| 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, wealthy 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1681 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鐘楼 【ショウロウ】 belfry, bell tower
- 鍾乳洞 【ショウニュウドウ】 limestone cave, limestone cavern
- 警鐘 【ケイショウ】 alarm bell, fire bell, warning, wake-up call
- 鳴鐘 【メイショウ】 bell-ringing (at a temple)
Kun reading compounds
- 鐘 【かね】 bell (often a large hanging bell), chime
- 鐘つき 【かねつき】 ringing of a bell, bell ringer
- 入相の鐘 【いりあいのかね】 evening bell, vespers bell
- 時の鐘 【ときのかね】 hour bell
Readings
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- campana
Portuguese
- sino
- gongo
- carrilhão
French
- cloche
- gong
- carillon
| 1414 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1425 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4917 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1695 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1859 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2883 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1821 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1970 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1607 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1835 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2222 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1159 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1578 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 445 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40902 | Morohashi |
| 1769 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6352 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 438 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 470 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1935 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a12.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-12 | SKIP code |
| 8011.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9418 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
265 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 必 【ヒツ】 definiteness, certainty
- 必需 【ヒツジュ】 necessary
Kun reading compounds
- 必ず 【かならず】 always, without exception, necessarily, certainly, without fail, positively, invariably
- 必ずしも 【かならずしも】 (not) always, (not) necessarily, (not) entirely, (not) all
Readings
- Korean:
- pil
Spanish
- sin falta
- necesariamente
- inevitable
- ciertamente
Portuguese
- invariavelmente
- inevitável
- certo
French
- nécessairement
- certain
- inévitable
- invariablement
| 497 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 597 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 568 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 292 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 129 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 281 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 526 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 120 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 520 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 529 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 423 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 767 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 15 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 642 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10299 | Morohashi |
| 15 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1781 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 635 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 685 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 188 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 453 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 359 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 3300.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5fc5 | Unicode hex code |