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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)
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46 word matches found for '星' using reading 'ほし'

noun

1. star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)

2. offender; perpetrator (esp. ホシ; slang)

(click the word to view an additional 6 meanings and 2 forms, examples and links)

noun

starry sky

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ほしうらな

い

noun

astrology; horoscope

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ほしみどろ

Most common form: ホシミドロ

noun

zygnema; any freshwater filamentous thalloid algae of genus Zygnema (often written with kana only)

(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)

ほしむくどり

Most common form: ホシムクドリ

noun

common starling; European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) (often written with kana only)

(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)

noun

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

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noun

star shape; pentagram

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noun

star (familiar language)

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になる

expression, 'ru' godan verb

to die (idiomatic expression)

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お

noun

star (see also: 星; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; familiar language)

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expression, noun

ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent (idiomatic expression)

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noun

meteorite (see also: 隕石)

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noun

star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)

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noun

star in the sky on a spring night

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まつり

noun

Star Festival; Tanabata

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ほしがらす

noun

spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) (often written with kana only)

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noun

the Big Dipper; the Plough; the Plow (see also: 北斗七星; astronomy, etc. term; archaic)

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ほしじるし

noun

star; asterisk

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noun

pipewort (Eriocaulon cinereum)

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ほしけいせい

noun

star formation (astronomy, etc. term)

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noun

1. the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow (see also: 北斗七星; astronomy, etc. term)

2. Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter amp Saturn (see also: 七曜; astronomy, etc. term)

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ほしづきよ

noun

starry night

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noun

peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula) (see also: 星口動物; often written with kana only)

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くず

Most common form: 星屑

noun

stardust

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かり

noun

starlight

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とす

expression, 'su' godan verb

to lose (sumo term)

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ダビデの

noun

Star of David; Magen David

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expression, noun

star seen on a rainy night; rare occurrence; rare sight (see also: 雨夜)

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ろくせんほしがた

noun

hexagram (see also: ヘキサグラム)

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noun

chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament (sumo term)

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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, 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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