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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:

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2 exact word matches found in search '背'

noun

1. height; stature

2. back; spine (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)

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noun

back (of the body) (see also: 背中; CODE dated MISSING!)

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123 words found beginning with '背'

noun

back (of body)

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noun

1. background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context

2. backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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noun, 'no' adjective

1. back; rear

2. background; behind the scenes

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noun

business suit (perhaps from "civil clothes" or "Savile Row")

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う

'u' godan verb, transitive verb

1. to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to carry on back or shoulder

2. to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)

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せばんごう

noun

number on player's back

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び

Most common form: 背のび

noun, 'suru' verb

1. standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself

2. overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

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べ

noun, 'suru' verb

comparing heights; comparison of statures

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く

'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

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noun

stature; height

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201 words found containing '背' in any position

せいたかしぎ

Most common form: セイタカシギ

noun

1. black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (often written with kana only)

2. stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae); avocet

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く

'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

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そりはしせいたかしぎ

反嘴背高鷸

Most common form: ソリハシセイタカシギ

noun

pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) (often written with kana only)

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ける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

to turn one's face away; to avert one's eyes

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ける

expression, ichidan verb

to turn one's face away

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noun, 'no' adjective, 'na' adjective

tallness; tall person

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く

expression, 'ku' godan verb

to break one's promise

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せいかっこう

noun

one's height or stature; one's physique

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ドングリの

べ

expression, noun

having no outstanding characteristics; all seeming about the same; bragging competition concerning matters of little importance; pissing contest; height comparison among acorns (idiomatic expression)

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く

expression, 'ku' godan verb

to stray from the path of righteousness

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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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