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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:

Draw a component in the center of the area, as large as you can
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Don't draw more than one component at a time

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Grammar detail: 聞く

聞く - ask or listen

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き

聞

く is a verb which can mean either 'ask' or 'listen' depending on the context.

In the following examples, 聞く means 'ask':

の

が

きました。「

ですか？」
“Are you on business?”, the girl asks.

に

いた。
Who did you ask?

に

いてください。
Please ask the teacher.

In the following examples, 聞く means 'listen':

だれも

を

いていなかった。
No-one was listening to the speaker.

の

をよく

いてください。
Please listen carefully to what the teacher is saying.

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Kanji used in this grammar

聞

ブンモンきく to listen, to hear きこえる to be heard

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女

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

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人

ジンニンひと man

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仕

シジつかえる to attend to

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事

ジズこと thing; matter

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誰

だれ who

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先

センさき ahead

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生

セイショウ life なま raw いかす to enliven いきる to live いける to arrange flowers うまれる to be born うむ to give birth to き pure, undiluted おう to grow, to sprout はえる to grow, to sprout はやす to grow, cultivate

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話

ワはなす to talk はなし talking

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