| 28 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 32 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 42 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1827 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 37 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 54 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 118 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 57 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 57 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 170 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 847 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4267 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 644 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11768 | Morohashi |
| 3456 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 637 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 687 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 57 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 30 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
手
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
60 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 手術 【シュジュツ】 surgery, operation, procedure, skill with one's hands, sleight of hand
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
- 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
- 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.), excellent move
- 交際上手 【コウサイジョウズ】 good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer
- 処世上手 【ショセイジョウズ】 knowing how to get on in the world, knowing the secret of success in life
Kun reading compounds
- 手 【て】 hand, arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle, hand, worker, help, trouble, care, effort, means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship, hand, handwriting, kind, type, sort, one's hands, one's possession, ability to cope, hand (of cards), direction, move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- 手足 【てあし】 hands and feet, limbs, person at one's beck and call, person at hand, reliable worker
- 逆手 【ぎゃくて】 underhand grip, backhand grip (e.g. in tennis), unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
- 担い手 【にないて】 bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge, supporter
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- mano
Portuguese
- mão
French
- main
| 2247 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 2050.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 624b | Unicode hex code |
rub, massage, shampoo, debate vigorously, train, coach, worry, get in trouble
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 揉捻 【ジュウネン】 rolling freshly-picked tea-leaves, crushing tea
Kun reading compounds
- 揉む 【もむ】 to rub, to crumple, to massage, to argue, to have a heated discussion, to train, to coach, to jostle, to crowd, to shake, to rock, to have various experiences (out in the world)
- 揉める 【もめる】 to disagree, to dispute, to fight (over)
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1962 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 12332 | Morohashi |
| 2231 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3c9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 5709.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-57-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63c9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 茶 【チャ】 tea, tea plant (Camellia sinensis), tea preparation, making tea, brown, mockery
- 茶色 【チャイロ】 brown, light brown, tawny
- 煎茶 【センチャ】 green tea, green leaf tea, non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha), medium-grade green tea
- 抹茶 【マッチャ】 matcha, powdered green tea
- 茶道 【サドウ】 tea ceremony, Way of Tea, sadō
- 茶店 【サテン】 tea house
- 喫茶 【キッサ】 tea drinking, teahouse, tearoom, coffee lounge, coffee shop, (rather formal) cafe
- 歌声喫茶 【ウタゴエキッサ】 utagoe coffeehouse, sing-along tearoom, coffee shop in which customers can sing in chorus accompanied by a band
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちや
- Korean:
- da, cha
Spanish
- hoja de té
- té
Portuguese
- chá
French
- thé
| 275 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 187 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 171 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 805 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3940 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 392 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 245 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 931 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 251 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 251 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 145 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 654 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2808 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1446 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1948 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 258 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30915P | Morohashi |
| 2259 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5033 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 252 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 267 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 183 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k6.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4490.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8336 | Unicode hex code |