| 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 N2
812 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 裏 【リ】 in (e.g. secret), with (e.g. success)
- 裏面 【リメン】 back (side), reverse, the inside, background, dark side (e.g. of society), behind the scenes, beneath the surface
- 内裏 【ダイリ】 imperial palace, festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
- 影裏 【エイリ】 shade
Kun reading compounds
- 裏 【うら】 opposite side, bottom, other side, side hidden from view, undersurface, reverse side, rear, back, behind, lining, inside, in the shadows, behind the scenes, offstage, behind (someone's) back, more (to something than meets the eye), hidden side (e.g. of one's personality), unknown circumstances, different side, proof, opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.), contrary, inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.), bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning)
- 裏方 【うらかた】 someone working behind-the-scenes, scene shifter, lady consort (to a high personage)
- 舞台裏 【ぶたいうら】 offstage, backstage, behind the scenes
- 口裏 【くちうら】 determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning, determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech, divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
Readings
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- reverso
- opuesto
- parte interior
- en esa situación
- interior
Portuguese
- costas
- no meio de
- em
- inverter
- interior
- palma
- atrás
- forro
- lado errado
French
- arrière
- revers
- verso
- intérieur
- semelle
- paume
- envers
- doublure
- mauvais côté
| 1002 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 992 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 755 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 327 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1076 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 883 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2176 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 273 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 273 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 436 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1627 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2652 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1354 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1836 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 406 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34294 | Morohashi |
| 2138 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5462 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 399 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 426 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 969 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 0073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 88cf | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 剣 【ケン】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣士 【ケンシ】 swordsman, swordswoman, fencer
- 銃剣 【ジュウケン】 bayonet, guns and swords
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
Kun reading compounds
- 剣 【けん】 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one), blade, bayonet, swordsmanship, stinger, ovipositor, dart
- 剣の舞 【つるぎのまい】 Sabre Dance
- 月の剣 【つきのつるぎ】 new moon, crescent moon
- 草薙の剣 【くさなぎのつるぎ】 Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword
Readings
- Korean:
- geom
Spanish
- sable
- espada
- hoja de espada
Portuguese
- sabre
- espada
- lâmina
- ponteiro de relógio
French
- sabre
- épée
- lame
- aiguille de montre
| 1214 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1248 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 696 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1436 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1095 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1151 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 879 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 900 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 791 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 198 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2104 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1096 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1493 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1687 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2076 | Morohashi |
| 1672 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 498 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1671 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1801 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1310 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2843 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 8250.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5263 | Unicode hex code |