| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 連合 【レンゴウ】 union, combination, alliance, confederation, coalition, association, RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
- 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
- 対聯 【ツイレン】 couplet (Chinese poetry), pair of hanging scrolls
- 朝鮮総聯 【チョウセンソウレン】 General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (abbr.), Chongryon
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeon
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3713 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2948 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1797 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 29153 | Morohashi |
| 1419 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4737 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2676 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2716 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6e11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-11 | SKIP code |
| 1217.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 806f | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 幇間 【ホウカン】 professional jester, professional entertainer, comedian, buffoon
- 幇助 【ホウジョ】 assistance, backing, support, aiding and abetting (a crime), abetment
- 竹聯幇 【チクレンホウ】 United Bamboo Gang (Taiwanese crime syndicate)
Readings
- Korean:
- bang
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1482 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 8999 | Morohashi |
| 1572 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3f9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-9-3 | SKIP code |
| 4422.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-54-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e47 | Unicode hex code |