Japanese Studies

Kōdansha Shin Daijiten
講談社新大字典
EA Ref: PL677.5 .K63 1993
Includes 21,000 characters. Indexed by readings, numbers of strokes and radical. Includes information on uses in names and the origin of the characters.

Dai Kan-Wa jiten
大漢和辞典 13 vols.
Morohashi Tetsuji
EA Ref: PL677.5  .M6 1966
About 50,000 characters. The most comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters.  Includes an index to compounds, arranged in gojūon order in the modern kana writing system.  The following dictionaries are related to the Dai Kan-Wa jiten, and are useful resources:

• Dai Kan-Wa jiten goi sakuin
  大漢和辞典語意索引
  EA Ref: PL681.C5 M634 1990
  Indexes for the Dai kan-wa jiten.
• Kō Kan-Wa jiten
  広漢和辞典 4 vols.
  EA Ref: PL677.5 .M6 1981
  A selection of 20,000 characters and 120,000 words from Morohashi's Dai Kanwa jiten.  Examples and index are easier to use than the Dai Kan-wa edition.