| 1592 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1225 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4820 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1836 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1843 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1416 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1862 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2020 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1335 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1810 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1098 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1496 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 279 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40172X | Morohashi |
| 1674 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6224 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 273 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 291 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1495 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釣果 【チョウカ】 catch (fishing), amount of fish caught, caught fish
- 釣菌 【チョウキン】 extracting bacteria (from a petri dish, etc.)
- 爆釣 【バクチョウ】 big catch (of fish), big haul
Kun reading compounds
- 釣る 【つる】 to fish, to angle, to catch, to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
- 釣瓶 【つるべ】 well bucket
- 釣り 【つり】 fishing, angling, change (for a purchase), clickbaiting, trolling, bait, making deliberately inflammatory posts online
- 釣り合い 【つりあい】 balance, equilibrium
- 雪釣り 【ゆきつり】 game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs
- 雪吊り 【ゆきづり】 placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow, ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つり
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- pescar con caña
- colgar
- cambio (dinero)
Portuguese
- pesca
- peixe
- pegar
- fascinação
- laçar
French
- rendre la monnaie
- pêche à la ligne
- attraper
- attirer
- capturer
| 2852 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 8712.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91e3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
505 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鍼灸 【シンキュウ】 acupuncture and moxibustion
- 針葉樹 【シンヨウジュ】 conifer, needle-leaved tree
- 指針 【シシン】 needle (compass, gauge, etc.), hand (clock), indicator, pointer, index, guiding principle, guideline, guide
- 検針 【ケンシン】 inspection of a meter, reading a meter, needle detection (in garments, etc.), needle inspection
Kun reading compounds
- 針 【はり】 needle, pin, hook, stinger, thorn, hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer, staple (for a stapler), needlework, sewing, malice, counter for stitches
- 針金 【はりがね】 wire
- 縫い針 【ぬいばり】 sewing needle
- 無外傷性針 【むがいしょうせいはり】 atraumatic needle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- は
- Korean:
- chim
Spanish
- aguja
- alfiler
Portuguese
- agulha
- alfinete
- grampo
- o que pica
French
- aiguille
- épingle
- agrafe
- dard
| 916 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 905 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 573 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4817 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1407 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 974 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1155 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 341 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 341 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 729 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1809 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2099 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1092 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1488 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 280 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40165 | Morohashi |
| 1666 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6218 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 274 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 292 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 907 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 8410.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91dd | Unicode hex code |