| 92 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 159 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 142 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 130 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 70 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 58 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 181 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 998 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3292 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1703 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2314 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 333 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14294 | Morohashi |
| 2658 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2463 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 327 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 349 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 121 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 197 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
- 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
- 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
- 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol
Kun reading compounds
- 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かき
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- escritura
- escrito
- escribir
Portuguese
- escrever
French
- écrire
| 1678 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 5060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1266 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 捨 【シャ】 equanimity, upeksa, upekkha
- 捨象 【シャショウ】 abstraction
- 取捨 【シュシャ】 adoption or rejection, selection, choice, option
- 用捨 【ヨウシャ】 adoption or rejection, selection, choice, leniency, mercy, going easy (on someone)
Kun reading compounds
- 捨てる 【すてる】 to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign
- 捨てる神あれば拾う神あり 【すてるかみあればひろうかみあり】 when one door is shut, another is open, the world is as kind as it is cruel, there are gods that will abandon you and there are gods that will pick you up
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- descartar
- tirar
- arrojar
- abandonar
- limosna
- donación
Portuguese
- descarte
- gastar
- desembaraçar
- pedir demissão
- rejeitado
- sacrifício
French
- jeter
- mettre au rebut
- abandonner
- démissionner
- rejet
- sacrifice
| 894 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 883 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1223 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1944 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1424 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 573 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1444 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1537 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 285 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 901 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 608 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 369 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 461 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 662 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12191P | Morohashi |
| 501 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2205 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 655 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 707 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 923 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c8.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 5806.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6368 | Unicode hex code |