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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: 形式名詞（けいしきめいし)

形式名詞（けいしきめいし) - nominalizers
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In Japanese, various words can be used to turn verbs or adjectives into noun phrases - ie, phrases which function as nouns. These words are known as 'nominalizers', or
けいしきめいし
形式名詞
 in Japanese.
The most common examples are もの and こと (which refer for example to 'the act' of doing something, the 'state of being' something), ということ, とき (the time of doing something), and ところ (the location of doing something).
For more on each of these, see:
particle の
 
noun replacement
nominalization with こと
 
create nouns from other parts of speech
ということ
 
nominalizer
時（とき）
 
when
ところ
 
use as a nominalizer
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Kanji used in this grammar

形
ケイ   ギョウ   shape   かたち    かた    
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式
シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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名
メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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詞
シ    part of speech, words, poetry   
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