| 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 N3
913 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 笑気 【ショウキ】 laughing gas, nitrous oxide
- 笑気麻酔 【ショウキマスイ】 nitrous oxide anesthesia, laughing gas anesthesia
- 苦笑 【クショウ】 bitter smile, wry smile, strained laugh, sarcastic laugh
- 冷笑 【レイショウ】 sneer, derision, scornful laugh, cold smile
Kun reading compounds
- 笑う 【わらう】 to laugh, to smile, to sneer, to ridicule, to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted
- 笑う門には福来る 【わらうかどにはふくきたる】 laugh and grow fat, good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
- 笑む 【えむ】 to smile
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えみ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- risa
- sonrisa
- reír
- sonreír
Portuguese
- risada
French
- rire
| 537 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 900 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 889 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3374 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1147 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 791 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1209 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1235 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1299 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 251 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1472 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3275 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1692 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2300 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 947 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25885 | Morohashi |
| 2646 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4256 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 938 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1008 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 482 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 548 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2363 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 8843.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b11 | Unicode hex code |