| 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 |
爪
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2025 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 爪牙 【ソウガ】 claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man
- 爪痕 【ソウコン】 fingernail mark, scratch
- 陥入爪 【カンニュウソウ】 ingrown nail, ingrowing nail
- 狼爪 【ロウソウ】 dewclaw
Kun reading compounds
- 爪 【つめ】 nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof, plectrum, pick, hook, clasp
- 爪切り 【つめきり】 nail clippers
- 陥入爪 【かんにゅうそう】 ingrown nail, ingrowing nail
- 鷹の爪 【たかのつめ】 Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree), extremely spicy form of chili pepper, variety of high-quality green tea
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- uña
- garra
- zarpa
Portuguese
French
- ongle
- griffe
- serre
- plectre
| 2822 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1887 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 115 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1320 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3756 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2605 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 735 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19653 | Morohashi |
| 3024 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3509 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 727 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 784 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 0a4.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 7223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 722a | Unicode hex code |