| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
877 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 布 【ヌノ】 cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
- 布教 【フキョウ】 propagation (e.g. a religion), proselytizing, missionary work
- 麻布 【アサヌノ】 hemp cloth, linen
- 公布 【コウフ】 official proclamation, announcement, promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
- 布衣 【ホイ】 linen kariginu, plain kariginu (Edo period), commoner
- 布衣始 【ホウイハジメ】 ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (i.e. a kariginu and eboshi) for the first time
Kun reading compounds
- 布 【ぬの】 cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
- 布地 【ぬのじ】 fabric, cloth, material
- 麻布 【あさぬの】 hemp cloth, linen
- 磨き布 【みがきぬの】 polishing cloth
- 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
- 切れ地 【きれじ】 fabric, cloth, material, traditionally patterned textiles, fabric scraps
- ボロ布 【ぼろきれ】 old cloth, rag
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 の、 ほ
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- paño
- tela
- difusión
Portuguese
- Linho
- pano
French
- linge
| 706 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 799 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 778 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 749 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1468 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 737 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 494 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 675 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 688 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 887 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 557 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3691 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1886 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2566 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 412 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8778 | Morohashi |
| 2973 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1548 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 405 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 433 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 653 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3f2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e03 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1252 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 摩擦 【マサツ】 friction, rubbing, chafing, discord, friction, strife, conflict
- 摩天楼 【マテンロウ】 skyscraper
- 研磨 【ケンマ】 grinding, polishing, refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.), applying oneself (to study), disciplining oneself
- あん摩 【アンマ】 massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage), masseur, masseuse, massager, blind person
Kun reading compounds
- 摩する 【まする】 to rub, to scrub, to scrape, to draw near, to press
- 摩る 【さする】 to rub, to pat, to stroke, to massage
- 擦る 【する】 to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- ma
Spanish
- roce
- fricción
- caricia
Portuguese
- escoriação
- raspar
- polir
- alcance
- arranhão
French
- irriter
- gratter
- caresser
- frictionner
- polir
- moudre
| 1830 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1074 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5392 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1783 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1380 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2428 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1530 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1631 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1415 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 852 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3938 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2740 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 646 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12613P | Morohashi |
| 3175 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2264 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 639 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 689 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1768 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q12.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 3-11-4 | SKIP code |
| 0025.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6469 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1485 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 擦弦楽器 【サツゲンガッキ】 bowed stringed instrument
- 擦文 【サツモン】 brush-mark pattern (scraped into the surface of earthenware with wood)
- 塗擦 【トサツ】 rubbing an ointment into the skin
- 冷水摩擦 【レイスイマサツ】 rubdown with a wet towel, cold-water rubbing
Kun reading compounds
- 擦る 【する】 to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
- 擦れる 【すれる】 to rub, to chafe, to wear out, to become worn, to lose one's innocence, to become sly
- 擦る 【こする】 to rub, to scrub, to scrape
- 擦れる 【こすれる】 to be rubbed
Readings
- Korean:
- chal
Spanish
- frotar
- restregar
- rascar
- raspar
Portuguese
- arranhar
- esfregar
- coçar
- escovar
- atritar
- explorar
French
- abrasion
- gratter
- frotter
- râper
- racler
- irriter
- récurer
| 1306 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1955 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2025 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1709 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1386 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2601 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1519 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1620 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1416 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 931 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 971 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 541 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 707 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1113 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12862 | Morohashi |
| 790 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2306 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1104 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1185 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1870 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1341 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c14.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-14 | SKIP code |
| 5309.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 64e6 | Unicode hex code |