| 1699 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 975 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4075 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1091 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 874 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2569 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1449 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1542 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 799 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 671 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3004 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2093 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 232 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32083P | Morohashi |
| 2370 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5225 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 227 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 242 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1850 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1009 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 薄弱 【ハクジャク】 feebleness, weakness, weak
- 薄謝 【ハクシャ】 small consideration (remuneration, token of gratitude)
- 肉薄 【ニクハク】 closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.), coming close to, pressing hard, pressing hard (e.g. with a question), taking to task, grilling
- 精薄 【セイハク】 mental retardation (pejorative), mentally retarded
Kun reading compounds
- 薄い 【うすい】 thin (of an object), pale, light, faint, watery, thin, diluted, weak (taste, etc.), little (affection, etc.), not much (of a presence), slim (probability, etc.), small, sparse, patchy, scattered
- 薄板 【うすいた】 thin board, veneer, thin sheet of steel (3 mm or less), thin cloth, square wooden vase stand
- 薄める 【うすめる】 to dilute, to water down
- 薄まる 【うすまる】 to become weak
- 薄らぐ 【うすらぐ】 to become thin, to fade, to grow pale
- 薄れる 【うすれる】 to fade, to become dim
- 【ススキ】 Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis), maiden grass, susuki grass
- 花薄 【はなすすき】 Japanese pampas grass in ear
Readings
- Korean:
- bag
Spanish
- pálido
- fino
- delgado
- diluirse
- debilitarse
- diluir
- aclarar
- palidecer
- desvanecerse
Portuguese
- diluir
- fraco
- ralo (chá)
French
- fin
- dilué
- léger (thé)
| 1948 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k13.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 4414.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8584 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 兵刃 【ヘイジン】 sword blade
- 刀刃 【トウジン】 sword blade
- 刃傷 【ニンジョウ】 bloodshed
- 刃傷沙汰 【ニンジョウザタ】 bloodshed
Kun reading compounds
- 刃 【は】 edge (of a knife or sword), blade, prong (of an electrical plug)
- 鋼 【はがね】 steel, sword steel, sword
- 諸刃 【もろは】 double-edged (e.g. sword blade), double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife), double-edged blade
- 抜き刃 【ぬきは】 die blade, cutting die
- 刃 【やいば】 blade, sword, forged blade, wavy pattern on forged blades, sharpness, unhulled rice
- 刃を交える 【やいばをまじえる】 to cross swords (with)
- 鬼滅の刃 【きめつのやいば】 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)
- 氷の刃 【こおりのやいば】 gleaming sword
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ち、 と
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- hoja
- filo
Portuguese
- lâmina
- espada
- margem
French
- lame
- épée
- fil (épée)
| 1446 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1526 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 152 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1107 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1089 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1413 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1502 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1774 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 178 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3646 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2537 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 85 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1850 | Morohashi |
| 2929 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 449 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 84 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 88 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1014 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3545 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1742.0 | Four corner code |
| 1732.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5203 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
954 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 包 【ホウ】 counter for packaged goods (esp. powdered medicine)
- 包囲 【ホウイ】 siege, encirclement, envelopment, surrounding, besiegement
- 内包 【ナイホウ】 connotation, comprehension, intension, inclusion, containment within
- 閉包 【ヘイホウ】 closure
Kun reading compounds
- 包む 【つつむ】 to wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up, to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf, to conceal (a feeling), to hide, to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
- 包む 【くるむ】 to wrap up (in), to roll up (in), to tuck (up)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 かね
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- envolver
- empaquetar
- cubrir
Portuguese
- movimentar
- embrulhar
- capa
- esconde
French
- emballer
- envelopper
- recouvrir
- cacher
| 511 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 611 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 583 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1112 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 176 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 369 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 377 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 218 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 804 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 819 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1013 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 230 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3684 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1880 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2560 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 536 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2506P | Morohashi |
| 2966 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 572 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 530 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 569 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 456 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2556 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2771.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5305 | Unicode hex code |
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1312 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
- 一丁 【イッチョウ】 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant), one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar), one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m), one game, one task, well then, right
- 柳刃包丁 【ヤナギバボウチョウ】 kitchen knife for sashimi
- 丁 【テイ】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
- 丁寧 【テイネイ】 polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious
- 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
- 正丁 【セイテイ】 man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
- 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture
- 亜爾然丁 【アルゼンチン】 Argentina
- 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
- 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
Kun reading compounds
- 丁 【てい】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
- 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- barrio
- distrito
- hoja
Portuguese
- rua
- departamento
- cidade
- sufixo para contagem de para armas
- ferramentas
- folhas ou bolos de alguma coisa
- número par
- 4º sign
French
- pâté de maison
- tranche d'aliment
- exactitude
- soin extrême
- quatrième
- signe du 4è tronc céleste
| 473 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 367 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 346 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 794 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 166 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1024 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 8 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 184 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 184 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 550 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 3 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4155 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2106 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2851 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 92 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2 | Morohashi |
| 3348 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 91 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 241 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3153 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1020.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e01 | Unicode hex code |