| 654 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 553 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 524 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 307 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4373 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 216 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 251 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2143 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.9 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 400 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 404 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 292 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1688 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1949 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1042 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1405 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 511 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35556P | Morohashi |
| 1547 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5627 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 499 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 538 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 240 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 620 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 説 【セツ】 theory, doctrine, opinion, view, rumour, rumor, gossip, hearsay
- 説明 【セツメイ】 explanation, exposition, description, account, caption, legend
- 論説 【ロンセツ】 article, discourse, dissertation, (written) argument, commentary, editorial, leading article, leader
- 定説 【テイセツ】 established theory, accepted opinion, accepted explanation
- 遊説 【ユウゼイ】 election tour, election campaign, stumping
- 全国遊説 【ゼンコクユウゼイ】 nationwide election campaign
Kun reading compounds
- 説く 【とく】 to explain, to advocate, to preach, to persuade
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さとし、 とき
- Korean:
- seol, se, yeol
Spanish
- opinión
- teoría
- explicar
- expresar
Portuguese
- rumor
- opinião
- teoria
French
- théorie
- rumeur
- opinion
- thèse
| 3057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a7.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 0861.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8aac | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
237 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 示談 【ジダン】 settlement out of court, private settlement
- 示威 【ジイ】 demonstration, show of force
- 内示 【ナイジ】 unofficial announcement
- 開示 【カイジ】 release (of information, documents, etc.), disclosure, display, discovery
- 示し 【シメシ】 lesson, discipline, example (e.g. set a bad example), revelation
- 示唆 【シサ】 suggestion, hint, implication
- 公示 【コウジ】 public announcement, official notice, edict
- 内示 【ナイジ】 unofficial announcement
Kun reading compounds
- 示す 【しめす】 to (take out and) show, to demonstrate, to tell, to exemplify, to make apparent, to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.), to indicate, to show, to represent, to signify, to display
- 示偏 【しめすへん】 kanji "show" radical at left (radical 113)
Readings
- Korean:
- si, gi
Spanish
- mostrar
- enseñar
- indicar
- revelar
Portuguese
- espetáculo
- indicar
- apontar
- expressar
- mostrar
French
- montrer
- indiquer
- signaler
- exprimer
- exposer
| 622 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 723 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 695 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 415 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3228 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 575 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 769 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 148 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 615 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 625 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 814 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1413 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2435 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1229 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1694 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1095 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24623 | Morohashi |
| 1936 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1086 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1167 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 465 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 651 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3041 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-4 | SKIP code |
| 1090.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 793a | Unicode hex code |