| 1592 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1225 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4820 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1836 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1843 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1416 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1862 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2020 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1335 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1810 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1098 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1496 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 279 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40172X | Morohashi |
| 1674 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6224 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 273 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 291 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1495 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釣果 【チョウカ】 catch (fishing), amount of fish caught, caught fish
- 釣菌 【チョウキン】 extracting bacteria (from a petri dish, etc.)
- 爆釣 【バクチョウ】 big catch (of fish), big haul
Kun reading compounds
- 釣る 【つる】 to fish, to angle, to catch, to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
- 釣瓶 【つるべ】 well bucket
- 釣り 【つり】 fishing, angling, change (for a purchase), clickbaiting, trolling, bait, making deliberately inflammatory posts online
- 釣り合い 【つりあい】 balance, equilibrium
- 雪釣り 【ゆきつり】 game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs
- 雪吊り 【ゆきづり】 placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow, ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つり
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- pescar con caña
- colgar
- cambio (dinero)
Portuguese
- pesca
- peixe
- pegar
- fascinação
- laçar
French
- rendre la monnaie
- pêche à la ligne
- attraper
- attirer
- capturer
| 2852 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 8712.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91e3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
- 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
- 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
- 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol
Kun reading compounds
- 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かき
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- escritura
- escrito
- escribir
Portuguese
- escrever
French
- écrire
| 92 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 159 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 142 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 130 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 70 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 58 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 131 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 181 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 998 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3292 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1703 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2314 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 333 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14294 | Morohashi |
| 2658 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2463 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 327 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 349 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 121 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 197 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1678 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 5060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f8 | Unicode hex code |