| 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
- 竹馬 【タケウマ】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
- 竹刀 【シナイ】 bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick, bamboo sword
- 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 |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2387 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 杖 【ジョウ】 public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
- 杖鼓 【ジョウコ】 janggu (Korean hourglass drum), janggo, changgo
- 聖杖 【セイジョウ】 holy staff, sacred staff
- 金剛杖 【コンゴウヅエ】 pilgrim's staff
Kun reading compounds
- 杖 【つえ】 cane, walking stick, staff, wand
- 杖状 【つえじょう】 staff-shaped
- 魔法の杖 【まほうのつえ】 magic wand
- 転ばぬ先の杖 【ころばぬさきのつえ】 prevention is better than cure, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, look before you leap, forewarned is forearmed, a stitch in time saves nine, a walking stick before stumbling
Readings
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- caña
- bastón
- vara
- dependencia
Portuguese
French
| 2183 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 422 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1026 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 736 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 14469 | Morohashi |
| 2555 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2504 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2566 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4590.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6756 | Unicode hex code |