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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)
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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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Grammar detail: sentence ending particle な

sentence ending particle な

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な can be used instead of ね to end a sentence in casual (and typically male) speech.

もあったな。
I guess there was some talk of that.

A common expression in male speech is そうだな (yep, for sure), which is just the casual form of そうですね (that's right, isn't it).

な is also a casual form of negative imperative: the dictionary form of a word plus な means 'do not ~'.

お

の

ではそのことに

れるな。
Don't talk about it in my mother's presence.

な can also be used after the question marker か as a way of making a question rhetorical, or to make a statement less definitive in order to express uncertainty. For example:

あの

、

を

ってイメージチェンジしたのかな。
I think that girl cut her hair to give herself a new look.

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Kanji used in this grammar

話

ワはなす to talk はなし talking

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袋

タイふくろ a sack

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4

前

ゼンまえ before

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触

ショクふれるさわる to touch

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4

子

シスこ child

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髪

ハツかみ hair (of the head)

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3

切

セツサイきる to cut きれる to break, to snap

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2

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