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By default the Component Builder shows the most common Joyo kanji components (ie, components which are themselves Joyo kanji, or which are used in at least 3 other Joyo kanji). Select an alternative set of components below.

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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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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:

Draw a component in the center of the area, as large as you can
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Grammar detail: noun / verb / adjective + っぽい

noun / verb / adjective + っぽい - ~ish, -like

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BOOST

noun

+

っぽい

means

~ish, ~like

The addition of っぽい modifies a noun so that it functions like an い-adjective. It is similar to the -ish suffix in English.

こども子供 (child)	こども子供っぽい (childish, child-like)
ほこり (dust)	ほこりっぽい (dusty)

がほこりっぽい。

が

ったはずがない。

The road is dusty. It cannot have rained yesterday.

の

を

った。

We regarded his behavior as childish.

っぽい can also be used to modify verbs and adjectives. In the case of verbs, っぽい is added to the verb stem:

おこ

怒

る (be / become angry)

おこ

怒

りっぽい (quick-tempered, touchy)

For い adjectives, the い is dropped:

やす

安

い (cheap)

やす

安

っぽい (cheap-looking)

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〜的 (てき) - turns a noun into an adjective

Kanji used in this grammar

子

シスこ child

供

キョウクそなえる to make an offering とも servant, attendant

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怒

ド angry おこるいかる to be angry

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安

アンやすい peaceful; cheap

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道

ドウトウみち road

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路

ロ -じ street

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昨

サク yesterday

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日

ニチジツ sun; day ひ -か

雨

ウあめあま- rain

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降

コウおりる to get off おろす to drop off ふる to fall (eg rain)

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私

シわたくしわたし I, myself

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彼

ヒかれ he

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行

コウギョウアンゆくいく to go おこなう to take place

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為

イ do

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思

シおもう to think

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