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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
  • 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: Japanese punctuation

Japanese punctuation
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In general Japanese punctuation mirrors English punctuation. Each sentence is ended with a period (。), known as
くてん
句点
, and clauses are delineated with commas (、), known as
とうてん
読点
. Various types of parenthesis perform similar functions. Below are the key symbols and some notes on their usage.

Brackets / parentheses

In Japanese, the 'ink-filled' brackets【　】are common, as are angle brackets〈　〉in addition to double-sized versions of standard brackets.

Ellipsis

In Japanese an ellipsis (three or some other number of consecutive dots) is common, and typically uses the ellipsis character: …

Interpunct or middle dot

In Japanese, similar words or alternatives that might be separated with a slash ('/') in English, are often separated with an 'interpunct': ・

Quotation marks

Quotation marks in Japanese are used in the same way as English, but look quite different: 「　」

Emphasis

In Japanese, italics and bold text are less common used. A word or phrase is usually emphasized by adding a 'side dot' to each character, typically: ﹅ (known as the
くろ
黒
ゴマ, or 'black sesame (seed)'.

Comma -
とうてん
読点

In Japanese, the comma (、) is used quite similarly to the comma in English - to introduce a short pause into a sentence, or to make sense of a clause by separating it from what follows.
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More information / references

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_punctuation ⇗
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_typographic_symbols ⇗

Kanji used in this grammar

句
ク    verse, phrase   
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点
テン    spot, point   
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読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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﹅
(sesame dot)
黒
コク   くろ    くろい black   
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