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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.

Most common Joyo kanji components
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For details of all components and their English names, see the Component collections.

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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:

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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
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331 examples found containing '探す' (results also include variant forms and possible homonyms)

の

を

いちじかん

も

った。

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

か

えないので

は

を

たらない。

It would only take 100 or 500 yen coins, so I search for change but don't find any.

は

で

のスイッチを

りで

した。

He was feeling for the light switch in the dark.

ガソリンスタンドを

しましょう。

ねんりょう

がなくなってしまいました。

Let's find a gas station; we've run out of fuel.

を

しています。

I’m looking for a trash can with a lid.

りょうしん

が

を

そうと

に

したわけではなかった。

It is not true that both of the parents tried hard in search of their daughter.

は

の

で

りで

のスイッチを

した。

I felt for the light switch in the dark.

しを

ばしにするのはやめなさい。

Stop putting off finding a job.

いいえ。１

しているのですが。

No. I have been looking for them for more than one hour.

ごぜんちゅう

しているのです。

I've been looking for it all morning.

は

の

さいにゅうげん

を

さなければいけない、と

は

しゅちょう

している。

He argues that the administration must look for alternative sources of revenue.

１

しているんですが。

I've been looking for them for more than one hour.

こいびとたち

は

を

をあちこちと

った。

The lovers roamed around the fields in search of wild berries.

ある

、

のお

ぎわのなかを、

いっしょうけんめい

くちばしでたべものを

していました。

Then one day, the crane wife was prodding desperately with her beak along the water’s edge, searching for something to eat.

Source: 鶴の笛（林芙美子, translation: J. D. Wisgo）

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.

じゅうたんをきれいにする

を

しているのです。

I'm looking for something to clean the carpet with.

その

、

かんきょう

の

で、

を

けなければならないのである。

The result is a continual search for food in a changing environment.

い

の

を

けた。

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

の

の

で

していたよ。

He was looking for it like a hunting dog.

は

を

いちかげつ

く

けている。

The police kept looking for a stolen article for about one month.

は、まさにそのものを

していた。

He was looking for this very thing.

はスーパーマーケットで

を

した。

I looked for him in the supermarket.

は

の

を

している。

Mr Brown is looking for his own glasses.

は

の

を

く

こうかてき

な

を

している。

I am looking for an effective method to get rid of all the weeds in my yard.

このマニキュアと

う

の

を

しているんですけれど。

I'm looking for a lipstick to go with this nail polish.

コンタクトレンズを

しているんだよ。

I'm looking for my contact lens.

ネービーブルーのレインコートを

しているんですよ、サイズは３６なんだけど。

I'm looking for a navy blue raincoat, size 36.

が

にしたいことは、いいパートタイムの

を

すことです。

The first thing I want to do tomorrow is to find a good part-time job.

ふめいしゃ

を

そうと、できるだけの

をした。

We tried our best to find the missing persons.

を

しているのは

でしたか。

Who was looking for the record shop?

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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