| 1892 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 11994 | Morohashi |
| 2139 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 拱手 【キョウシュ】 doing nothing (to help), watching with one's arms folded, bowing with one's hands locked together in front of one's chest (form of Chinese salute)
- 拱手傍観 【キョウシュボウカン】 stand idly by and watch
- 拱手 【コウシュ】 folding one's arms
- 拱手 【キョウシュ】 doing nothing (to help), watching with one's arms folded, bowing with one's hands locked together in front of one's chest (form of Chinese salute)
Kun reading compounds
- 拱く 【こまぬく】 to fold (one's) arms, to stand by and do nothing, to look on passively
- 拱く 【こまぬく】 to fold (one's) arms, to stand by and do nothing, to look on passively
Readings
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3c6.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 5408.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-57-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 62f1 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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
1660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 傍聴 【ボウチョウ】 listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.), attending (without participating), sitting in (e.g. on a meeting), observing
- 脇見 【ワキミ】 looking from the side, looking aside
- 路傍 【ロボウ】 roadside
- 道傍 【ドウボウ】 side of the road, roadside
Kun reading compounds
- 傍ら 【かたわら】 side, edge, beside, besides, nearby, while (doing), in addition to, at the same time
- 傍らに 【かたわらに】 beside, nearby
- 脇役 【わきやく】 supporting role (actor), minor role
- 脇見 【わきみ】 looking from the side, looking aside
- 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
- 端から 【はたから】 from outside, from the side
- 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
- 側から 【そばから】 as soon as, right after
- お側 【おそば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, attendant, retainer, vassal
Readings
- Japanese names:
- び
- Korean:
- bang, paeng
Spanish
- vecindad
- cercanía
Portuguese
- espectador
- além disso
- enquanto
- muito próximo
- 3ª pessoa
French
- observateur
- spectateur
- à côté
- en outre
- pendant que
- tout près
- les autres
| 1815 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1689 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 520 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1406 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1062 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1538 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1183 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1242 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1429 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 125 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 166 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 110 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 127 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1024 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 948 | Morohashi |
| 147 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 286 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1015 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1090 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1506 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2145 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a10.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 508d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
476 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 観 【カン】 look, appearance, spectacle, sight, observation meditation, outlook on ..., view of ...
- 看過 【カンカ】 overlooking, turning a blind eye
- 客観 【キャッカン】 objectivity, objective, object (philosophical)
- 静観 【セイカン】 watchful waiting, careful supervision
Kun reading compounds
- 見る 【みる】 to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe, to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge, to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on, to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.), to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try, to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...
Readings
- Korean:
- gwan
Spanish
- punto de vista
- mirar cuidadosamente
- mostrar
Portuguese
- perspectiva
- olhar
- aparecimento
- condição
- visão
French
- perspective
- vue
- aspect
- apparence
- condition (état)
| 367 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 468 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 445 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 463 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4296 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 567 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 890 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2765 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 604 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 614 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 805 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1649 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2359 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1212 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 579 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34955 | Morohashi |
| 1880 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5538 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 572 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 614 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 302 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 634 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2357 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c13.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-7 | SKIP code |
| 8621.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 89b3 | Unicode hex code |