| 226 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 305 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 289 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 241 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1904 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 729 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 569 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 800 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1041 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1082 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 775 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 888 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 452 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 278 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 337 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 666 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12034 | Morohashi |
| 378 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2152 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 659 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 711 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 292 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 327 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 指揮者 【シキシャ】 (musical) conductor, commander, leader, director
- 指揮 【シキ】 command, direction, supervision, conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
- 中指 【ナカユビ】 middle finger, long finger, second finger, tall finger, middle toe, third toe
- 食指 【ショクシ】 index finger, forefinger
Kun reading compounds
- 指 【ゆび】 finger, toe, digit
- 指先 【ゆびさき】 fingertip, finger, toe tip, toe
- 中指 【なかゆび】 middle finger, long finger, second finger, tall finger, middle toe, third toe
- 食指 【しょくし】 index finger, forefinger
- 指す 【さす】 to point, to nominate, to select someone, to specify some person, to identify, to indicate, to point out, to play (a game of shogi), to move (a piece), to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
- 刺股 【さすまた】 sasumata, man catcher, two-pronged weapon for catching criminals
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 いぶ、 さし、 さす
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- dedo
- apuntar
- señalar
Portuguese
- dedo
- apontar para
- indicar
- colocar dentro
- jogo (xadrez)
- medida (governantal)
French
- doigt
- désigner
- indiquer
- jouer (échecs)
- mesure (règle, mètre)
| 1378 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c6.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 5206.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6307 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
555 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 離 【リ】 li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
- 離宮 【リキュウ】 imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace
- 短距離 【タンキョリ】 short distance, short range, short-haul
- 近距離 【キンキョリ】 short distance
Kun reading compounds
- 離れる 【はなれる】 to be separated, to be apart, to be distant, to leave, to go away, to leave (a job, etc.), to quit, to give up, to lose connection with, to drift away from
- 離す 【はなす】 to separate, to part, to divide, to keep apart
Readings
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- separarse
- apartarse
- separar
- apartar
Portuguese
- separar
- separação
- digressão
- divagação
French
- séparer
- détacher
- diviser
- s'écarter
| 1897 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 641 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5040 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 909 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1887 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2889 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1281 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1355 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1008 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1857 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2364 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1663 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1505 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42140X | Morohashi |
| 1836 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6517 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1492 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1605 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1923 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 475 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8c10.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-8 | SKIP code |
| 0041.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96e2 | Unicode hex code |