| 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 N2
1187 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柔 【ジュウ】 softness, gentleness, weakness
- 柔道 【ジュウドウ】 judo
- 内剛外柔 【ナイゴウガイジュウ】 gentle on the outside but tough on the inside, an iron hand in a velvet glove
- 外剛内柔 【ガイゴウナイジュウ】 being tough on the outside but soft at heart, a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
- 柔和 【ニュウワ】 gentle, mild, meek, tender
- 柔弱 【ニュウジャク】 weak, weak-kneed, soft, feeble, effeminate
Kun reading compounds
- 柔らか 【やわらか】 soft, tender, pliant, supple, soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild, informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
- 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
- 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
- 柔 【やわ】 soft, weak, fragile, poorly built, insubstantial
- 柔ら 【やわら】 judo, jujutsu
- 柔ら 【やわら】 judo, jujutsu
- 柔らか 【やわらか】 soft, tender, pliant, supple, soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild, informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とお
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- suave
- tierno
- blando
Portuguese
- macio
- ponto fraco
- gentileza
- suavidade
French
- tendre
- faiblesse
- douceur
| 1363 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1291 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3166 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1086 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 628 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 907 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 774 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 788 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1310 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1057 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2591 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1325 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1797 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1234 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14622 | Morohashi |
| 2088 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2633 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1226 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1312 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1269 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3564 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a5.34 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 1790.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 67d4 | Unicode hex code |