| 1029 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1681 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4842 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1109 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1845 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1944 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1606 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1713 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1339 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1812 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2143 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1122 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1523 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 802 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40310 | Morohashi |
| 1707 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6251 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 794 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 857 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1680 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1710 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鉛筆 【エンピツ】 pencil
- 鉛管 【エンカン】 lead pipe
- 黒鉛 【コクエン】 graphite
- 硫化亜鉛 【リュウカアエン】 zinc sulfide (ZnS) (sulphide)
Kun reading compounds
- 鉛 【なまり】 lead (Pb)
- 鉛色 【なまりいろ】 lead colour, lead color
- アジ化鉛 【アジかなまり】 lead azide
- 一酸化鉛 【いっさんかなまり】 lead monoxide, lead(II) oxide
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon
Spanish
- plomo
Portuguese
- primazia
French
- plomb
| 2877 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a5.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-5 | SKIP code |
| 8816.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 925b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1132 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 筆 【フデ】 writing brush, paintbrush, pen, writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush, writing (composing text), the written word, (land) lot, plot
- 筆順 【ヒツジュン】 stroke order (esp. of a Chinese character)
- 自筆 【ジヒツ】 one's own handwriting, autograph, holograph
- 特筆 【トクヒツ】 special mention
Kun reading compounds
- 筆 【ふで】 writing brush, paintbrush, pen, writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush, writing (composing text), the written word, (land) lot, plot
- 筆跡 【ひっせき】 handwriting, calligraphy specimen, example of penmanship, holograph
- 面相筆 【めんそうふで】 fine-point brushes
- 焼き筆 【やきふで】 wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はじめ
- Korean:
- pil
Spanish
- pincel
- escritura
- pincel de escritura
Portuguese
- Pincel de escrever
- escrever
- pincel
- manuscrito
French
- pinceau
- écriture
| 701 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 400 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 569 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 940 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3397 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 69 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 794 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1769 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 130 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 130 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 355 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1481 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3317 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1718 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2335 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 952 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25987 | Morohashi |
| 2677 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4288 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 943 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1014 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 410 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 8850.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b46 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
814 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 削除 【サクジョ】 deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
- 削減 【サクゲン】 cut, reduction, curtailment
- 掘削 【クッサク】 digging out, excavation
- 開削 【カイサク】 excavation, cutting, digging
Kun reading compounds
- 削る 【けずる】 to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode, to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce, to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out
- 削る 【はつる】 to shave off (esp. concrete), to take a percentage, to take a cut
- 削ぐ 【そぐ】 to chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off, to sharpen, to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.), to reduce, to diminish, to weaken, to spoil
Readings
- Japanese names:
- げ
- Korean:
- sag
Spanish
- cepillo
- cepillar
- tallar
- modelar
Portuguese
- Avião
- afiar
- descascar
- aparar
French
- raboter
- tailler
- affiler
- réduire
- parer
- supprimer
| 1298 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1453 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 690 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1164 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1092 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1611 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1718 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 195 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1837 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 972 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 119 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2000X | Morohashi |
| 1448 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 488 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 118 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 124 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1233 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1043 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-2 | SKIP code |
| 9220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 524a | Unicode hex code |