| 731 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 624 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 594 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 605 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3671 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 773 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1907 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2558 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 402 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 406 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 675 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1901 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2998 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1531 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2089 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1491 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44144 | Morohashi |
| 2365 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6691 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1479 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1591 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 629 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
888 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 養子 【ヨウシ】 adopted child (usu. male), son-in-law
- 養育 【ヨウイク】 bringing up, rearing, upbringing
- 供養 【クヨウ】 memorial service for the dead, holding a service
- 培養 【バイヨウ】 culture, cultivation, cultivation (of plants), growing, raising, cultivation (e.g. of a skill), nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.), growth
Kun reading compounds
- 養う 【やしなう】 to support, to maintain, to provide for, to bring up, to raise, to rear, to feed, to adopt (a child), to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.), to develop, to build up, to foster, to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- や
- Korean:
- yang
Spanish
- criar
- mantener
- cultivarse
Portuguese
- alimentar
- educar
- cultivar
- desenvolvee
- nutrir
French
- nourrir
- élever
- cultiver
- soigner
- développer
| 965 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-13 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 8073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 990a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蜂起 【ホウキ】 uprising, revolt
- 蜂窩 【ホウカ】 beehive, hive, honeycomb
- 寄生蜂 【キセイバチ】 parasitoid wasp, parasitic wasp, parasitic bee
- 養蜂 【ヨウホウ】 beekeeping, apiculture
Kun reading compounds
- 蜂 【はち】 bee, wasp, hornet
- 蜂蜜 【はちみつ】 honey
- 虻蜂 【あぶはち】 horsefly and bee, horsefly and wasp
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ほ
- Korean:
- bong
Spanish
- avispa
- abeja
- avispón
Portuguese
French
| 4150 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1921 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 821 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1728 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 33088 | Morohashi |
| 5331 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2687 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1684 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6d7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-7 | SKIP code |
| 5715.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8702 | Unicode hex code |