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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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403 examples found containing '探'

らはテントを

る

を

していた。

They were looking for a place at which they could pitch the tent.

らの

には

の

じることが

される。

I anticipate that there will be problems on their expedition.

らの

には

が

される。

Problems are expected in their expedition.

は

を

した。

He looked for a place in which to sleep.

は

の

を

いています。

I hear he's just begun looking for another job.

は

かないだけでなく、

を

そうともしない。

He not only does not work but will not find a job.

は

のおもしろい

しょうせつ

を

いている。

He has written a number of exciting detective stories.

は

を

すのをやめた。

He stopped looking for the pearl.

は

しに

しい。

He is busy with job hunting.

は

むところを

しています。

He's looking for a place to live.

は

に

を

している。

He's looking for a suitable job.

は

わたしたち

が

とは

だ。

He is a different person from the one we are looking for.

は

いになって、

を

めた。

He got down on all fours and started searching for the ring.

は

を

しに

とうきょう

にやってきた。

He came to Tokyo in search of employment.

は

を

している。

He is looking for a job.

は

を

した。

He looked for the key.

は

はないかと

しの

を

した。

He fished in the drawer for the key.

は

いちにちちゅう

の

を

した。

He hunted for his missing cat all day.

はときどき

しょうせつ

を

む。

He reads detective stories on occasion.

はその

むじんとう

の

を

している。

He hopes to explore the uninhabited island.

はその

の

の

すがはやい。

He is quick to find fault with the student's penmanship.

はその

で

を

している。

He is going after a job in the city.

のあらを

している。

He is always finding fault with other people.

はいつもあたしのあら

しをしてばかりいた。

He was always finding fault with me.

はあら

しの

だ。

He is a genius at nitpicking.

はアフリカへ

に

くのが

きだ。

He likes to go on explorations to Africa.

の

を

いちじかん

も

った。

Looking for his house, I walked about for over an hour.

しょうせつ

はおもしろい。

Detective stories are amusing.

ていしょく

を

している。

I'm looking for some regular work.

い

の

を

けた。

I've been searching for my way for a long time.

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.

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