| 1260 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1149 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3193 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1598 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 766 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1635 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1009 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1046 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1309 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1403 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1518 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 802 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1095 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 702 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24230 | Morohashi |
| 1183 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4008 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 695 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 750 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1571 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 硬 【コウ】 hardness
- 硬貨 【コウカ】 coin, hard currency
- 生硬 【セイコウ】 crude, immature, unpolished
- 重硬 【ジュウコウ】 heavy and hard (of a wood)
Kun reading compounds
- 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
- かたいことは言いっこなし 【かたいことはいいっこなし】 let's put formalities aside, let's not speak so stiffly
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- rígido
- duro
- firme
Portuguese
- duro
- rígido
French
- dur
- raide
| 3366 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5a7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 1164.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 786c | Unicode hex code |
faction, group, party, clique, sect, school
- On:
- ハ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
164 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 派 【ハ】 clique, group, coterie, (political) faction, wing, party, camp, school, sect, denomination
- 派遣 【ハケン】 dispatch, despatch, deployment, temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp
- 硬派 【コウハ】 hard-liners, diehards, hawks, (young) man with traditionally masculine interests, tough boy, man's man, hard news, reporter who covers political and economic affairs, strait-laced type (with respect to relationships), bullish traders
- 右派 【ウハ】 right wing
Readings
- Korean:
- pa
Spanish
- grupo
- división
- rama
- enviar
- mandar
Portuguese
- facção
- grupo
- partido
- claque
- seita
- escola
French
- faction
- groupe
- parti
- clan
- secte
- école
| 857 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 965 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 955 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 293 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2547 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 516 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1471 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 812 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 912 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 934 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1191 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1192 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 456 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 281 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 341 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1872 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17428 | Morohashi |
| 381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3126 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1855 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1999 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 286 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 892 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 365 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3213.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d3e | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2425 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 厨子 【ズシ】 miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.), cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.), carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (in Okinawa)
- 厨子甕 【ズシガメ】 decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa)
- 厨 【チュウ】 (Internet) troll, nerd, freak, addict, fag
- 厨房 【チュウボウ】 kitchen, galley, (Internet) troll
- 厨 【チュウ】 (Internet) troll, nerd, freak, addict, fag
- 厨房 【チュウボウ】 kitchen, galley, (Internet) troll
- 出会い厨 【デアイチュウ】 person who attends meetups or uses social media to proposition people for sex
- 海外厨 【カイガイチュウ】 person who argues that everything is better abroad (esp. football), self-hating Japanese
Kun reading compounds
- 厨 【くりや】 kitchen
- 厨人 【ちゅうじん】 chef, head cook
Readings
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 829 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1800A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3740 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2596 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 3005 | Morohashi |
| 657 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2152 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2275 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2p10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 7124.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53a8 | Unicode hex code |