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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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56 word matches found for '鼓' using reading 'こ'

noun, 'no' adjective

drum

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noun, 'suru' verb

inspiration; encouragement

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noun, 'suru' verb

beat; heartbeat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

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たいこばん

noun

1. large seal; large stamp

2. seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement

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noun, 'no' adjective

eardrum; tympanic membrane

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おおだいこ

noun

large drum; bass drum

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noun, 'suru' verb

inspiration; advocacy; encouragement

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くみだいこ

noun

ensemble taiko drumming (see also: 太鼓)

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noun

the first beat of the war drum

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noun

banner and drums; army

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noun

Japanese drum

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ち

noun

1. professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon

2. flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser

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noun

drummer

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たいこばし

noun

arched bridge

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Most common form: お太鼓

noun

very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash (see also: 御太鼓結び; abbreviation)

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noun

small drum

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こぶげきれい

noun

encouragement (yojijukugo)

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じんだいこ

noun

war drum

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たいこだい

noun

very large float used to carry taiko at festivals

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ち

noun

1. taiko drumming; taiko drummer (see also: 太鼓)

2. Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion) (often written with kana only)

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noun

small hand drum

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する

suru verb - special class

1. to beat (a drum)

2. to pluck up courage

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こすいしゃ

noun

advocate; propagator

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noun

1. kokyu (3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument)

2. any Oriental string instrument played with a bow

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たいこやき

noun

Japanese muffin containing bean jam, served hot (see also: 今川焼き)

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noun

1. the three types of gagaku drums (obscure term)

2. third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am) (archaic)

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noun, 'no' adjective

tympanic cavity (see also: 鼓膜)

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す

'su' godan verb

1. to beat (a drum)

2. to pluck up courage

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たいこむし

noun

dragonfly naiad (nymph) (sometimes written 水蠆)

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noun

chorda tympani

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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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