| 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 grade 4
JLPT level N2
982 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 焼死 【ショウシ】 death by fire
- 焼却 【ショウキャク】 incineration, destroy by fire
- 半焼 【ハンショウ】 partial destruction by fire
- 延焼 【エンショウ】 spread of fire
Kun reading compounds
- 焼く 【やく】 to burn, to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue, to heat, to heat up, to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn, to tan (i.e. suntan), to burn, to print (a photo), to burn (an optical disc), to be jealous of, to be envious of, to envy
- 焼き 【やき】 cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying, heating, tempering, -ware
- 焼肉 【やきにく】 yakiniku, Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue, roasted meat, grill
- お好み焼き 【おこのみやき】 okonomiyaki, savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
- たこ焼き 【たこやき】 takoyaki, octopus dumplings
- 焼ける 【やける】 to burn, to burn down, to go down in flames, to be roasted, to be thoroughly cooked, to be sunburnt, to fade (in the sun), to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset), to become hot (from the sun), to be jealous, to be envious
Readings
- Japanese names:
- やい、 やき
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- quemar
- asar
- hornear
- quemarse
- asarse
- estar bronceado
Portuguese
- assar
- queimar
French
- griller
- brûler
| 434 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 539 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 509 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 733 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2772 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 671 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 717 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1588 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 920 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 942 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 218 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1268 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1256 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 681 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 909 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1208 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19166P | Morohashi |
| 997 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3438 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1200 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1284 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 590 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1157 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-11 | SKIP code |
| 9481.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 713c | Unicode hex code |