| 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 N3
1561 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 靴帯 【カタイ】 ankle strap (for fastening a shoe)
- 靴の沓 【カノクツ】 black-lacquered cowhide boots with curved toes, metal buckles, and brocade tops (worn with ceremonial dress)
- 軍靴 【グンカ】 military shoes, combat boots
- 製靴 【セイカ】 shoe-making
Kun reading compounds
- 靴 【くつ】 shoe, shoes, boots, footwear, footgear
- 靴下 【くつした】 socks, sock, stockings, stocking
- 胴付長靴 【どうつきながくつ】 waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)
- 厚底靴 【あつぞこぐつ】 platform shoes, thick-soled shoes
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- zapatos
Portuguese
- sapatos
French
- chaussure
| 1052 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1446 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5092 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1907 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1004 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1076 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1124 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 995 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1878 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2235 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1165 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1586 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1912 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42729 | Morohashi |
| 1781 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6576 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1894 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2042 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1687 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1956 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k10.34 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 4451.0 | Four corner code |
| 4151.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9774 | Unicode hex code |