| 1189 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1276 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1943 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1265 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 576 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1803 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1941 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1259 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 897 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 601 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 364 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 454 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1070 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12264 | Morohashi |
| 496 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2204 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1061 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1141 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1438 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1257 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 採掘 【サイクツ】 mining, digging, working (a mine)
- 盗掘 【トウクツ】 illegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing, tomb robbing
Kun reading compounds
- 掘る 【ほる】 to dig, to excavate, to hollow, to delve into, to dig up (e.g. vegetables), (for two men) to have anal sex
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぼり
- Korean:
- gul, gweol
Spanish
- cavar
- excavar
- taladrar
- hurgar en
Portuguese
- cavar
- cova
- escavar
French
- creuser
- fouiller
- déterrer
| 1376 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c8.32 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 5707.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6398 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
685 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 返 【ヘン】 reply, answer
- 遍 【ヘン】 number of times
- 代返 【ダイヘン】 answer a roll call for another
- 往返 【オウヘン】 round trip
Kun reading compounds
- 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely
Readings
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- regresar
- devolver
Portuguese
- retornar
- responder
- desvanecer
- pagar
French
- rendre
- répondre
- s'estomper
- rembourser
| 316 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 412 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 389 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 586 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4670 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 307 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 950 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 442 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 448 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 184 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 681 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3797 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1940 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2633 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 733 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38758P | Morohashi |
| 3060 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6020 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 782 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 477 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 289 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3367 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3130.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8fd4 | Unicode hex code |