| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1168 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 洗 【セン】 washing machine, (clothes) washer
- 洗剤 【センザイ】 detergent, cleanser, cleaning agent, washing material
- 水洗 【スイセン】 washing with water, rinsing, flushing
- 杯洗 【ハイセン】 small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed
Kun reading compounds
- 洗う 【あらう】 to wash, to cleanse, to rinse, to inquire into, to investigate, to purify (one's heart), to lave (e.g. shore), to wash over (e.g. deck), to sweep
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あらい、 らい
- Korean:
- se, seon
Spanish
- lavar
- limpiar
- aclarar
- investigar
- indagar
Portuguese
- lavar
- indagar
- sondar
French
- laver
- fouiller
- examiner
| 927 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 916 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 626 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2551 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 925 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 210 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 817 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 692 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 705 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 198 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1189 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 465 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 288 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 350 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 255 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17379 | Morohashi |
| 388 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3131 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 249 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 264 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 888 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 357 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3411.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d17 | Unicode hex code |