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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.



For details of all components and their English names, see the Component collections.
Kanshudo Component Builder Help
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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:
  1. Draw it in the drawing area
  2. Type the name in the text area
  3. Look for it in the list
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.
Kanshudo Component Builder Drawing Help
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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: the character ヶ

the character ヶ
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You will notice that when expressing a period of months 'one month', 'two months', etc a mini ケ comes before the kanji for month. Although this symbol is actually a small katakana 'ke', the reading when used in this context is 'ka'.
一ヶ月いっかげつ
二ヶ月にかげつ
三ヶ月さんかげつ
四ヶ月よんかげつ
五ヶ月ごかげつ
六ヶ月ろくかげつ
七ヶ月ななかげつ
八ヶ月はちかげつ
九ヶ月くかげつ
For example:
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にほん
日本
に
よんかげつ
四ヶ月
すんでいました。
I lived in Japan for four months.
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カナダに
き
来
てからもう
ななかげつ
七ヶ月
た
経
ちます。
Seven months have already passed since I came to Canada.
DETAILS
この
しごと
仕事
はやく
ごかげつ
五ヶ月
かかるでしょう。
This job will probably take about five months.
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See also:
  • Japanese numbers and counting
  • 七 and 四 - how to read the kanji for seven and four

Kanji used in this grammar

一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
1
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
1
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
1
三
サン   み    みっつ three   
1
四
シ   four   よ    よつ    よっつ    よん    
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1
五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
1
六
ロク   むっつ six   むつ    むい    む    
1
七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
1
八
ハチ   や    やつ    よう eight   
1
九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
1
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
1
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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1
来
ライ   くる to come   きたる to be forthcoming   きたす to induce   
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1
経
ケイ   キョウ   へる to elapse   
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3
仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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2
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
2
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