| 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 3
JLPT level N2
1180 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 緑色 【ミドリイロ】 green, green color
- 緑化 【リョッカ】 greening (i.e. planting to increase greenery), tree planting, afforestation
- 新緑 【シンリョク】 fresh verdure, new green leaves
- 常緑 【ジョウリョク】 evergreen
- 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
- 四緑 【シロク】 fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)
Kun reading compounds
- 緑 【みどり】 green, greenery, verdure
- 緑色 【みどりいろ】 green, green color
- 黄緑 【きみどり】 pea green, yellow-green
- 青緑 【あおみどり】 blue-green, turquoise, aqua, spirogyra, algae forming pond scum
Readings
- Korean:
- rog
Spanish
- verde
- verdor
Portuguese
- Verde
French
- vert
| 532 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 435 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 412 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1102 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3564 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 876 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 824 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2535 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 537 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 546 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 731 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1546 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1741 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 934 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1259 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1383 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27541P | Morohashi |
| 1377 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4528 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1371 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1471 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 430 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2742 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 2793.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7dd1 | Unicode hex code |