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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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We found 113 words and 1 kanji matching '貝:がい'
Word search: 113 words contain 貝 read as がい
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noun
snail; spiral shell
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Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)  (often written with kana only)
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1. moon snail (Naticidae spp.); moon shell  (often written with kana only)
2. Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster  (see also: 阿古屋貝; often written with kana only)
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Lunella coreensis (species of turban shell)  (often written with kana only)
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Japanese geoduck (Panopea japonica)  (often written with kana only)
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tusk shell
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whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)  (see also: 螺)
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pearl oyster
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Asian green mussel (Perna viridis)  (often written with kana only)
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Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji search: 1 match
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
ハチ   katakana 'ha'; eight   やつ    よう eight   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
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