| 4841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1939 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 40319 | Morohashi |
| 6250 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鉤状 【コウジョウ】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform
- 鉤虫 【コウチュウ】 hookworm
Kun reading compounds
- 鉤 【かぎ】 hook, hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
- かぎ括弧 【かぎかっこ】 square bracket, Japanese-style quotation marks
- 自在鉤 【じざいかぎ】 pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)
- ひっかけ鉤 【ひっかけかぎ】 grappling hook, grappling iron
- 針 【はり】 needle, pin, hook, stinger, thorn, hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer, staple (for a stapler), needlework, sewing, malice, counter for stitches
- 鉤素 【はりす】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast
- 蚊針 【かばり】 fishing fly
- 毛鉤 【けばり】 (artificial) fly, fly lure
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 8a5.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-5 | SKIP code |
| 8712.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-78-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9264 | Unicode hex code |
status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
- On:
- ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
298 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 状 【ジョウ】 form, shape, appearance, state, condition, circumstances, letter, correspondence
- 状況 【ジョウキョウ】 state of affairs, situation, conditions, circumstances
- 内情 【ナイジョウ】 internal conditions, true state of affairs
- 形状 【ケイジョウ】 shape, form
Readings
- Korean:
- jang, sang
Spanish
- estado
- condición
- circunstancias
- situación
Portuguese
- condicional
- condições
- circunstâncias
- formulário
- aparecimento
French
- état des choses
- conditions
- circonstances
- lettre
- forme
- apparence
| 818 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 739 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 717 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 414 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2839 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 512 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 727 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 365A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 626 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 636 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 829 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1296 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 322 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 204 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 244 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 244 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20257 | Morohashi |
| 272 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3556 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 239 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 254 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 430 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 672 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1263 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3313.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72b6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
918 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 束 【ソク】 lattice, counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish), handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
- 束縛 【ソクバク】 restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles, binding, confinement with rope
- 結束 【ケッソク】 union, unity, solidarity, bundling, binding, tying, putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
- 口約束 【クチヤクソク】 verbal promise, one's word
Kun reading compounds
- 束 【たば】 bundle, bunch, sheaf
- 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
- 鍵束 【かぎたば】 bunch of keys
- 麦束 【むぎたば】 wheat sheaf, stacked wheat
- 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
- 束 【つか】 strut, short vertical post, thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.), handbreadth, bundle
- 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
- 不束 【ふつつか】 inexperienced, incompetent, inept, incapable, careless
- 矢束 【やつか】 arrow length, bundle of arrows
- 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
Readings
- Korean:
- sog
Spanish
- manojo
- legajo (papeles)
- haz (leños)
- gavilla
- racimo
- bobina
Portuguese
- pacote
- molho
- feixe
- amarra em pacotes
- governar
- administrar
French
- fagot
- gerbe
- bouquet
- promesse
- mettre en liasse
- rame (papier)
- gouverner
- diriger
- contrôler
| 561 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1535 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 998 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 196 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1126 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 620 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 536 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 501 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 510 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 382 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1051 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4369 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2978 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1680 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14480 | Morohashi |
| 3554 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2559 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1664 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1793 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 486 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1564 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a7.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 5090.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 675f | Unicode hex code |