8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N4
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Kun'yomi
こ と thing ②incident ③nominalizing suffix ④pretending to ... ⑤alias ⑥necessity つか う つ か え る to serve
On'yomi
ジ individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle) ズ
Nanori
ろ
Character Breakdown
References
| Unicode hex code | 4E8B |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-27-86 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 272 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 71 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 3567 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 4384 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 2220 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 2986 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 1156 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1240 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 32 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 768 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 73 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 241 |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 293 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 80 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 80 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 230 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 108 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 309 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 300 |
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 10 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 237 |
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 2.7 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 30 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 1164 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 0a8.15 |
| Four corner code | 5000.7 |
| De Roo Code | 1547 |