| 701 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 400 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 569 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 940 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3397 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 69 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 794 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1769 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 130 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 130 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 355 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1481 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3317 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1718 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2335 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 952 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25987 | Morohashi |
| 2677 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4288 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 943 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1014 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 410 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1132 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 筆 【フデ】 writing brush, paintbrush, pen, writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush, writing (composing text), the written word, (land) lot, plot
- 筆順 【ヒツジュン】 stroke order (esp. of a Chinese character)
- 自筆 【ジヒツ】 one's own handwriting, autograph, holograph
- 特筆 【トクヒツ】 special mention
Kun reading compounds
- 筆 【ふで】 writing brush, paintbrush, pen, writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush, writing (composing text), the written word, (land) lot, plot
- 筆跡 【ひっせき】 handwriting, calligraphy specimen, example of penmanship, holograph
- 面相筆 【めんそうふで】 fine-point brushes
- 焼き筆 【やきふで】 wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はじめ
- Korean:
- pil
Spanish
- pincel
- escritura
- pincel de escritura
Portuguese
- Pincel de escrever
- escrever
- pincel
- manuscrito
French
- pinceau
- écriture
| 2355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 8850.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b46 | Unicode hex code |
毛
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1179 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 毛 【モウ】 one-thousandth, 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun), 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari), 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme), old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
- 毛皮 【ケガワ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
- 不毛 【フモウ】 barren, sterile, infertile, unproductive (e.g. discussion), fruitless
- 再生毛 【サイセイモウ】 recycled wool, reclaimed wool
Kun reading compounds
- 毛 【け】 hair, fur, wool, down, plumage, feathers
- 毛皮 【けがわ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
- お毛毛 【おけけ】 pubic hair
- 猫っ毛 【ねこっけ】 fine, soft hair
Readings
- Japanese names:
- めん、 も
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- pelaje
- vello
- pluma
- cultivo
- producción
Portuguese
- peles
- cabelo
- pena
- abaixo
French
- pilosité
- pelage
- cheveux
- plumage
- duvet
| 142 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 210 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 521 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2473 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 125 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 661 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 117 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 287 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 287 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 490 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1147 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4264 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1932 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16772 | Morohashi |
| 3453 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3013 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1913 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2062 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 103 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.33 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 2071.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bdb | Unicode hex code |