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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: adverbs

adverbs
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In Japanese, an adverb is placed before a verb.
Making adverbs from い adjectives in Japanese is easy - the い becomes a く:
  • はや
    早
    い early ➜
    はや
    早
    くquickly, fast
この
ほん
本
はとても
たの
楽
しく
よ
読
めます。
This book will give you great pleasure.
For な adjectives, just add a に instead of a な:
  • しずか quiet ➜ しずかに quietly
  • しんせつ kind ➜ しんせつに kindly
Some adverbs are not created from adjectives, and are followed immediately by the verb:
  • たくさん a lot
  • けっこう
    結構
     fairly
  • ぜんぜん
    全然
     not at all
Some adjectives, especially onomatopoeic adverbs, can optionally be followed by と. The と is not essential, but adds a slightly more formal / literary sound:
  • いろいろ (と) variously
  • はっきり (と) clearly
  • ゆっくり (と) slowly
  • しっかり (と) tightly
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Kanji used in this grammar

早
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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結
ケツ   むすぶ    ゆわえる to bind   ゆう to braid   
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構
コウ   かまえる to build, set up, get ready   かまう to mind, to care about   
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全
ゼン   まったく entirely   すべて everything   
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然
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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楽
ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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