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To find any kanji, first try to identify the components it is made up of. Once you have identified any component, search for it in any of three ways:
  1. Draw it in the drawing area
  2. Type the name in the text area
  3. Look for it in the list
Example: look up 漢
  • Notice that 漢 is made of several components: 氵 艹 口 夫
  • Draw any of these components (one at a time) in the drawing area, and select it when you see it
  • Alternatively, look for a component in the list. 氵 艹 口 each have three strokes; 夫 has four strokes
  • If you know the meanings of the components, type any of them in the text area: water (氵), grass (艹), mouth (口) or husband (夫)
  • Keep adding components until you can see your kanji in the list of matches that appears near the top.
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The Kanshudo Component Builder can recognize any of the 416 components listed in the chart below the drawing area. Tips:
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  • Try to draw the component as it appears in the kanji you're looking up
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Example details

 
わたし
私
の
おじ
叔父
は
はい
肺
ガンで
し
死
んだ。
My uncle died of lung cancer.
Grammar and points of interest
particle の particle の
 
noun replacement
Conjugations and inflections
  死んだ is the past form of godan verb 死ぬ   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, 1 meaning and 2 forms, examples and links)
noun
uncle  (see also: 叔母; 伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent)
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noun
lung
(click the word for examples and links)
noun
1. wild goose  (often written with kana only)
2. glans; head of a penis  (see also: 雁首; often written with kana only; abbreviation; colloquialism)
(click the word to view an additional 4 forms, examples and links)
godan verb, irregular nu verb, intransitive verb
1. to die; to pass away  (sensitive)
2. to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning, examples and links)
Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
叔
シュク    uncle   
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又
また again   
尗
younger brother
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上
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼる to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼす to bring up   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
父
フ   ちち father   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
乂
crossed swords
肺
ハイ    lungs   
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⺼
ニク body part   
市
シ   いち market   
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巾
キン    turban, scarf   
亠
lid
死
シ   death   しぬ die   
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歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
匕
さじ spoon   
More info on this sentence: Google Japan ⇗ Sentence translate
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Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
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