| 1487 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1785 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1880 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1733 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1351 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1801 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1939 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1470 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 875 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 373 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 235 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 280 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 776 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11965 | Morohashi |
| 315 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2122 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 769 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 831 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1180 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1938 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 拙 【セツ】 poor, unskillful, clumsy, I, me
- 拙劣 【セツレツ】 clumsy, unskillful
- 稚拙 【チセツ】 unskillful, childish, immature, naive, artless, clumsy, crude
- 巧拙 【コウセツ】 skill, workmanship, dexterity, quality
Kun reading compounds
- 拙い 【つたない】 poor-quality, shoddy, crude, unskillful, inexpert, maladroit, inept, foolish, clumsy, unlucky
Readings
- Korean:
- jol
Spanish
- inexperto
- torpe
Portuguese
- Mal-ajambrado
- desajeitado
- inábil
French
- maladroit
- bâclé
- mon humble (maison, écrit)
| 1376 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c5.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 5207.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 62d9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1132 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 筆 【フデ】 writing brush, paintbrush, pen, writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush, writing (composing text), the written word, (land) lot, plot
- 筆順 【ヒツジュン】 stroke order (esp. of a Chinese character)
- 自筆 【ジヒツ】 one's own handwriting, autograph, holograph
- 特筆 【トクヒツ】 special mention
Kun reading compounds
- 筆 【ふで】 writing brush, paintbrush, pen, writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush, writing (composing text), the written word, (land) lot, plot
- 筆跡 【ひっせき】 handwriting, calligraphy specimen, example of penmanship, holograph
- 面相筆 【めんそうふで】 fine-point brushes
- 焼き筆 【やきふで】 wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はじめ
- Korean:
- pil
Spanish
- pincel
- escritura
- pincel de escritura
Portuguese
- Pincel de escrever
- escrever
- pincel
- manuscrito
French
- pinceau
- écriture
| 701 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 400 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 569 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 940 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3397 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 69 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 794 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1769 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 130 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 130 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 355 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1481 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3317 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1718 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2335 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 952 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25987 | Morohashi |
| 2677 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4288 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 943 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1014 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 410 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 8850.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b46 | Unicode hex code |