| 1592 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1225 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4820 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1836 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1843 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1416 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1862 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2020 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1335 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1810 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1098 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1496 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 279 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40172X | Morohashi |
| 1674 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6224 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 273 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 291 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1495 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釣果 【チョウカ】 catch (fishing), amount of fish caught, caught fish
- 釣菌 【チョウキン】 extracting bacteria (from a petri dish, etc.)
- 爆釣 【バクチョウ】 big catch (of fish), big haul
Kun reading compounds
- 釣る 【つる】 to fish, to angle, to catch, to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
- 釣瓶 【つるべ】 well bucket
- 釣り 【つり】 fishing, angling, change (for a purchase), clickbaiting, trolling, bait, making deliberately inflammatory posts online
- 釣り合い 【つりあい】 balance, equilibrium
- 雪釣り 【ゆきつり】 game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs
- 雪吊り 【ゆきづり】 placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow, ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つり
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- pescar con caña
- colgar
- cambio (dinero)
Portuguese
- pesca
- peixe
- pegar
- fascinação
- laçar
French
- rendre la monnaie
- pêche à la ligne
- attraper
- attirer
- capturer
| 2852 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 8712.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91e3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
512 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 天 【テン】 sky, heaven, God, svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth), deva (divine being of Buddhism), top (of a book), sole (of a Japanese sandal), beginning, start, tempura, India
- 天下 【テンカ】 the whole world, the whole country, society, the public, supremacy over a nation, government of a country, the ruling power, having one's own way, doing as one pleases, peerless, incomparable, superlative, world-famous, shogun (Edo period)
- 炎天 【エンテン】 blazing heat, scorching sun
- 楽天 【ラクテン】 optimism
Kun reading compounds
- 天津 【あまつ】 heavenly, imperial
- 天津乙女 【あまつおとめ】 celestial maiden
- 天 【あめ】 sky
- 天地 【てんち】 heaven and earth, the universe, the world, nature, land, world, realm, sphere, top and bottom, gods of heaven and earth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あも、 た、 たかし、 て、 なま
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- paraíso
- cielo
- imperial
Portuguese
- paraíso
- ceú
- imperiais
French
- cieux
- ciel
- impérial
| 119 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 67 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 58 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 364 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 16 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 78 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 41 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 93 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 141 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 141 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 462 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 410 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4250 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2148 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2898 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 435 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5833 | Morohashi |
| 3442 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1138 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 428 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 457 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 277 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 34 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3163 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 1043.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5929 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 狗子仏性 【クシブッショウ】 the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
- 狗屠 【クト】 dog slaughter, killing of dogs, dog butcher
- 走狗 【ソウク】 hound, hunting dog, running dog, dupe, tool of another person, cat's-paw
- 狡兎良狗 【コウトリョウク】 When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
Kun reading compounds
- 犬 【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy, loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
- 【イヌワシ】 golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- 喪家の狗 【そうかのいぬ】 feeling lost like a stray dog
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2875 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 566 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 405 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 20345 | Morohashi |
| 345 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3565 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2341 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2430 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3g5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72d7 | Unicode hex code |