| 83 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 75 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 27 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 699 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3492 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 113 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 807 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 720 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 242 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 242 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 409 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1503 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2703 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1379 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1866 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1345 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27221 | Morohashi |
| 2179 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4431 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1333 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1431 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 58 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1488 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 糸 【シ】 thread, 0.0001, one ten-thousandth
- 糸雨 【シウ】 drizzle, light rain, fine rain
- 蚕糸 【サンシ】 silk thread, silk yarn
- 金糸 【キンシ】 gold thread
Kun reading compounds
- 糸 【いと】 thread, yarn, string
- 糸口 【いとぐち】 beginning, start, first step, clue, lead, hint, thread end
- 横糸 【よこいと】 weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
- 生糸 【きいと】 raw silk thread
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- hilo
- hebra
- cuerda
Portuguese
- contexto
French
- fil
| 2741 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 2290.3 | Four corner code |
| 2090.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7cf8 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 撚糸 【ネンシ】 twisted thread or yarn, twining of thread or yarn
Kun reading compounds
- 撚る 【よる】 to twist (yarn), to lay (rope)
- 縒れる 【よれる】 to get twisted, to get kinked
- 縒り 【より】 twist, ply
- 撚り合わせる 【よりあわせる】 to intertwine, to twist together
- 紙縒り 【こより】 string made from twisted paper
- 捻る 【ひねる】 to twist, to wrench, to turn (a tap, switch, etc.), to twist (a body part), to bend, to sprain, to strangle (to death), to wring (an animal's neck), to defeat easily, to beat, to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate, to make peculiar, to make complicated, to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.), to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper
Readings
- Korean:
- nyeon
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1997 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 12713 | Morohashi |
| 2278 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2266 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2365 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3c12.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 5303.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 649a | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2446 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 鯛 【たい】 sea bream (Sparidae), porgy, tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
- 鯛車 【たいぐるま】 traditional sea bream-shaped toy car
- 青武鯛 【あおぶたい】 Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
- 腐っても鯛 【くさってもたい】 a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond, quality is quality, an old eagle is better than a young crow, even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- pargo
- palometa
- besugo
Portuguese
French
| 5305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1971 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2832 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2272 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2360 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1213 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1660 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 46226P | Morohashi |
| 1881 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6884 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2812 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2827 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 11a8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-8 | SKIP code |
| 2732.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9bdb | Unicode hex code |