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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.

Most common Joyo kanji components
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For details of all components and their English names, see the Component collections.

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For detailed instructions, see the Component builder how to guide.

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
Try to draw the component as it appears in the kanji you're looking up
Don't worry about stroke order or number of strokes
Don't draw more than one component at a time

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Grammar detail: verb て form + は

verb て form + は - alternately

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verb A て form

+

は

+

phrase B

means

alternately doing A and then B

しいことを

めては、すぐ

し。
Constantly starting something new and stopping, starting and stopping ...

It can also mean

whenever A, then B

を

ては、

はなくなった

のことを

した。
Whenever she watched the setting sun, she'd think of her friend who had passed away.

In very casual speech, ては may be shortened to ちゃ.

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Kanji used in this grammar

新

シンあたらしいあらたにい- new

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始

シはじめる to begin, to start (something) はじまる to begin, to commence

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辞

ジやめる quit

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繰

くる to wind, reel, spin

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返

ヘンかえる to return, to come back かえす to return (something)

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沈

チンしずむ to sink しずめる to make sink

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日

ニチジツ sun; day ひ -か

見

ケンみる to see みえる to be seen; to appear みせる to show

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彼

ヒかれ he

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女

ジョニョニョウ woman; female おんな woman め woman

親

シンおや parent したしい close, intimate したしむ to befriend, grow close to

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友

ユウとも friend

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思

シおもう to think

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出

シュツスイだす to take out, to put out でる to go out, to exit

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