| 1673 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4614 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1482 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 940 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1788 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1922 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1308 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1774 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1871 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 994 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1345 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 481 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38213 | Morohashi |
| 1479 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5947 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 470 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 509 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1489 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1269 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 軟 【ナン】 soft
- 軟化 【ナンカ】 softening, softening (of attitude), mollification, weakening (of the market), blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
- 硬軟 【コウナン】 hardness and softness, hard line and moderate line
- 軽軟 【ケイナン】 light and soft (of a wood)
Kun reading compounds
- 柔らか 【やわらか】 soft, tender, pliant, supple, soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild, informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
- 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
- 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon
Spanish
- suave
- flojo
- débil
Portuguese
- macio
French
- mou
| 1562 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7c4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 5708.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8edf | Unicode hex code |
faction, group, party, clique, sect, school
- On:
- ハ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
164 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 派 【ハ】 group, faction, clique, coterie, (political) faction, wing, camp, school (of thought, painting, etc.), sect, denomination
- 派遣 【ハケン】 dispatch, despatch, deployment, temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp
- 硬派 【コウハ】 hard-liners, diehards, hawks, (young) man with traditionally masculine interests, tough boy, man's man, hard news, reporter who covers political and economic affairs, strait-laced type (with respect to relationships), bullish traders
- 右派 【ウハ】 right wing
Readings
- Korean:
- pa
Spanish
- grupo
- división
- rama
- enviar
- mandar
Portuguese
- facção
- grupo
- partido
- claque
- seita
- escola
French
- faction
- groupe
- parti
- clan
- secte
- école
| 857 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 965 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 955 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 293 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2547 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 516 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1471 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 812 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 912 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 934 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1191 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1192 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 456 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 281 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 341 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1872 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17428 | Morohashi |
| 381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3126 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1855 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1999 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 286 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 892 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 365 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3213.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d3e | Unicode hex code |