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<Operation of the Control Panel>

• Column for Search
  Option of the column which searches.
  • All mode
    Search from all the columns.
  • Limited mode
    In Japanese word, search from the column of "Kanji" and "Reading".
    In English word, search from the column of "Meaning".
• Japanese Word
  Kanji (Chinese characters), Hiragana, Katakana, and Romaji are accepted. In Romaji, it is automatically changed into Hiragana.
• English Word
  English words are accepted. The inflection forms are supported by a default. For example, if you search word of learn, not only learn but learns, learning, learned, and learnt are searched together. If you do not want to search inflection forms, please add double quotation marks to words like "learn". Moreover, the difference in spelling of British English and American English is also supported. For example, the search results of "colour" and "color" become the same.
• Japanese Font
  Option of the screen-display method of Japanese characters.
  • Text
    Japanese characters are displayed by text. An encoding format is UTF-8. For displaying in this mode, it is necessary to install Japanese fonts in your PC.
  • Image
    Japanese characters are displayed by graphic image. This mode is slower than text mode. Moreover, there are some limitations in this mode.
    • Radical Filter cannot be used.
    • The number of Kanji which can be displayed on 1 page is five pieces.
    • Highlighting of Japanese fonts does not work.
    *It is better to install Japanese fonts in your PC, if you want to study Japanese earnestly.
• Grade Filter
  Filtering of the grade.
  Input examples: 5    1-6    -6
• Stroke Filter
  Filtering of the stroke counts. The stroke counts is one of the keys when searching the unknown Kanji.
  Input examples:  8    10-11    12-
• Radical Filter
  Filtering of the radical (Bushu). The radical is one of the keys when searching the unknown Kanji. Two types of radical filters can be used in this dictionary.
  • Multiple
    This mode considers the Kanji to be the aggregation of multiple radicals. If the component of the same shape is included, the same group will be considered even if it is not a true radical. The Kanji is narrowed down by choosing two or more radical components.
    For example, when you want to search the Kanji . The Kanji of can be separated into five types of components, , , , , and , as follows.
    
    • If you select and search only ... results are 402. Since there are many search results, it is difficult to find the target Kanji.
      
    • If you select and search only ... results are 204. Since there are many search results, it is difficult to find the target Kanji.
      
    • If you select and search and ... results are 33. The target Kanji will be found.
      
    • If you select and search , and ... result is 1.
      
    Usually, if you select 2-4 components, you can find the target Kanji easily. The relation of the radicals in this mode is "AND" combination.
  • Traditional
    This mode is the same method as what has been used for a long time of finding the Kanji in a dictionary (Chinese-Japanese dictionary). Each Kanji has only one true radical. For example, the true radical of is . In order to use this mode, it is required to guess the true radical of the Kanji. This mode selects the true radical of the Kanji and extracts all applicable Kanji. Therefore, search results may increase in case of a major radical. In such a case, you need to use together with stroke filter. The relation of the radicals in this mode is "OR" combination.

<Search Results>

• Grade
  There are too many Kanji (Chinese characters) and the total is unknown. The Ministry of Education of Japan classified the Kanji and defined significance. The grade used in this dictionary corresponds as follows.
  • Jouyou (Joyo) Kanji
    1945 characters, grade 1-7 / Jouyou Kanji is the group which chose the Kanji often used in daily life. These Kanji are learned during nine years of the compulsory education in Japan.
    • Kyouiku (Kyoiku) Kanji
      1006 characters, grade 1-6 / In Japan, these are learned in elementary school (six years).
    • Jouyou Kanji other than the Kyouiku Kanji
      939 characters, grade 7 / In Japan, these are learned in junior high school (three years).
  • Jinmei Kanji
    983 characters, grade 8 / Jinmei Kanji is Kanji other than the Jouyou Kanji which can be used for a name.
    *The characters which can be used for a name in Japan are Hiragana, Katakana, Jouyou Kanji, and Jinmei Kanji.
  • The Kanji group which is not Jouyou Kanji or Jinmei Kanji
    The total of the Kanji is unknown. grade 9 / These are the Kanji groups which are not so common. Some Kanji of this group are sometimes used in daily life. But many Kanji are not used at all.
• *All the Kanji lists and available contents included in this dictionary.
• Kanji & Stroke
  The numeric value displayed on the column of the Stroke is the total stroke counts of each Kanji.
  Button displays the enlarging image of the Kanji by Kyoukasho font.
  Button displays the stroke order of the Kanji by Kyoukasho font.
  *The meaning of "Kyoukasho (Kyokasho)" is a textbook. Kyoukasho font is the font currently used for the Japanese textbook. This is the best font for studying the shape of characters.
  • about stroke order
    The image of the stroke order is attached to some Kanji. This stroke order was announced by the Ministry of Education of Japan as guidance.
• Radical
  Each Kanji has a radical (Bushu). It decides to which group the Kanji belongs. The Kanji with the same radical often has a common point in a meaning.
• Meaning
  This is a meaning of the Kanji per se.
• Reading
  Reading is written in Katakana and Hiragana. Katakana(, , ...) notation implies "On-yomi". Hiragana( , , ...) notation implies "Kun-yomi". "" of "Kun-yomi" implies that the right side of that is a "Okurigana" (declensional kana ending). If you want to learn about "On-yomi" and "Kun-yomi", please see Pronunciation of Kanji.
  Special marks' meaning.
  " * " This mark means that reading is minor compared with other reading.
  This mark means that reading is used only for a name.
  This mark means that reading is not used in daily life.
• Example(Reading) / Meaning
  These are an example of an idiom (Jukugo) or a phrase using each reading.
  Special marks' meaning.
  This mark means that a synonym or its idiom has Kanji of two types.
  This mark means an antonym.
• Special reading / Meaning
  When the Kanji combines with the specific Kanji, it may become completely different reading (pronunciation). These are the idioms of such special reading.
• Sort button
  Buttons and execute sorting to search results by using the contents of the column as a key.
• Sound button
  Button plays pronunciation. There are many dialects in Japanese and pronunciation differs. The sound files of this dictionary are the accents of the most general common language (Tokyo style) in Japan.
  *Audio files are the WAVE file format. Please listen to these sounds in the environment which can play WAVE files. When your browser plays sound, does a screen change each time? If so, we will recommend using an Opera browser.