| 116 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 189 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 173 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 25 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 155 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 95 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 939 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 95 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 95 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 89 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1837 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2212 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1939 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41100 | Morohashi |
| 2556 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6379 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1920 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2070 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 90 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 161 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
12 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 長 【チョウ】 head, chief, leader, elder, merit, strong point, superiority, major
- 長官 【チョウカン】 secretary (government), director, chief
- 体長 【タイチョウ】 length (of an animal), body length
- 医長 【イチョウ】 medical director, chief physician
Kun reading compounds
- 長い 【ながい】 long (distance, length), long (time), protracted, prolonged
- 長居 【ながい】 long visit, overstaying
- 長 【おさ】 head, chief, leader, the greatest (of all the ...)
- 【オサガメ】 leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- 田長 【たおさ】 master of the rice field, chief farmer, lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 死出田長 【しでたおさ】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 おしゃ、 たかし、 たけ、 な、 は、 ひさ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- largo
- jefe
- sobresaliente
Portuguese
- Longo
- ambicionar
- líder
- chefe
French
- long
- chef
| 3465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-8-1 | SKIP code |
| 7173.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9577 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蛇 【ヘビ】 snake, serpent, large snake
- 蛇口 【ジャグチ】 faucet, tap
- 王蛇 【オウジャ】 boa (snake)
- 長蛇 【チョウダ】 long snake, long line (of people, etc.)
- 蛇行 【ダコウ】 meandering, snaking, zigzagging
- 蛇蠍 【ダカツ】 serpent (snake) and scorpion, detestation
- 委蛇 【イイ】 winding, meandering
- 游蛇 【ユウダ】 water snake
- 委蛇 【イイ】 winding, meandering
Kun reading compounds
- 蛇 【へび】 snake, serpent, large snake
- 蛇穴に入る 【へびあなにいる】 snake hibernation
- 裸蛇 【はだかへび】 caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
- 錦蛇 【にしきへび】 python, rock snake
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あぶ、 み
- Korean:
- sa, i
Spanish
- serpiente
Portuguese
- cobra
- serpente
- bebedor duro
French
- serpent
- gros buveur
| 1341 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1916 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4130 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1716 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1387 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1875 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2040 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1861 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1608 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1701 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 525 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32964 | Morohashi |
| 1343 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5303 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 519 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 558 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1656 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 5311.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 86c7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
927 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 列 【レツ】 row, line, file, column, queue, rank, procession, company (of someone), group, ranks, sequence, counter for rows
- 列伝 【レツデン】 series of biographies
- 配列 【ハイレツ】 arrangement, disposition, array
- 系列 【ケイレツ】 series, sequence, system, succession, keiretsu (group), conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings, affiliated, subsidiary
- 列 【レツ】 row, line, file, column, queue, rank, procession, company (of someone), group, ranks, sequence, counter for rows
- 列車 【レッシャ】 train, railway train
- 加密列 【カミツレ】 German chamomile (Matricaria recutita), German camomile
Readings
- Japanese names:
- れっ
- Korean:
- ryeol
Spanish
- fila
- línea
- hilera
Portuguese
- arquivo
- fila
- posição
- alinhamento
- coluna
French
- file
- rang
- colonne
- queue
| 537 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 437 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 414 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 891 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2438 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 407 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 352 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 257 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 611 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 621 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 812 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 186 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1018 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 551 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 729 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 820 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1901 | Morohashi |
| 824 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 460 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 812 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 875 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 276 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3143 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 1220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5217 | Unicode hex code |