| 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
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum
- 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
- 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
- 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
- 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 2
JLPT level N3
98 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 首 【シュ】 counter for songs and poems
- 首級 【シュキュウ】 decapitated head of an enemy
- 元首 【ゲンシュ】 sovereign, ruler, head of state
- 百人一首 【ヒャクニンイッシュ】 (Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu, classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets, hyakunin isshu karuta, hyakunin isshu poetry cards
Kun reading compounds
- 首 【くび】 neck, head, dismissal, discharge, firing (from a job)
- 首飾り 【くびかざり】 necklace, choker
- 縛り首 【しばりくび】 (death by) hanging
- 猪首 【いくび】 bull neck
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おびと、 こべ、 す
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- cuello
- principio
Portuguese
- pescoço
French
- cou
- compteur de chansons ou poèmes
| 239 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 155 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 139 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 208 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5186 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 138 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 281 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 920 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 148 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 148 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 393 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1910 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2818 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1452 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1956 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 70 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44489 | Morohashi |
| 2265 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6719 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 70 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 74 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 177 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 979 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 8060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9996 | Unicode hex code |