| 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
- 薄 【すすき】 Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis), maiden silvergrass, zebra 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 grade 6
JLPT level N3
978 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暮雨 【ボウ】 evening rain
- 暮雲 【ボウン】 twilight clouds
- 歳暮 【セイボ】 year-end gift, end of the year, year end
- 朝々暮々 【チョウチョウボボ】 every morning and evening
Kun reading compounds
- 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
- 暮らす 【くらす】 to live, to get along, to spend (time)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐらし、 ぐれ、 ぽ
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- anochecer
- vivir
- finalizar
- obscurecerse
- acabar
Portuguese
- meio de vida
- ganhar a vida
- gastar tempo
French
- mener sa vie
- vivre
- arriver à son terme
- coucher de soleil
| 982 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1789 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 915 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4041 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1140 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 606 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2190 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1428 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1517 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1158 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 979 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2971 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1522 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2070 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 237 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14128X | Morohashi |
| 2354 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2508 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 232 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 247 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 979 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1978 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k11.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 2-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 4460.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66ae | Unicode hex code |