| 606 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 698 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 672 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 774 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 824 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 735 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 387 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 985 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 639 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 649 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 848 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 258 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3726 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1905 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2588 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 127 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2949 | Morohashi |
| 3003 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 651 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 125 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 132 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 698 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
768 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 厚生 【コウセイ】 welfare, public welfare, social welfare, (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
- 厚相 【コウショウ】 Welfare Minister
- 重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
- 敗色濃厚 【ハイショクノウコウ】 likely loss, probable defeat
Kun reading compounds
- 厚い 【あつい】 thick, deep, heavy, kind, cordial, hospitable, warm, faithful, serious (of an illness), abundant
- 厚板 【あついた】 thick board, plank, steel plate (with a thickness of at least 3 mm), heavy brocade cloth, Elaphoglossum yoshinagae (species of fern)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あっ
- Korean:
- hu
Spanish
- grueso
- espeso
- cordial
- calma
Portuguese
- rico
- pesado
- espesso
- espécie
- de bronze
- cordial
- desavergonhado
French
- épais
- lourd
- cordial
- chaleureux
- gentil
- effronté
- éhonté
| 3347 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2p6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 7124.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 539a | Unicode hex code |
臼
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2048 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 臼蓋 【キュウガイ】 acetabular roof
- 臼蓋形成不全 【キュウガイケイセイフゼン】 acetabular dysplasia
- 烏臼 【ウキュウ】 Chinese tallow (as an ingredient in Chinese medicine)
- 亜脱臼 【アダッキュウ】 subluxation
Kun reading compounds
- 臼 【うす】 millstone, mortar
- 臼茸 【うすたけ】 shaggy chanterelle (Turbinellus floccosus), scaly chanterelle, woolly chanterelle
- 提宇子 【ダイウス】 God
- 搗き臼 【つきうす】 mortar (for pounding rice)
- 臼搗く 【うすづく】 to pound (rice, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- mortero
Portuguese
French
- mortier
| 3849 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 338 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1896 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4341 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2957 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2060 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30173 | Morohashi |
| 3528 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4907 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2063 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1531 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 0a6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 7777.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81fc | Unicode hex code |