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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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23 word matches found for '蛇' using reading 'じゃ'

noun

faucet; tap

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noun

1. bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)

2. umbrella with bull's-eye pattern (see also: 蛇の目傘; abbreviation)

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noun

big snake; serpent

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Most common form: ジャノメチョウ

noun

satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling (often written with kana only)

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noun

albino Japanese rat snake (see also: 青大将)

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noun

boa (see also: ボア)

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noun

1. bellows (camera, accordion, etc.)

2. cornice; ceiling molding; ceiling moulding

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おおばじゃ

Most common form: オオバジャノヒゲ

noun

Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family) (often written with kana only)

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noun

1. snake skin

2. sanshin (see also: 蛇皮線; abbreviation)

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noun

1. long snake

2. long line (of people, etc.)

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noun

sacred snake

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expression

Set a thief to catch a thief (idiomatic expression)

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じゃしょうし

noun

Cnidium monnieri fruit

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noun

snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants

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noun

paper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)

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るか

expression

You never know what might happen

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じゃしんぶっこう

noun

being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness (yojijukugo)

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noun

dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus) (often written with kana only)

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noun

gabion; cage filled with stones (see also: ふとんかご)

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じゃもんせき

noun

serpentine

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noun

sand circle around the ring (sumo term)

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noun

body of a snake; serpentine

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じゃびせん

noun

sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen (see also: 三線; colloquialism)

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