| 517 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 618 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 589 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1454 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3764 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 813 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1676 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 913 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 935 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1353 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1033 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1189 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 648 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1873 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29470 | Morohashi |
| 953 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4805 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1856 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2000 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 557 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1477 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 脈 【ミャク】 pulse, vein, chain (of mountains, etc.), hope, thread (of an argument)
- 脈拍 【ミャクハク】 pulse, pulse rate, pulsation, stroke of pulse
- 大動脈 【ダイドウミャク】 aorta, important traffic route
- 動脈 【ドウミャク】 artery, arterial road, major route
Readings
- Korean:
- maeg
Spanish
- vena
- pulso
- esperanza
Portuguese
- veia
- pulso
- esperança
French
- veine
- pouls
- chaîne (montagne)
- espoir
| 3965 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 7223.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8108 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 拍動 【ハクドウ】 pulsation, pulsebeat
- 竜攘虎搏 【リュウジョウコハク】 fierce fighting
Kun reading compounds
- 打つ 【うつ】 to hit, to strike, to knock, to beat, to punch, to slap, to tap, to bang, to clap, to pound, to strike (noon, etc.), to sound (cymbals, etc.), to beat (a drum, etc.), to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.), to move, to impress, to touch, to drive in, to hammer in, to put in, to inject, to vaccinate, to type, to send, to transmit, to insert, to write in, to mark, to make (noodles, etc.), to prepare, to till (soil), to sprinkle, to throw, to cast, to do, to carry out, to play, to perform, to engage in (gambling, etc.), to pay (a deposit, etc.), to visit (on a pilgrimage), to line (a coat), to bind (a criminal), to drop (a piece)
Readings
- Korean:
- bag
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1970 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 794 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 12466 | Morohashi |
| 646 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2240 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3c10.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 5304.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-57-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 640f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 数 【スウ】 several, a few, a number of, number, quantity, amount, counting, calculation, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend
- 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
- 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
- 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
- 数 【スウ】 several, a few, a number of, number, quantity, amount, counting, calculation, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend
- 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
- 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles
Kun reading compounds
- 数 【かず】 number, amount
- 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
- 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
- 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
- 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
- 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じゅ
- Korean:
- su, chog
Spanish
- número
- cifra
- contar
Portuguese
- número
- vigor
- destino
- lei
- figuras
French
- nombre
- compter
- destin
- loi
- chiffres
| 262 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 168 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 151 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 188 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2057 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 429 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 592 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2169 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 225 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 225 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 529 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 945 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2245 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1170 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1591 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 938 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13319 | Morohashi |
| 1790 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2353 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 929 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 998 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 159 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 227 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1066 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 9844.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6570 | Unicode hex code |