| 113 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 71 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 170 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 719 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3366 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 68 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 790 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 247 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 129 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 129 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 374 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1471 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 267 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 168 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 201 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 946 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25841 | Morohashi |
| 228 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4246 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 937 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1007 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 59 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
593 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 竹林 【チクリン】 bamboo thicket, bamboo grove
- 竹馬 【タケウマ】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
- 爆竹 【バクチク】 firecracker
- 破竹 【ハチク】 breaking bamboo
Kun reading compounds
- 竹 【たけ】 bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae), middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
- 竹馬 【たけうま】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
- 笛竹 【ふえたけ】 bamboo flute, bamboo for making flutes, wind and string instruments
- 苦竹 【にがたけ】 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides), giant timber bamboo, madake, Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たか
- Korean:
- jug
Spanish
- bambú
Portuguese
- bambu
French
- bambou
| 2353 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 8822.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7af9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1940 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 尺 【シャク】 shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm), rule, measure, scale, length
- 尺度 【シャクド】 gauge, standard, measure, criterion, index, length, size, (measuring) rule, scale
- 大尺 【ダイシャク】 large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)
- 対数尺 【タイスウジャク】 logarithmic scale
- 尺寸 【シャクスン】 (something) tiny, trifle
- 尺地 【セキチ】 small plot of land
- 咫尺 【シセキ】 very short distance
Kun reading compounds
- 尺 【さし】 ruler, measure
- 畳尺 【たたみじゃく】 folding ruler, collapsible ruler
Readings
- Korean:
- cheog
Spanish
- regla
- medida
- antigua unidad de medida
Portuguese
- shaku
- pé Japonês
- medida
- escala
- regra
French
- shaku (30,303 cm)
- mesure
- échelle
- règle
| 895 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 884 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1842 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1377 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1781 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1227 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 96 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1895 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2071 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 762 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 521 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4248 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2146 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2896 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1079 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7632 | Morohashi |
| 3440 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1404 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1070 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1151 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 830 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3762 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3r1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 7780.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c3a | Unicode hex code |