| 671 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 569 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 542 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 593 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 139 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 390 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 382 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 919A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 300 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 300 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 359 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 516 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2805 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1444 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1947 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2752 | Morohashi |
| 2256 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 620 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1928 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2078 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 348 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 530 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 単 【タン】 single, simple, singles (tennis, badminton, etc.), win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
- 単位 【タンイ】 unit, denomination, credit (in school), in units of (e.g. "in thousands"), in amounts of
- 菜単 【サイタン】 menu (at a Chinese restaurant)
- 指定単 【シテイタン】 designated money trust
Kun reading compounds
- 一重 【ひとえ】 one layer, single layer, monopetalous, unlined kimono, single-edged eyelid, eyelid with an epicanthic fold, upper eyelid with no fold
- 単衣 【たんい】 unlined kimono, one kimono, a single kimono
- 十二単 【じゅうにひとえ】 twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady), ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis), bugle
Readings
- Korean:
- dan, seon
Spanish
- sencillo
- uno
- unidad
- sólo
- único
Portuguese
- Simples
- um
- solteiro
- meramente
French
- simple
- un
- unique
- seulement
| 955 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 9050.6 | Four corner code |
| 3250.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5358 | Unicode hex code |
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
619 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弁 【ベン】 speech, tongue, talk, eloquence, dialect, brogue, accent, bento, Japanese box lunch, petal, valve, Oversight Department, division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
- 弁解 【ベンカイ】 explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence
- 熱弁 【ネツベン】 impassioned speech, fervent speech
- 強弁 【キョウベン】 insisting (unreasonably), obstinate insistence
Kun reading compounds
- 弁える 【わきまえる】 to discern (e.g. right from wrong), to discriminate, to distinguish, to know (manners, one's place, etc.), to understand, to bear in mind
Readings
- Japanese names:
- べ
- Korean:
- byeon, ban
Spanish
- discurso
- dialecto
- distinguir
- identificar
- reembolsar
- pétalo
Portuguese
- válvula
- petala
- trança
- discurso
- dialeto
- discriminação
- livrar-se de
- distinguir
French
- éloquence
- valve
- pétale
- tresse
- dialecte
- discernement
- résoudre
- distinguer
| 715 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 807 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 786 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 793 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 846 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 513 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1265 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 275 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 711 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 724 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1116 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 262 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2497 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1264 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1730 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 750 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9588 | Morohashi |
| 2004 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1663 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 742 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 803 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 654 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2755 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.30 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2344.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f01 | Unicode hex code |