| 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
1035 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 透明 【トウメイ】 transparent, clear
- 透析 【トウセキ】 dialysis
- 失透 【シットウ】 devitrification
- 市場浸透 【シジョウシントウ】 market penetration
Kun reading compounds
- 透く 【すく】 to be transparent, to leave a gap
- 透かす 【すかす】 to look through, to hold up to the light, to make an opening, to leave space, to space (lines), to prune (trees), to fart without making a sound
- 透ける 【すける】 to be transparent, to show through
- 透水 【とうすい】 permeation (e.g. of water), percolation, seepage
- 透水性 【とうすいせい】 permeability
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とおる
- Korean:
- tu
Spanish
- permear
- penetrar
- filtrar
Portuguese
- transparente
- permeear
- filtrar
- penetrar
French
- transparent
- s'infiltrer
- pénétrer
| 1647 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1592 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4699 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1152 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1807 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1685 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1800 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1746 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 698 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3854 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1981 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2677 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 924 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38876P | Morohashi |
| 3108 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6059 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 915 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 981 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1399 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2245 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q7.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3230.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 900f | Unicode hex code |