Kanshudo Component Builder
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Draw a component:
Type a component or its name:
 
Choose from a list:
Change component list
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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
Not finding your component?
If you believe you've drawn your component correctly but the system is not recognizing it, please:
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Kanji search
https://www.kanshudo.com/searchk
Search for any Japanese kanji.
How to master Japanese kanji
https://www.kanshudo.com/how-to-master-the-kanji
Our comprehensive guide to studying and mastering Japanese kanji.
Your Kanji Mastery Wheel
https://www.kanshudo.com/kanji/mastery
The Kanji Wheel is a personalized visualization of your entire knowledge of Japanese kanji. It's based on your 'mastery score' for each kanji in the system - an assessment of how well you know that specific kanji.
An introduction to kanji
https://www.kanshudo.com/kanji_intro
A short introduction to kanji - where they came from and what they are.
100 most common kanji
https://www.kanshudo.com/100mostfrequent
The most useful kanji to learn are the ones you will encounter most frequently. The 100 kanji here can be studied in collections of 25 and will give you a great start for reading Japanese.
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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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