| 1208 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1768 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5307 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1345 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1921 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2831 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 700 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 713 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 915 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1933 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2361 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1661 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 321 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 46257 | Morohashi |
| 1882 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6886 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 315 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 337 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1927 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1486 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鯨肉 【ゲイニク】 whale meat
- 鯨飲 【ゲイイン】 drinking hard, drinking like a fish
- 酔鯨 【スイゲイ】 Suigei
- 白鯨 【ハクゲイ】 Moby-Dick (1851 novel by Herman Melville)
Kun reading compounds
- 鯨 【くじら】 whale (Cetacea spp.)
- 鯨肉 【げいにく】 whale meat
- タスマニア鯨 【タスマニアくじら】 Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
- 五島鯨 【ごとうくじら】 larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- ballena
Portuguese
- baleia
French
- baleine
| 2541 | 2001 Kanji |
| 11a8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-8 | SKIP code |
| 2039.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9be8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
740 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 波 【ハ】 counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
- 波及 【ハキュウ】 spread, extension, influence, aftereffect, ripple
- 低周波 【テイシュウハ】 low frequency
- 横波 【ヨコナミ】 transverse wave, beam sea
Kun reading compounds
- 波 【なみ】 wave, ups and downs
- 波間 【なみま】 interval between the waves, gap between waves
- 高波 【たかなみ】 high waves, heavy seas
- 横波 【よこなみ】 transverse wave, beam sea
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひら、 みな、 みなみ、 わ
- Korean:
- pa
Spanish
- onda
- ola
- Polonia
Portuguese
- ondas
- vagas
- Polônia
French
- onde
- vague
- Pologne
| 298 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 387 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 367 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 606 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2529 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 484 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 677 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 596 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 666 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 677 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 913 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1177 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 388 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 245 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 292 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 811 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17308 | Morohashi |
| 330 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3101 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 803 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 866 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 309 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 367 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3414.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ce2 | Unicode hex code |