| 1099 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1355 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 784 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1195 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 292 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1411 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1190 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1249 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 904 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 27 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2113 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1101 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1500 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 204 | Morohashi |
| 1679 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 63 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 463 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1407 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1453 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乾電池 【カンデンチ】 dry cell, battery
- 乾燥 【カンソウ】 dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes), dehydration, desiccation, insipidity
- 速乾 【ソッカン】 drying quickly
- 臘乾 【ラカン】 Chinese smoked and salted ham
- 乾 【ケン】 qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
- 乾位 【ケンイ】 northwest
Kun reading compounds
- 乾く 【かわく】 to get dry
- 乾かす 【かわかす】 to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate
- 干す 【ほす】 to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
- 干る 【ひる】 to dry (up), to become parched, to ebb, to recede
- 戌亥 【いぬい】 northwest
Readings
- Korean:
- gan, geon
Spanish
- seco
- secar
- secarse
- desecarse
Portuguese
- seca
- dessecar
- evaporar
- paraíso
- imperador
French
- sécheresse
- sécher
- dessécher
- vider (verre)
- cieux
- empereur
| 1556 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c7.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 4841.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e7e | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2451 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 溜飲 【リュウイン】 acid reflux, bile reflux, pyrosis, stomach acid (when it enters the esophagus), heartburn, indigestion, water brash, gloating, gratification, satisfaction
- 溜飲が下がる 【リュウインガサガル】 to feel relieved, to feel satisfied
- 溝溜 【コウリュウ】 drain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.
- 貯留 【チョリュウ】 accumulation (e.g. of water), retention, storage, collection, sequestration (e.g. of carbon dioxide)
Kun reading compounds
- 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
- 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
- 溜める 【ためる】 to amass, to accumulate, to store, to leave unpaid
- 溜まり 【たまり】 pile, pool, collection, gathering spot, waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring, liquid runoff from miso preparation, tamari, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
- たまり醤油 【たまりじょうゆ】 tamari soy sauce, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
- 船だまり 【ふなだまり】 moorage (esp. for small boats), anchorage
- 溜め 【ため】 cesspool, sink, manure sink
- ため息 【ためいき】 sigh
- ゴミ溜め 【ゴミため】 garbage dump, scrap heap, rubbish dump, dump, dumpsite
Readings
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1892 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2658 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 814 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 608 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 17943 | Morohashi |
| 662 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3276 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2324 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2415 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3a10.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3716.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e9c | Unicode hex code |