| 521 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 420 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 398 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 541 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4074 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 323 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 247 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2568 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 359 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 360 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 315 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 672 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3011 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1539 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2100 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1752 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32188PX | Morohashi |
| 2375 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5224 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1736 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1873 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 439 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 薬 【ヤク】 dope, narcotic, drug
- 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
- 製薬 【セイヤク】 medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
- 医薬 【イヤク】 medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
Kun reading compounds
- 薬 【くすり】 medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe
- 薬指 【くすりゆび】 ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe
Readings
- Japanese names:
- み
- Korean:
- yag
Spanish
- medicina
- droga
Portuguese
- remédio
- produto químico
- esmalte
- pólvora
- benefício
French
- médicament
- produit chimique
- émail
- poudre à canon
- bénéfice
| 1964 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k13.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 4490.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 85ac | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1631 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 筒状 【ツツジョウ】 cylindrical, tubular
- 筒状花 【トウジョウカ】 tubular flower, disk floret
- 円筒 【エントウ】 cylinder
- 気筒 【キトウ】 cylinder
Kun reading compounds
- 筒 【つつ】 pipe, tube, cylinder, gun barrel, gun, cannon, well lining, well curb
- 筒井 【つつい】 round well
- 銃の筒 【じゅうのつつ】 barrel of a gun
- 紙筒 【かみづつ】 paper tube, cardboard tube
Readings
- Korean:
- tong
Spanish
- cilindro
- tubo
Portuguese
- cilindro
- tubo
- cano
- cano de arma
- manga
French
- cylindre
- tuyau
- tube
- canon (fusil)
- manche
| 1655 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1567 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3392 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1125 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 796 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1818 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1472 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1569 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 373 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1480 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3323 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1721 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2341 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 953 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26004 | Morohashi |
| 2680 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4283 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 944 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1015 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1574 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2349 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8822.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b52 | Unicode hex code |