| 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 grade 6
JLPT level N3
479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 段 【ダン】 step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps, shelf, layer, tier, grade, level, class, dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank, paragraph, passage, column (of print), act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene, row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table), stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation, matter, occasion, degree, extent, counter for breaks in written language or speech
- 段階 【ダンカイ】 stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs
- 特段 【トクダン】 exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually
- 中段 【チュウダン】 half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
- 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
- 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
- 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- escalón
- escalera
- grado
Portuguese
- grau
- passos
- escada
French
- étape
- marche
- escalier
| 944 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 931 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 340 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2452 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 911 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 656 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 874 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 362 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 363 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 608 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1139 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1471 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 780 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1059 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1876 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16619 | Morohashi |
| 1144 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2991 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1859 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2003 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 425 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 891 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2668 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2s7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 7744.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bb5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
57 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 選 【セン】 selection, choice, choosing, picking, election
- 選挙 【センキョ】 election
- 抽選 【チュウセン】 lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)
- 公選 【コウセン】 public election, election by popular vote
Kun reading compounds
- 選ぶ 【えらぶ】 to choose, to select
- 選ぶところがない 【えらぶところがない】 being the same thing (as), being indistinguishable (from)
- 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out
- 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out
Readings
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- elegir
- seleccionar
Portuguese
- eleger
- selecionar
- escolher
- preferir
French
- élection
- sélection
- choisir
- préférer
| 449 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 556 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 527 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 105 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4744 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 522 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 967 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2419 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 800 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 814 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 264 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 721 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3931 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2026 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2734 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1822 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39127P | Morohashi |
| 3169 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6114 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1804 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1944 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 341 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 626 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3561 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q12.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-12 | SKIP code |
| 3730.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9078 | Unicode hex code |