| 28 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 32 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 42 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1827 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 37 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 54 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 118 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 57 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 57 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 170 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 847 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4267 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 644 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11768 | Morohashi |
| 3456 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 637 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 687 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 57 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 30 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
手
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
60 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 手術 【シュジュツ】 surgery, operation, procedure, skill with one's hands, sleight of hand
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
- 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
- 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.), excellent move
- 交際上手 【コウサイジョウズ】 good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer
- 処世上手 【ショセイジョウズ】 knowing how to get on in the world, knowing the secret of success in life
Kun reading compounds
- 手 【て】 hand, arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle, hand, worker, help, trouble, care, effort, means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship, hand, handwriting, kind, type, sort, one's hands, one's possession, ability to cope, hand (of cards), direction, move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- 手足 【てあし】 hands and feet, limbs, person at one's beck and call, person at hand, reliable worker
- 逆手 【ぎゃくて】 underhand grip, backhand grip (e.g. in tennis), unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
- 担い手 【にないて】 bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge, supporter
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- mano
Portuguese
- mão
French
- main
| 2247 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 2050.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 624b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
869 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陪塚 【バイチョウ】 subsidiary burial mound (Kofun period), satellite burial mound
Kun reading compounds
- 塚 【つか】 mound, heap, hillock, burial mound, tomb, tumulus, barrow, gravesite, standing stone, stone signpost, roadside stone statue
- 塚穴 【つかあな】 grave
- 高塚 【たかつか】 tumulus, burial mound
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ずか、 つ
- Korean:
- chong
Spanish
- altozano
- montículo
Portuguese
- morro
- monte
French
- butte
- tertre
- borne
- tombe
| 1607 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 782 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1104 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1163 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1844 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1751 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1875 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1889 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 381 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 675 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 406 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 509 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1048 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5345 | Morohashi |
| 556 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1048 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1039 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1117 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1515 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1451 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b9.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 4713.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 585a | Unicode hex code |
eminent, table, desk, high
- On:
- タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1348 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卓 【タク】 table, desk, counter for tables, desks, etc., offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony), tabletop incense burner
- 卓越 【タクエツ】 preeminence, excellence, superiority, transcendence
- 聖卓 【セイタク】 altar (esp. Christian)
- 音声調整卓 【オンセイチョウセイタク】 mixing board (console, desk), (audio) mixer
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すぐる、 たか、 たかし
- Korean:
- tag
Spanish
- exceder
- sobrepasar
- eminente
- mesa
- escritorio
Portuguese
- eminente
- tabela
- mesa
- alta
French
- éminent
- haut
- table
| 1553 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1428 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 802 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1761 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1111 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 660 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1679 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1794 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1030 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 246 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2561 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1307 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1777 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 51 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2741 | Morohashi |
| 2064 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 616 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 51 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 52 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1157 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1255 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2140.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5353 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
823 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 【シリング】 shilling
- 志向 【シコウ】 intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal)
- 遺志 【イシ】 wishes of a deceased person, dying wish
- 立志 【リッシ】 fixing one's aim in life, deciding one's life goal
Kun reading compounds
- 【シリング】 shilling
- 志す 【こころざす】 to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on)
- 志 【こころざし】 will, resolution, intention, ambition, aim, goal, kindness, goodwill, kind offer, gift (as a token of gratitude)
- 志ある者は事ついに成る 【こころざしあるものはことついになる】 where there's a will, there's a way, with ambition one can achieve anything
- お志 【おこころざし】 kindness, courtesy
- 青雲の志 【せいうんのこころざし】 high (lofty) ambition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じん、 べ、 べし、 ゆき
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- intención
- deseo
- aspiración
- ambición
- aspirar
- desear
- voluntad
Portuguese
- intenção
- plano
- resolver
- aspirar
- motivo
- esperanças
- shilling (din.)
French
- dessein
- intention
- plan
- motif
- aspirer à
- résolution
- espoirs
- shilling
| 623 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 718 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 692 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 622 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 757 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 527 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 464 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 573 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 582 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 756 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 770 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2725 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1881 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 607 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10331 | Morohashi |
| 2199 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1785 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 600 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 645 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 668 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1458 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3p4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5fd7 | Unicode hex code |