| 440 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 547 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 517 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 509 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2605 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 654 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 692 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1342 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 660 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 671 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 754 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1213 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 635 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 384 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 479 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1553 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17695P | Morohashi |
| 523 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3205 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1539 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1659 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 569 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
705 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 清算 【セイサン】 (financial) settlement, squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)
- 清潔 【セイケツ】 clean, hygienic, sanitary, pure, virtuous, immaculate
- 血清 【ケッセイ】 serum, blood serum
- 乳清 【ニュウセイ】 whey
- 清浄 【セイジョウ】 pure, clean, purity
- 清浄無垢 【セイジョウムク】 purity, spotlessness
- 清 【シン】 Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty
- 清朝 【シンチョウ】 Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty, seichōtai, typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters
- 東清 【トウシン】 Eastern China
- 日清 【ニッシン】 Japan and Qing China
Kun reading compounds
- 清い 【きよい】 clean, clear, pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste
- 清い愛 【きよいあい】 pure love, platonic love
- 清まる 【きよまる】 to be purified, to be cleansed
- 清める 【きよめる】 to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 さや、 し、 すが、 すみ、 せ、 ちん
- Korean:
- cheong
Spanish
- puro
- claro
- purificar
- limpiar
Portuguese
- puro
- purificar
- limpar
- exorcisar
- Disnastia Manchu
French
- pur
- purifier
- exorciser
- nettoyer
- dynastie Mandchoue
| 346 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a8.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3512.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e05 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1768 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 粋 【スイ】 essence, the best, cream, chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated, considerate, understanding, thoughtful, tactful, familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
- 粋が身を食う 【スイガミヲクウ】 too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes), playing the dandy ruins a man
- 国粋 【コクスイ】 national characteristics
- 清粋 【セイスイ】 elegance
Kun reading compounds
- 粋 【いき】 chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated, understanding, considerate, thoughtful, sensible, familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
- 粋がる 【いきがる】 to be pretentious, to put on airs, to try to appear smart, to act brave, to try to look cool
- 不意気 【ぶいき】 vulgar, unrefined
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- elegancia
- estilo
- esencia
Portuguese
- chique
- estilo
- pureza
- essência
- supra-sumo
- a nata
- elite
- selecionados
French
- élégance
- chic
- style
- pureté
- essence
- élite
- de choix
| 1455 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1537 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3467 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1790 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1610 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1132 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1708 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1825 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1069 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1494 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1645 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 871 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1188 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 934 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26875 | Morohashi |
| 1293 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 925 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 993 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1377 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 9494.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7c8b | Unicode hex code |