| 179 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 103 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 93 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 527 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5139 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 481 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 277 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2754 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 277 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 277 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 573 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1893 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2277 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1177 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1608 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1733 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43591P | Morohashi |
| 1808 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6648 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1717 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1853 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 355 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 239 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
676 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 顔 【カオ】 face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety
- 顔色 【カオイロ】 complexion, one's colour, one's color, countenance, expression, one's face
- 美顔 【ビガン】 beautiful face, facial care, facial treatment
- 童顔 【ドウガン】 child's face, childlike face, boyish face, baby face
Kun reading compounds
- 顔 【かお】 face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety
- 顔合わせ 【かおあわせ】 meeting together, introduction, costarring, appearing together, being matched, facing off
- いい顔 【いいかお】 big-shot, influential person, happy face, smiling face, sympathetic attitude, getting along with, being all smiles, good looks, nice face
- 涼しい顔 【すずしいかお】 nonchalant air, unruffled air
Readings
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- cara
- faz
- semblante
- rostro
- expresión
Portuguese
- rosto
- expressão
French
- visage
- expression
| 461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a9.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-9 | SKIP code |
| 0128.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9854 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
287 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 少 【ショウ】 small, little, few
- 少輔 【ショウ】 assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
- 最少 【サイショウ】 fewest, least, smallest (number), lowest, minimum, youngest
- 過少 【カショウ】 too few, too little, insufficient
Kun reading compounds
- 少ない 【すくない】 few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare
- 少し 【すこし】 a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat, a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute, a little way, a short distance
- 少しも 【すこしも】 (not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least, (not) in the slightest
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
- un poco
- apenas
Portuguese
- poucos
- pequenos
French
- un petit peu
- un peu
| 93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 160 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 143 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 231 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 166 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 129 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 47 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 88 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 144 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 144 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 105 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 512 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4278 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 107 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7475 | Morohashi |
| 3467 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1390 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 106 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 111 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 153 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 95 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1160 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 9020.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c11 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 博 【ハク】 doctor, PhD, exposition, fair, exhibition
- 博物 【ハクブツ】 natural history, wide learning, broad area of learning
- 文博 【ブンハク】 doctor of literature
- 医博 【イハク】 doctor of medicine, MD
- 博 【ハク】 doctor, PhD, exposition, fair, exhibition
- 博徒 【バクト】 gambler
- 賭博 【トバク】 gambling
- 伝助賭博 【デンスケトバク】 deceptive betting game (such as the shell game), street fraud, trickery, densuke, roulette-like deceptive street gambling
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐれ、 と、 はか、 ひろ
- Korean:
- bag
Spanish
- Dr. (doctorado, Ph.D.)
- exposición
- feria
- estima
- ovación
- vencedor por aclamación
Portuguese
- Dr.
- comando
- estima
- vencedor por aclamação
- Ph.D.
- exposição
- feira
French
- docteur
- ovation
- estimé
- exposition
- foire
- gain
| 695 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 593 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 564 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 802 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 787 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 525 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1112 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1534 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 601 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 611 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 798 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 249 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 170 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 112 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 129 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 47 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2761P | Morohashi |
| 151 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 621 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 47 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 48 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 596 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1448 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 4304.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 535a | Unicode hex code |