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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:
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  • 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: 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.
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そういう
はなし
話
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 ~'.
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お
ふくろ
袋
の
まえ
前
ではそのことに
ふ
触
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:
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あの
こ
子
、
かみ
髪
を
き
切
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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1
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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