| 321 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 209 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1186 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 983 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 864 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1019 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2065 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 925 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 948 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 487 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1935 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 481 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 616 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1961 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 46672 | Morohashi |
| 674 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6939 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1942 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2092 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 235 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1279 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鳴管 【メイカン】 syrinx (part of a bird), lower larynx
- 鳴禽 【メイキン】 songbird, oscine
- 百家争鳴 【ヒャッカソウメイ】 let a hundred schools of thought contend
- 蛙鳴 【アメイ】 frog calling
Kun reading compounds
- 鳴く 【なく】 to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp, to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
- 鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす 【なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす】 empty vessels make the most noise, the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada
- 鳴る 【なる】 to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
- 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
- 鳴らす 【ならす】 to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose), to snap (fingers), to crack (joints), to be popular, to be esteemed, to be reputed, to state, to insist, to complain, to fart (loudly)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なり、 なる
- Korean:
- myeong
Spanish
- emitir sonido (animal)
- sonido
- sonar
- hacer sonar
Portuguese
- gorjeio
- choro
- latido
- som
- argola
- eco
- buzina
French
- gazouiller
- crier
- aboyer
- pousser son cri (animal)
- sonner
- écho
- cacarder
| 3750 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 6702.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9cf4 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 禽舎 【キンシャ】 poultry shed
- 禽獣 【キンジュウ】 birds and beasts, beast, brute, (dumb) animal
- 水禽 【スイキン】 waterfowl, aquatic bird
- 生擒 【セイキン】 capturing something alive
Kun reading compounds
- 鳥 【とり】 bird, bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry
Readings
- Korean:
- geum
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 528 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2654 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1837 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 24893X | Morohashi |
| 4120 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2049 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2206 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2a10.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 8042.7 | Four corner code |
| 8022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 79bd | Unicode hex code |