| 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 3
JLPT level N2
245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 島 【トウ】 Island, insula, island, islet
- 島国 【シマグニ】 island country
- 千島列島 【チシマレットウ】 Kurile Islands
- 列島 【レットウ】 archipelago, chain of islands
Kun reading compounds
- 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
- 島国 【しまぐに】 island country
- 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
- 広島 【ひろしま】 Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Readings
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- isla
Portuguese
- ilha
French
- île
| 292 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 380 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 358 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 173 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 230 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 183 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 489 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1522 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 286 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 286 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 455 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 543 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4103 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2081 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2820 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1967 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8108 | Morohashi |
| 3310 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1476 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1948 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2098 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 379 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 362 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 852 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 2772.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5cf6 | Unicode hex code |
夕
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
924 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 勺 【シャク】 shaku, traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml, shaku, traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square
- 夕日 【ユウヒ】 evening sun, setting sun
- 秋夕 【シュウセキ】 autumn evening
- 一夕 【イッセキ】 one evening, some evenings
Kun reading compounds
- 夕 【ゆう】 evening
- 夕刊 【ゆうかん】 evening paper
- 昨夕 【さくゆう】 yesterday evening, last night
- 春の夕 【はるのゆう】 spring evening
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ゆ
- Korean:
- seog, sa
Spanish
- tarde
- noche
Portuguese
- Noite
French
- soirée
| 98 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 54 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 44 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 627 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1167 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 734 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 149 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 33 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 81 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 81 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 95 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 403 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4195 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2123 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2871 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 109 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5749 | Morohashi |
| 3387 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 109 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 114 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 20 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2560 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2720.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5915 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雁 【ガン】 wild goose, glans, head of a penis
- 雁 【ガン】 Gan, The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai)
- ハワイ雁 【ハワイガン】 Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis), nene
- 鴻雁 【コウガン】 wild geese, large geese and small geese
Kun reading compounds
- 雁 【がん】 wild goose, glans, head of a penis
- 雁が音 【かりがね】 call of a wild goose, wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus), tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro), high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)
- 雁が音 【かりがね】 call of a wild goose, wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus), tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro), high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)
- 雁金草 【かりがねそう】 blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata), blue mist shrub
Readings
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- ganso salvaje
- oca salvaje
Portuguese
French
| 830 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3741 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2597 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 41960 | Morohashi |
| 6498 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2150 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2273 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2p10.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 7121.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96c1 | Unicode hex code |