Example Search - Kanshudo

Kanshudo Component Builder

×

Draw a component:

Type a component or its name:

Choose from a list:

Change component list

×

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.

Most common Joyo kanji components
Standard radicals (and their variants)
All components and radicals

For details of all components and their English names, see the Component collections.

Kanshudo Component Builder Help

×

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:

Draw it in the drawing area
Type the name in the text area
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

×

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:

Let us know!

部

Sentence translate

Multi-word search

My search history

部

Components

422 examples found containing '始め' (results also include variant forms and possible homonyms)

になるとその

はいたずらを

めた。

The little boy got into mischief when he was left alone.

の

は

しょうばい

を

です。

His desire is to go into business.

しょうばい

をゼロから

めなければならなかった。

We had to start our business from zero.

「なぜピアノを

めたんですか」「

の

になりたいから」

"Why have you started learning to play the piano?" "Because I want to be a music teacher."

は

に

れた。

She first came into contact with Japanese culture last year.

めたら、やり

けてください。

Once you start, carry it on.

は

しょうばい

を

めた。

He set up in business.

もこの

は

めてです。

I'm a stranger here myself.

らはまたけんかを

めた。

They fell to quarreling again.

では

を

めましょうか。

Shall we start the meeting now?

はいったん

けなければいけません。

Once you begin, you must continue.

が

び

を

めた。

The volcano has become active again.

はその

と

きを

めた。

He began to transact business with the firm.

らはすぐに

を

めた。

They set to work at once.

は

を

めた。

Recently he launched a new business.

になったら

しいスポーツを

めるつもりです。

When spring arrives, I'm going to take up a new sport.

はこの

からゴルフを

めた。

He took up golf this spring.

さて、わたしたちの

を

めよう。

Well, let's start our work.

はすぐに

がよい。

You may as well begin at once.

く

く

わる。

Sooner begun, sooner done.

から

めよう。

Let's begin at the beginning.

は

を

めた。

He started a new life.

わたしたち

は

べんきょう

を

がよい。

We had better begin to prepare for the test.

らは

うちでけんかを

めた。

They began to quarrel among themselves.

は

べんきょう

を

めた。

He started to study in earnest.

を

は

を

めてください。

Those students whose names have been called will begin their exams.

がきたらパーティーを

めましょう。

We will begin the party when he comes.

１０

から

めましょう。

Let's start with Lesson Ten.

は

でピアノのけいこを

めた。

She began lessons in piano at age 6.

さぁ

めましょう。

Shall we begin?

Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.

Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), 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.

×