| 1075 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1869 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2456 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1832 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1455 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1728 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1846 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1626 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1141 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1883 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1354 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 717 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1490 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2996 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 710 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 767 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1451 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1892 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 殻 【カク】 shell (e.g. electron shell)
- 殻果 【カクカ】 hard-shelled nut (e.g. walnut, pecan, almond)
- 地殻 【チカク】 (Earth's) crust
- 介殻 【カイカク】 sea shell
- 枸橘 【カラタチ】 trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata), hardy orange
- 船殻 【センコク】 hull
Kun reading compounds
- 殻 【から】 shell, husk, hull, pod, chaff
- 殻竿 【からざお】 flail (for threshing grain)
- 雪花菜 【おから】 okara, soy pulp, tofu dregs, edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
- もぬけの殻 【もぬけのから】 completely empty (of a residence, etc.), vacant, deserted, body from which the soul has left, corpse, shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
- 殻 【がら】 chicken bones (e.g. for soup), chicken carcass, poor-quality coke (coal), left-overs, remnants
- 灰殻 【はいがら】 ashes
- 燃え殻 【もえがら】 embers, cinders, burnt residue, combustion residue
Readings
- Korean:
- gag
Spanish
- concha
- cáscara
- casco (buque)
Portuguese
- casca
- concha de noz
French
- coquille
- enveloppe (grain)
| 1468 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3p8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 4724.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bbb | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蕾状期 【ライジョウキ】 bud stage (tooth)
- 花蕾 【カライ】 flower bud
- 味蕾 【ミライ】 taste bud
Kun reading compounds
- 蕾 【つぼみ】 (flower) bud, promising young person, budding beauty
- 薔薇のつぼみ 【ばらのつぼみ】 rosebud
Readings
- Korean:
- roe
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4063 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3006 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2095 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 32067X | Morohashi |
| 5215 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3k13.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-13 | SKIP code |
| 4460.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-73-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 857e | Unicode hex code |