| 1529 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1630 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1352 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1892 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2694 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 948 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 978 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1689 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1868 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3491 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1801 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2451 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 433 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42363 | Morohashi |
| 2815 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6542 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 426 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 455 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1888 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 霜害 【ソウガイ】 frost damage
- 霜剣 【ソウケン】 cold sharp sword, blade of ice
- 星霜 【セイソウ】 years, time
- 幾星霜 【イクセイソウ】 many months and years
Kun reading compounds
- 霜 【しも】 frost, white hair, grey hair, gray hair
- 霜降り 【しもふり】 speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water, formation of frost
- 秋霜 【しゅうそう】 autumn frost, fall frost, harshness, strictness, rigour, white hair, grey hair, sharp sword
- 朝霜 【あさしも】 morning frost
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- escarcha
- blanco
- tiempo
Portuguese
- geada
French
- gel
- givre
| 3179 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8d9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-9 | SKIP code |
| 1096.1 | Four corner code |
| 1096.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 971c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣士 【ケンシ】 swordsman, swordswoman, fencer
- 銃剣 【ジュウケン】 bayonet, guns and swords
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
Kun reading compounds
- 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣の舞 【つるぎのまい】 Sabre Dance
- 月の剣 【つきのつるぎ】 new moon, crescent moon
- 草薙の剣 【くさなぎのつるぎ】 Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword
Readings
- Korean:
- geom
Spanish
- sable
- espada
- hoja de espada
Portuguese
- sabre
- espada
- lâmina
- ponteiro de relógio
French
- sabre
- épée
- lame
- aiguille de montre
| 1214 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1248 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 696 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1436 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1095 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1151 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 879 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 900 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 791 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 198 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2104 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1096 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1493 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1687 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2076 | Morohashi |
| 1672 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 498 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1671 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1801 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1310 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2843 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 8250.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5263 | Unicode hex code |