| 3458 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2977 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1888 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3398 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2383 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 26752 | Morohashi |
| 2734 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4376 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 牢 【ロウ】 prison, jail, gaol, firm, solid, strong
- 籠球 【ロウキュウ】 basketball
- 蒸籠 【セイロ】 bamboo steamer, steaming basket, wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot, soba served on a small wickerwork tray, wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
- 灯籠 【トウロウ】 garden lantern, hanging lantern
Kun reading compounds
- 籠 【かご】 basket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage
- 籠で水を汲む 【かごでみずをくむ】 to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon, to scoop water with a basket
- 相合駕籠 【あいあいかご】 two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman)
- ほい駕籠 【ほいかご】 crude palanquin, street palanquin
- 込める 【こめる】 to load (a gun, etc.), to charge, to put into (e.g. emotion, effort), to include (e.g. tax in a sales price), to hang over, to shroud, to enshroud, to envelop, to screen
- 籠もる 【こもる】 to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room), to be confined in, to seclude oneself, to hide away, to stay inside (one's shell), to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.), to imbue with, to infuse with, to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.), to be heavy with (e.g. smoke), to be stuffy, to be dense, to be muffled (e.g. voice), to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.), to confine oneself in a temple to pray
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ごめ、 もり
- Korean:
- rong
Spanish
- cesto
- canasta
- palanquín
- confinarse
- recluirse
- confinar
- recluir
- engatusar
- seducir
Portuguese
French
| 6f16.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-16 | SKIP code |
| 8821.1 | Four corner code |
| 8871.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-68-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7c60 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
806 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絡繹 【ラクエキ】 constant (stream of traffic), incessant
- 絡糸嬢 【ラクシジョウ】 cricket, bush-cricket
- 短絡 【タンラク】 short circuit, short, illogical jump, drawing a hasty inference (between two events), jumping to conclusions, acting rashly
- 脈絡 【ミャクラク】 logical connection, chain of reasoning, coherence, context, blood vessel
Kun reading compounds
- 絡む 【からむ】 to twine, to get tangled, to get entangled, to get caught (in), to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter), to get involved (in), to be a factor (in), to have an influence, to pick a quarrel (with), to find fault (with), to pester, to hassle
- 絡まる 【からまる】 to be entwined, to be involved
Readings
- Korean:
- rag
Spanish
- entrelazar
- enredar
- rodear
- ser atrapado
- ser envuelto
- ser enredado
Portuguese
- enroscar
- enrolar
- ser apanhado em
French
- enlacer
- entrelacer
- s'enrouler autour
- s'empêtrer dans
| 1890 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 958 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3533 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 944 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 817 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 840 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 859 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 300 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1536 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1709 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1238 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1362 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27426 | Morohashi |
| 1351 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4484 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1350 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1450 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1578 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2796.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d61 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 段 【ダン】 step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps, shelf, layer, tier, grade, level, class, dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank, paragraph, passage, column (of print), act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene, row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table), stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation, matter, occasion, degree, extent, counter for breaks in written language or speech
- 段階 【ダンカイ】 stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs
- 特段 【トクダン】 exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually
- 中段 【チュウダン】 half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
- 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
- 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
- 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- escalón
- escalera
- grado
Portuguese
- grau
- passos
- escada
French
- étape
- marche
- escalier
| 944 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 931 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 340 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2452 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 911 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 656 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 874 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 362 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 363 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 608 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1139 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1471 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 780 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1059 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1876 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16619 | Morohashi |
| 1144 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2991 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1859 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2003 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 425 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 891 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2668 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2s7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 7744.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bb5 | Unicode hex code |