| 33 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 43 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 49 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 201 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 571 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 65 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 16 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 280 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 50 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 50 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 48 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 145 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3046 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1552 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2123 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 254 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1349 | Morohashi |
| 2394 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 350 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 248 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 263 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 115 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 54 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 先 【セン】 former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move
- 先駆 【センク】 forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
- 機先 【キセン】 forestall
- 互先 【タガイセン】 even game (esp. in go)
Kun reading compounds
- 先 【さき】 point, tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line), front, first, before, ahead (of), (the way) ahead, beyond, future, previous, prior, former, recent, last, destination, address, place where you do something, rest (e.g. of a story), continuation, remaining part, the other party
- 先行き 【さきゆき】 the future, future prospects
- 口先 【くちさき】 lip service, mere words, professions, lips, mouth, snout, proboscis
- 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
- 先ず 【まず】 first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else, probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually, more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably, anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being
- 先ず隗より始めよ 【まずかいよりはじめよ】 start with the first step, when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps, he who first suggests it should be the first to do it
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぽん
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- antes
- adelante
- previo
- precedencia
- extremo
- punta
- final
- anterior
Portuguese
- antes
- prévio
- na frente
- futuro
- precedência
French
- avant
- devant
- précédent
- futur
- antériorité
| 2457 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b3.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 2421.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5148 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夫妻 【フサイ】 husband and wife, married couple
- 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife
- 継夫 【ケイフ】 second husband
- 炊夫 【スイフ】 male cook
- 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife
- 夫子 【フウシ】 teacher, wise man, sage, master, Confucius, the person concerned, you, he, she
- 一工夫 【ヒトクフウ】 a bit of contrivance, some fiddling, a little ingenuity
- 創意工夫 【ソウイクフウ】 ingenuity, inventiveness, creative originality
- 夫人 【フジン】 wife, Mrs, madam, wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.), consort of the emperor
- 賦役 【フエキ】 slave labour, slave labor, compulsory service, forced labour, forced labor, exacted service
- 大夫 【ダイブ】 high steward, grand master
- 右京大夫 【ウキョウノダイブ】 Ukyō no Daibu (title under the ritsuryō system), high steward
Kun reading compounds
- 夫 【おっと】 husband
- 夫選び 【おっとえらび】 choosing a husband
- ＤＶ夫 【ディーブイおっと】 (physically) abusive husband, wife beater
- 元夫 【もとおっと】 ex-husband, former husband
- 其れ其れ 【それぞれ】 each, respectively
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 と、 ゆう、 よ
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- marido
- hombre
- esposo
Portuguese
- marido
- homem
French
- mari
- homme
| 501 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 601 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 573 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 265 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 164 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 51 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 445 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 104 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 315 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 315 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 595 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 411 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4271 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2157 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2909 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5835 | Morohashi |
| 3460 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1136 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 838 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 901 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 220 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 445 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1463 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.31 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 5003.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 592b | Unicode hex code |