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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:
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  • Notice that 漢 is made of several components: 氵 艹 口 夫
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  • 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)
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Grammar detail: かしら

かしら - I wonder if ...
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かしら
means
I wonder (if) ~; perhaps it would be better to ~
かしら is a way of expressing a recommendation while implying some doubt about it. It could also simply be a polite way of expressing the recommendation (i.e., a way of avoiding being forceful).
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このスープは
なに
何
か
た
足
した
ほう
方
がいいんじゃないかしら。
This soup needs something to spice it up.
かしら can also be used to express a rhetorical question: 'I wonder how ...'. For example:
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「
わたし
私
の
す
好
きなものばかりだわ。お
とう
父
さんはしんぱいしていたが、
いま
今
どうしているかしら…」
'All the things I love! Father was worried, but I wonder how he is doing now?'
かしら is generally used in female speech. The male equivalent might be かな or だろうか.
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Kanji used in this grammar

何
カ   なに    なん what?   
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足
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
2
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
2
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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2
好
コウ   このむ    すく to like   
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3
父
フ   ちち father   
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1
今
コン   キン   いま now   
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