k13.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 4433.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 71d5 | Unicode hex code |
sound of jewels
- On:
- レイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1931 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 玲々 【レイレイ】 tinkling (jewels, metal, etc.)
- 玲瓏 【レイロウ】 clear, translucent, brilliant, sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
- 玲々 【レイレイ】 tinkling (jewels, metal, etc.)
- 白玲 【ハクレイ】 Hakurei (one of the eight major professional female titles of shogi)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たま、 あきら、 あき、 りょう、 れ
- Korean:
- ryeong
Spanish
- joya perfectamente clara
- sonido de joyas
- belleza límpida
Portuguese
French
| 2928 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1995 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 835 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2157 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1139 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 614 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 818 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 20888 | Morohashi |
| 910 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3626 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2568 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2619 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4f5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 1813.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 73b2 | Unicode hex code |