| 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 |
vine, tendril, influence, connections, good offices, spread, sprawl, thrive, rampant, powerful
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蔓延 【マンエン】 spread (e.g. of a disease), rampancy, infestation, proliferation, being widespread
- まん延防止 【マンエンボウシ】 semi-state of emergency COVID-19 measures
Kun reading compounds
- 蔓延る 【はびこる】 to become overgrown, to grow thick, to spread, to run rampant, to thrive, to prevail, to become powerful
- 蔓 【つる】 vine, bine, tendril, runner, bow, temple arm, sidepiece, lug arm, earpiece, part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear, connections, contacts, influence, financial supporter
- 蔓脚類 【まんきゃくるい】 Cirripedia, barnacles
Readings
- Korean:
- man
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4039 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2192 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2975 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2074 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 31784X | Morohashi |
| 5180 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2359 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2445 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k11.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-11 | SKIP code |
| 4440.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8513 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 藻類 【ソウルイ】 seaweed, algae
- 藻菌類 【ソウキンルイ】 algal fungi
- 海藻 【カイソウ】 seaweed
- 石灰藻 【セッカイソウ】 calcareous algae
Kun reading compounds
- 藻 【も】 algae, waterweed, seaweed, duckweed
- 藻掻く 【もがく】 to struggle, to writhe, to wriggle, to squirm, to act frantically, to make desperate efforts
- 山椒藻 【さんしょうも】 floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)
- 菅藻 【すがも】 Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- alga marina
Portuguese
- algas
- planta flutuante
French
- algue
- lentille d'eau
| 1531 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2031 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4098 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1710 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2837 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1657 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1771 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1839 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 674 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3033 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1546 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2116 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2052 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32401X | Morohashi |
| 2384 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5254 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2035 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2191 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1920 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k16.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-16 | SKIP code |
| 4419.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 85fb | Unicode hex code |