| 1509 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1786 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3021 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1601 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1542 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1514 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1615 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1826 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1346 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1512 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 799 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1091 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1684 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22002 | Morohashi |
| 1178 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3776 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1668 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1797 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1568 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1572 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 疎 【ソ】 sparse, distant (of a relationship), estranged, alienated
- 疎開 【ソカイ】 evacuation (to the country), spreading out (troops), deployment, dispersal
- 過疎 【カソ】 underpopulation, low population density, depopulation
- 空疎 【クウソ】 empty (e.g. argument), insubstantial, hollow, fruitless
Kun reading compounds
- 疎い 【うとい】 distant (from someone), aloof, estranged, knowing little (of), ill-informed (about), ignorant (of), unfamiliar (with), unacquainted (with)
- 疎む 【うとむ】 to shun, to avoid, to ostracize, to neglect, to distance oneself from, to give the hard shoulder
- 疎ら 【まばら】 sparse, thin, scattered, straggling, sporadic
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- descuidar
- desatender
- rehuir
- desinteresado
- descuidado
Portuguese
- desviar
- rude
- negligenciar
- evitar
- esparso
French
- négligence
- ignorer
- aliéner
- éviter
- grossier
- clairsemé
- épars
| 3564 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a11.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 1-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 1519.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 758e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
887 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 遠山 【エンザン】 distant mountain
- 遠隔 【エンカク】 distant, remote, isolated
- 望遠 【ボウエン】 seeing at a distance
- 以遠 【イエン】 beyond, further than
- 遠忌 【オンキ】 anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier
- 遠諱 【オンキ】 semicentennial memorial service
- 久遠 【クオン】 eternity
Kun reading compounds
- 遠い 【とおい】 far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance, distant (past), remote (in time), remote, far-removed (in time), distant (relationship or kinship), having little to do (with someone), far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.), not similar, way off, hard (of hearing), nearsighted
- 遠い昔 【とおいむかし】 remote past, far ago, time immemorial
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 おに、 ど、 どお
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- lejos
- distante
Portuguese
- distante
- longe
French
- loin
- distant
| 160 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 79 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 803 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4733 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 326 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 264 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2043 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 446 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 453 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 110 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 714 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3906 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2013 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2715 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 409 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39047P | Morohashi |
| 3150 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6101 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 402 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 429 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 224 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q10.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3430.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9060 | Unicode hex code |