| 307 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 396 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 374 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 939 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3109 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 863 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 755 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 975 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1008 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1144 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1367 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3771 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1923 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2615 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 810 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22823 | Morohashi |
| 3037 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3878 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 802 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 865 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 258 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1092 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 皮肉 【ヒニク】 irony, sarcasm, cynicism, satire, unexpected, different from what one expected, not as one had planned, (only) surface, something superficial, skin and bone, body
- 皮革 【ヒカク】 leather, hide
- 表皮 【ヒョウヒ】 epidermis, cuticle, bark, epidermis, facade
- 上皮 【ウワカワ】 outer layer (e.g. of skin), cuticle, epidermis, bark, rind, crust, film (on the surface of a liquid), scum, epithelium
Kun reading compounds
- 皮 【かわ】 skin, hide, pelt, fur, rind, peel, husk, bark, shell, sheath, wrapping, mask (hiding one's true nature), seeming
- 皮切り 【かわきり】 beginning, start
- 一皮 【ひとかわ】 unmasking
- 薄皮 【うすかわ】 thin skin
Readings
- Korean:
- pi
Spanish
- pellejo
- piel
- cuero
- pelaje
Portuguese
- pelego
- pele
- esconder
- couro
French
- peau
- cuir
- fourrure
- radical peau (no. 107)
| 1667 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2h3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 4024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76ae | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 肌膚 【キフ】 skin
- ただれた皮膚 【タダレタヒフ】 inflamed skin
Kun reading compounds
- 肌 【はだ】 skin, body (in the context of intimate bodily contact), surface, grain (e.g. of wood), texture, disposition, temperament, character, type
- 肌色 【はだいろ】 flesh colour (of a Japanese person), flesh color, pale orange, (one's) skin color, skin colour, skin tone
- 素肌 【すはだ】 bare skin, naked skin
- 地肌 【じはだ】 texture, grain, one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.), natural skin, bare skin, scalp, surface of the earth, bare ground, surface of a sword blade
Readings
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- piel
- cutis
- textura
Portuguese
- pele
- corpo
- grão
- textura
- disposição
French
- peau
- corps
- grain
- texture
- disposition
| 1757 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1818 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4113 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1800 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 853 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1269 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1343 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1742 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1020 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4049 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2056 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2788 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2011 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29829 | Morohashi |
| 3265 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4867 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1992 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2147 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1774 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1246 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-11 | SKIP code |
| 2122.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 819a | Unicode hex code |
cancer, cancerous evil
- On:
- ガン
2233 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 癌 【ガン】 cancer
- 癌遺伝子 【ガンイデンシ】 oncogene
- 子宮頸がん 【シキュウケイガン】 cervical cancer
- 膵癌 【スイガン】 pancreatic cancer
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- cáncer
Portuguese
French
| 3076 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 4076 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 22538 | Morohashi |
| 3840 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2576 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2626 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 5i12.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-12 | SKIP code |
| 0017.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 764c | Unicode hex code |