| 854 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 843 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 713 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3395 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1137 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1603 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1090 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1141 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1059 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1476 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3319 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1719 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2337 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 950 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25994 | Morohashi |
| 2678 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4286 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 941 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1012 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 942 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
744 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 筋 【キン】 muscle
- 筋肉 【キンニク】 muscle
- 心筋 【シンキン】 heart muscle, cardiac muscle, myocardium
- 鉄筋 【テッキン】 rebar, (iron) reinforcing bar, reinforcing steel, reinforced concrete
Kun reading compounds
- 筋 【すじ】 muscle, tendon, sinew, vein, artery, fiber, fibre, string, line, stripe, streak, reason, logic, plot, storyline, lineage, descent, school (e.g. of scholarship or arts), aptitude, talent, source (of information, etc.), circle, channel, well-informed person (in a transaction), logical move (in go, shogi, etc.), ninth vertical line, seam on a helmet, gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.), social position, status, on (a river, road, etc.), along, counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions, street (in Osaka), (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
- 筋書き 【すじがき】 synopsis, outline, plot
- 粗筋 【あらすじ】 outline, summary, argument
- 売れ筋 【うれすじ】 popular line (of products), best-selling line, hot sellers
Readings
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- músculo
- tendón
- fibra
- trama
- argumento
- linaje
Portuguese
- músculo
- tendão
- nervo
- fibra
- desenho
- plano
- descendência
French
- muscle
- tendon
- fibre
- veine
- intrigue
- lignée
- raison
| 2345 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 8822.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b4b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1075 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
- 縄鏢 【ジョウヒョウ】 rope dart, rope javelin
- 絞縄 【コウジョウ】 hangman's noose, halter, rope to hang a criminal
- 結縄 【ケツジョウ】 knotted cord or rope, quipu, quippu
Kun reading compounds
- 縄 【なわ】 rope, cord, policeman's rope
- 縄張り 【なわばり】 stretching a rope around, roping off, cordoning off, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, jurisdiction, sphere of influence, territory (of an animal)
- 腰縄 【こしなわ】 leash, rope tied round prisoner's waists
- 延縄 【はえなわ】 longline
Readings
- Korean:
- seung
Spanish
- cuerda de paja
- cordón
- soga
Portuguese
- corda de palha
- corda
French
- corde
- corde de paille
| 1420 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1005 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3568 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1642 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2653 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1760 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1890 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1568 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1550 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1756 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 942 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1271 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1389 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27729 | Morohashi |
| 1388 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4547 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1377 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1477 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1793 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 6a9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 2691.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7e04 | Unicode hex code |