| 1515 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4985 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 569 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2258 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 408 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 256 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 305 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1304 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41599 | Morohashi |
| 346 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6435 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1295 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1391 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1126 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 阿 【ア】 first Sanskrit alphabet letter, Africa, Awa (old province of Japan), prefixed to names to show intimacy
- 阿呆 【アホ】 fool, idiot, simpleton
- 南ア 【ナンア】 South Africa
- 阿蘭陀 【オランダ】 Netherlands, Holland
- お亀 【オカメ】 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman, soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
- 加加阿 【カカオ】 cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), cocoa tree
Kun reading compounds
- 阿る 【おもねる】 to flatter, to play up (to), to curry favor (with), to fawn (on), to cater (to)
- 隈 【くま】 corner, nook, recess, shade, shadow, dark area, dark circles (under the eyes), dark rings, bend (in a road, river, etc.), shading, gradation, kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ほとり、 あず、 あわ、 おか、 きた、 な
- Korean:
- a, og
Spanish
- A fonética
- África
- meandro
- adular
- halagar
Portuguese
French
- flatter
- flagorner
- Afrique
- coin
- recoin
| 2d5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 7122.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 963f | Unicode hex code |
父
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 父母 【フボ】 father and mother, parents
- 父子 【フシ】 father and child, father and son, father and daughter
- 義父 【ギフ】 father-in-law, foster father, stepfather
- 養父 【ヨウフ】 foster father, adoptive father
Kun reading compounds
- 父 【ちち】 father
- 父親 【ちちおや】 father
- 亡き父 【なきちち】 (one's) late father
- 建国の父 【けんこくのちち】 founding father (of a country)
Readings
- Korean:
- bu, bo
Spanish
- padre
Portuguese
- pai
French
- père
| 131 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 216 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 197 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 742 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2832 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 90 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 70 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 65 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 113 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 113 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 73 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1286 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2467 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1248 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1714 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1282 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19721 | Morohashi |
| 1973 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3516 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1274 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1366 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 226 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 100 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2066 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8040.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7236 | Unicode hex code |