| 849 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 837 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1133 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 885 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1083 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 406 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1256 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1327 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 272 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 296 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 234 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 150 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 696 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3372P | Morohashi |
| 202 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 713 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 689 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 744 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 843 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1054 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 吸収 【キュウシュウ】 absorption, suction, attraction
- 吸血鬼 【キュウケツキ】 vampire, bloodsucker
- 腹式呼吸 【フクシキコキュウ】 diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal breathing
- 外呼吸 【ガイコキュウ】 external respiration
Kun reading compounds
- 吸う 【すう】 to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale, to suck, to sip, to slurp, to absorb, to soak up, to kiss
Readings
- Korean:
- heub
Spanish
- aspirar
- absorber
- chupar
- fumar
Portuguese
- chupar
- inalar
- sugar
French
- aspirer
- absorber
- inhaler
- siroter
| 3767 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 6704.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5438 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2013 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 茎頂 【ケイチョウ】 tip of a stem (of a plant)
- 茎葉 【ケイヨウ】 stems and leaves
- 塊茎 【カイケイ】 tuber
- 包茎 【ホウケイ】 phimosis
- 包茎 【ホウケイ】 phimosis
- 陰茎 【インケイ】 penis
Kun reading compounds
- 茎 【くき】 stalk, stem
- 茎茶 【くきちゃ】 twig tea, stem tea, kukicha, tea made from twigs pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season
- 水茎 【みずぐき】 writing brush, writing, handwriting
- 一茎 【ひとくき】 one stem
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- tallo
- caña
- raíz
Portuguese
- caule
- talo
French
- tige
- queue
| 1194 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1995 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3912 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1291 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1700 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 684 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1474 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1571 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1836 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 647 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2788 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1432 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1931 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 722 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30861PX | Morohashi |
| 2242 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4991 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 715 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 772 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1214 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1972 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.23 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4410.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 830e | Unicode hex code |