| 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 junior high
1969 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暗黒 【アンコク】 darkness
- 暗夜 【アンヤ】 dark night
- 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade
- 幽暗 【ユウアン】 gloom, darkness, seclusion
Kun reading compounds
- 闇 【やみ】 darkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, hidden place, secrecy, oblivion, black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels
- 闇垢 【やみあか】 alternative account (on social media, etc.), hidden account, sub account
- 暁闇 【あかつきやみ】 moonless dawn
- 五月闇 【さつきやみ】 dark night in the rainy season
- 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- oscuro
- sombrío
- poco claro
- sin esperanza
- confuso
Portuguese
French
| 1758 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4969 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1899 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2709 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 349 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4134 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 41421 | Morohashi |
| 3332 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6414 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2777 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1748 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 8e9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-9 | SKIP code |
| 7760.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 95c7 | Unicode hex code |