| 696 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 594 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 565 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1083 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5158 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 768 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 279 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 325 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 325 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 604 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1904 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2126 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1110 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1509 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1485 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44064P | Morohashi |
| 1691 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6679 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1473 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1583 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 597 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
1046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 飯店 【ハンテン】 Chinese restaurant
- 飯切 【ハンギリ】 flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
- 米飯 【ベイハン】 cooked rice
- 赤飯 【セキハン】 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
Kun reading compounds
- 飯 【めし】 cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood
- 飯売女 【めしうりおんな】 maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
- 握り飯 【にぎりめし】 onigiri, rice ball
- 冷や飯 【ひやめし】 cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 いい、 いり、 え
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- comida
- arroz cocido
Portuguese
- refeição
- arroz cozido
French
- repas
- riz bouilli
| 2867 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8174.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98ef | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 借家 【シャクヤ】 rented house, house for rent
- 借地 【シャクチ】 leased land
- 賃借 【チンシャク】 renting, rental, hiring, leasing (from)
- 賃貸借 【チンタイシャク】 renting, leasing
Kun reading compounds
- 借りる 【かりる】 to borrow, to have a loan, to rent, to hire
- 借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔 【かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお】 people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it, when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama
Readings
- Korean:
- cha, jeog
Spanish
- deuda
- pedir prestado
- alquilar
Portuguese
- pedir emprestado
- aluguel
French
- emprunter
- louer
| 420 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 530 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 502 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 996 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 490 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 471 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 119 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1032 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 766 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 780 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 182 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 106 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 137 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 91 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 104 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1194 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 781 | Morohashi |
| 122 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 259 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1186 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1270 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 547 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2178 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a8.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 2426.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 501f | Unicode hex code |