| 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 N1
1830 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 舌圧子 【ゼツアツシ】 tongue depressor
- 舌咽神経 【ゼツインシンケイ】 glossopharyngeal nerve
- 饒舌 【ジョウゼツ】 talkativeness, garrulity, loquacity
- 後舌 【コウゼツ】 rear part of the tongue
Kun reading compounds
- 舌 【した】 tongue, tongue-like object, clapper (of a bell), talon (of a lock), reed (of a musical instrument)
- 舌打ち 【したうち】 clicking one's tongue, tut-tut, smacking one's lips (with relish)
- 貧乏舌 【びんぼうじた】 being unable to discern good food from bad, poor person's taste (in food), unsophisticated palate
- 迎え舌 【むかえした】 sticking out one's tongue when putting food in one's mouth
Readings
- Korean:
- seol
Spanish
- lengua
Portuguese
- língua
- lingueta de inst. de sopro
- lingueta de fechadura
French
- langue
- anche
- battant (cloche)
| 827 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 755 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 732 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1711 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3855 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 878 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1688 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1259 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1331 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1288 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1591 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2711 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1384 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1871 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 43 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30277 | Morohashi |
| 2186 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4917 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 41 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 41 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 660 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2277 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d3.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-5 | SKIP code |
| 2060.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 820c | Unicode hex code |
exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1234 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 尽 【ジン】 last day (of the month)
- 尽力 【ジンリョク】 efforts, exertion, endeavour, assistance, services
- 理不尽 【リフジン】 unreasonable, irrational, outrageous, absurd
- 縦横無尽 【ジュウオウムジン】 freely, right and left, as one pleases
Kun reading compounds
- 尽きる 【つきる】 to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to come to an end
- 尽くす 【つくす】 to use up, to exhaust, to run out of, to devote oneself (to), to do one's utmost (for), to serve, to work (for a cause), to do to exhaustion, to do completely, to do fully
- 尽かす 【つかす】 to use completely, to use up, to exhaust, to exhaust someone's civility, to give up (on someone)
- 悉く 【ことごとく】 altogether, entirely
Readings
- Korean:
- jin
Spanish
- agotar
- acabar
- gastar
- cumplir
- esforzarse
Portuguese
- acabar
- exaurir
- terminar
- faz amizade com
- servir (alguem)
French
- épuiser
- arriver au bout
- être à court de
- être dégoûté
- prendre en amitié
- servir
| 1447 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1603 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1380 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1530 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1229 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 290 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1726 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1844 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1726 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 523 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3786 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1932 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2624 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1080 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7642 | Morohashi |
| 3050 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1408 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1071 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1152 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1072 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3740 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3r3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 7730.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c3d | Unicode hex code |