Common words. Prefixes, suffixes, particles, and forms of the copula are excluded.
| 胃 | i | stomach (organ) |
| 鵜 | û | cormorant |
| 柄 | e | handle (of a tool) |
| 絵 | ê | picture, painting, drawing (but never a photograph) |
| 尾 | ô | tail |
| 科 | kâ | family (taxonomy); department; course of study |
| 課 | kâ | lesson (in textbook); section (of company, bureau) |
| 蚊 | ka | mosquito |
| 蛾 | ga | moth |
| 木 | kî | tree; wood |
| 気 | ki | heart, mind, feeling; care, concern; intention, inclination; temper, disposition; consciousness, one's senses |
| 九 | kû | nine |
| 区 | kû | ward (part of city) |
| 毛 | ke | hair, fur; wool |
| 子 | ko | child; young (of an animal) |
| 碁 | gô | go (the game) |
| 五 | gô | five |
| 語 | gô | word |
| 差 | sa | difference, disparity, gap |
| 四 | sî | four |
| 市 | sî | city |
| 死 | sî | death |
| 詩 | si | poem, poetry |
| 字 | zî | letter, character (in writing system) |
| 巣 | sû | nest; web; hive |
| 酢 | sû | vinegar |
| 図 | zu | figure, diagram, illustration |
| 背 | sê | back (of the body); height, stature |
| 田 | tâ | rice field, rice paddy |
| 他 | tâ | other, another (noun usually followed by の or に) |
| 血 | ti | blood |
| 手 | tê | hand; arm; means, method |
| 戸 | to | door |
| 名 | na | name |
| 二 | nî | two |
| 根 | nê | root |
| 刃 | hâ | blade; blade edge |
| 歯 | hâ | tooth |
| 葉 | ha | leaf; blade (of grass) |
| 場 | ba | place; occasion, time; scene (in play) |
| 火 | hî | fire |
| 日 | hi | the sun, sunshine; day |
| 府 | hu | prefecture (used for Kyoto and Osaka prefectures) |
| 部 | bû | part, portion; division, department |
| 帆 | hô | sail (of boat) |
| 穂 | hô | ear (of grain) |