16 - Stroke Kanji

One easy way to find an unknown kanji in a dictionary is to count the strokes and thereby narrow your search to a couple hundred instead of several thousand kanji. (Please note that there are several writing styles for many kanji so this may work better for some kanji than for others.)

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List of 16 - Stroke Kanji

Kanji	On-Yomi	Kun-Yomi	Meanings	Kanji Compounds
機	キ	はた	mechanism opportunity occasion machine airplane	View Kanji Compounds
輸	ユシュ		transport send be inferior	View Kanji Compounds
衛	エイエ		defense protection	View Kanji Compounds
親	シン	おやおや- した.しいした.しむ	parent intimacy relative familiarity dealer (cards)	View Kanji Compounds
頭	トウズト	あたまかしら -がしらかぶり	head counter for large animals	View Kanji Compounds
整	セイ	ととの.えるととの.う	organize arranging tune tone meter key (music)	View Kanji Compounds
融	ユウ	と.けると.かす	dissolve melt	View Kanji Compounds
積	セキ	つ.む -づ.みつ.もるつ.もり	volume product (x*y) acreage contents pile up stack load amass	View Kanji Compounds
録	ロク		record	View Kanji Compounds
憲	ケン		constitution law	View Kanji Compounds
橋	キョウ	はし	bridge	View Kanji Compounds
激	ゲキ	はげ.しい	violent get excited enraged chafe incite	View Kanji Compounds
館	カン	やかたたて	building mansion large building palace	View Kanji Compounds
薬	ヤク	くすり	medicine chemical enamel gunpowder benefit	View Kanji Compounds
頼	ライ	たの.むたの.もしいたよ.る	trust request	View Kanji Compounds
壊	カイエ	こわ.すこわ.れるやぶ.る	demolition break destroy	View Kanji Compounds
興	コウキョウ	おこ.るおこ.す	entertain revive retrieve interest pleasure	View Kanji Compounds
避	ヒ	さ.けるよ.ける	evade avoid avert ward off shirk shun	View Kanji Compounds
築	チク	きず.く	fabricate build construct	View Kanji Compounds
還	カン	かえ.る	send back return	View Kanji Compounds
燃	ネン	も.えるも.やすも.す	burn blaze glow	View Kanji Compounds
獲	カク	え.る	seize get find earn acquire can may able to	View Kanji Compounds
樹	ジュ	き	timber trees wood	View Kanji Compounds
薄	ハク	うす.いうす- -うすうす.めるうす.まるうす.らぐうす.ら- うす.れるすすき	dilute thin weak (tea)	View Kanji Compounds
操	ソウサン	みさおあやつ.る	maneuver manipulate operate steer chastity virginity fidelity	View Kanji Compounds
壁	ヘキ	かべ	wall lining (stomach) fence	View Kanji Compounds
薦	セン	すす.める	recommend mat advise encourage offer	View Kanji Compounds
隣	リン	とな.るとなり	neighboring	View Kanji Compounds
賢	ケン	かしこ.い	intelligent wise wisdom cleverness	View Kanji Compounds
繁	ハン	しげ.るしげ.く	luxuriant thick overgrown frequency complexity trouble	View Kanji Compounds
濃	ノウ	こ.い	concentrated thick dark undiluted	View Kanji Compounds
擁	ヨウ		hug embrace possess protect lead	View Kanji Compounds
鋼	コウ	はがね	steel	View Kanji Compounds
縦	ジュウ	たて	vertical length height self-indulgent wayward	View Kanji Compounds
膨	ボウ	ふく.らむふく.れる	swell get fat thick	View Kanji Compounds
憶	オク		recollection think remember	View Kanji Compounds
諮	シ	はか.る	consult with	View Kanji Compounds
謀	ボウム	はか.るたばか.るはかりごと	conspire cheat impose on plan devise scheme have in mind deceive	View Kanji Compounds
壌	ジョウ	つち	lot earth soil	View Kanji Compounds
緯	イ	よこいとぬき	horizontal woof left & right latitude	View Kanji Compounds
錦	キン	にしき	brocade fine dress honors	View Kanji Compounds
諭	ユ	さと.す	rebuke admonish charge warn persuade	View Kanji Compounds
糖	トウ		sugar	View Kanji Compounds
盧	ロ		hut	View Kanji Compounds
懐	カイエ	ふところなつ.かしいなつ.かしむなつ.くなつ.けるなず.けるいだ.くおも.う	pocket feelings heart yearn miss someone become attached to bosom breast	View Kanji Compounds
壇	ダンタン		podium stage rostrum terrace	View Kanji Compounds
奮	フン	ふる.う	stirred up be invigorated flourish	View Kanji Compounds
穏	オン	おだ.やか	calm quiet moderation	View Kanji Compounds
謡	ヨウ	うた.いうた.う	noh chanting	View Kanji Compounds
磨	マ	みが.くす.る	grind polish scour improve brush (teeth)	View Kanji Compounds
憾	カン	うら.む	remorse regret be sorry	View Kanji Compounds
凝	ギョウ	こ.るこ.らすこご.らすこご.らせるこご.る	congeal freeze stiff be absorbed in	View Kanji Compounds
獣	ジュウ	けものけだもの	animal beast	View Kanji Compounds
縫	ホウ	ぬ.う	sew stitch embroider	View Kanji Compounds
憩	ケイ	いこ.いいこ.う	recess rest relax repose	View Kanji Compounds
龍	リュウリョウロウ	たつ	dragon imperial	View Kanji Compounds
錯	サクシャク		confused mix be in disorder	View Kanji Compounds
縛	バク	しば.る	truss arrest bind tie restrain	View Kanji Compounds
鴨	オウ	かもあひる	wild duck easy mark	View Kanji Compounds
衡	コウ		equilibrium measuring rod scale	View Kanji Compounds
薫	クン	かお.る	send forth fragrance fragrant be scented smoke (tobacco)	View Kanji Compounds
濁	ダクジョク	にご.るにご.す	voiced uncleanness wrong nigori impurity	View Kanji Compounds
曇	ドン	くも.る	cloudy weather cloud up	View Kanji Compounds
錠	ジョウ		lock fetters shackles	View Kanji Compounds
篤	トク	あつ.い	fervent kind cordial serious deliberate	View Kanji Compounds
樽	ソン	たる	barrel cask keg	View Kanji Compounds
隷	レイ	したが.うしもべ	slave servant prisoner criminal follower	View Kanji Compounds
謎	メイベイ	なぞ	riddle puzzle enigma hint tip	View Kanji Compounds
橘	キツ	たちばな	mandarin orange	View Kanji Compounds
嬢	ジョウ	むすめ	lass girl Miss daughter	View Kanji Compounds
錫	セキシャク	すずたま.う	copper tin	View Kanji Compounds
薮	ソウ	やぶ	thicket bush underbrush grove	View Kanji Compounds
膳	ゼンセン	かしわすす.めるそな.える	small low table tray	View Kanji Compounds
燕	エン	つばめつばくらつばくろ	swallow (bird)	View Kanji Compounds
儒	ジュ		Confucian	View Kanji Compounds
薪	シン	たきぎまき	fuel firewood kindling	View Kanji Compounds
鮎	デンネン	あゆなまず	freshwater trout smelt	View Kanji Compounds
錬	レン	ね.る	tempering refine drill train polish	View Kanji Compounds
篭	ロウル	かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む	seclude oneself cage coop implied	View Kanji Compounds
黛	タイ	まゆずみ	blackened eyebrows	View Kanji Compounds
舘	カン	やかたたて	mansion large building palace	View Kanji Compounds
樫		かし	evergreen oak (kokuji)	View Kanji Compounds
醍	ダイタイテイ		whey good Buddhist teaching	View Kanji Compounds
噺		はなし	talk (kokuji)	View Kanji Compounds
麺	メンベン	むぎこ	noodles wheat flour	View Kanji Compounds
薔	バショウショクソウ	みずたで	a kind of grass	View Kanji Compounds
稽	ケイ	かんが.えるとど.める	think consider quarrel	View Kanji Compounds
諜	チョウ	ちょう.ずるうかが.うしめ.す	spy out reconnoiter	View Kanji Compounds
燈	トウ	ひほ- ともしびとも.すあかり	nonstandard for J825	View Kanji Compounds
諦	テイタイ	あき.らめるあきら.めるつまびらかまこと	abandon give up	View Kanji Compounds
蹄	テイ	ひづめ	hoof	View Kanji Compounds
縞	コウ	しましろぎぬ	stripe	View Kanji Compounds
僭	シンセン	せん.するおご.る	boastfully usurp	View Kanji Compounds
儔	チュウジュ	ともがら	companion similar kind	View Kanji Compounds
儕	セイサイ	ともがら	companion	View Kanji Compounds
儘	ジン	ままことごとく	as it is because	View Kanji Compounds
儞	ジニ	なんじしかりそののみおれ		View Kanji Compounds
冀	キ	こいねが.うこいねが.わくは	hope for wish Hebei province	View Kanji Compounds
叡	エイ	あき.らか	intelligence imperial	View Kanji Compounds
嘯	ショウシツ	うそぶ.く	roar howl recite emotionally feign indifference	View Kanji Compounds
嘴	シ	くちばしはし	beak bill	View Kanji Compounds
噪	ソウ	さわ.ぐ	be noisy	View Kanji Compounds
噫	イアイオク	ああおくび	exclamation burp belch	View Kanji Compounds
噬	ゼイ	か.む	bite	View Kanji Compounds
噯	アイガイ	いき	interjection exclamation breathe	View Kanji Compounds
噸	トン		tonnage (kokuji)	View Kanji Compounds
嚆	コウ	さけ.ぶ	call	View Kanji Compounds
墺	オウイク	きし	land shore Austria	View Kanji Compounds
墻	ショウ	かき	fence hedge	View Kanji Compounds
墾	コン		ground-breaking open up farmland	View Kanji Compounds
壅	ヨウ	ふさ.ぐ	plug up shut up	View Kanji Compounds
嶮	ケン	けわ.しい	inaccessible place impregnable position steep place sharp eyes	View Kanji Compounds
嶼	ショ	しま	island	View Kanji Compounds
廩	リン	くら	rice storehouse	View Kanji Compounds
憊	ハイヘイ	つか.れる	fatigue	View Kanji Compounds
憐	レン	あわ.れむあわ.れ	pity have mercy sympathise compassion	View Kanji Compounds
憑	ヒョウ	つ.くつか.れるよ.るたの.む	depend rely evidence proof according to possess haunt	View Kanji Compounds
憖	ギンキン	なまじ.い	thoughtlessly	View Kanji Compounds
憺	タン		calm quiet move	View Kanji Compounds
懈	ケカイ	たわ.いおこた.る	laziness	View Kanji Compounds
懊	オウ	じれった.いなや.む	in distress provoking irritating impatient vexed	View Kanji Compounds
戰	セン	いくさたたか.うおのの.くそよぐ	war fighting battle	View Kanji Compounds
撻	タツ	むちうつ	whip flog strike	View Kanji Compounds
撼	カン	うごか.す	move	View Kanji Compounds
擂	ライ	す.る	grind mash grate	View Kanji Compounds
擅	セン	ほしいまま	self-indulgent	View Kanji Compounds
擒	キン	とら.えるとりこ	capture a captive	View Kanji Compounds
樵	ショウ	きこ.るこ.るきこり	woodcutting lumberjack	View Kanji Compounds
樸	ボクハクホク	こはだきじ	bark of a tree	View Kanji Compounds
橄	カン		olive	View Kanji Compounds
橅	ボモ	かたぶな	beech tree	View Kanji Compounds
橇	キョウゼイセイ	そりかんじき	sled sleigh snowshoes	View Kanji Compounds
橈	ドウジョウニョウ	かいかじたわ.むたわ.める	oar scull paddle	View Kanji Compounds
橙	トウ	だいだい	bitter orange	View Kanji Compounds
橡	ショウゾウ	とちくぬぎ	horse chestnut	View Kanji Compounds
歔	キョ	すすりな.く	cry	View Kanji Compounds
殪	エイ	たお.す	die bury	View Kanji Compounds
澪	レイ	みお	water route shipping channel	View Kanji Compounds
澱	デンテン	おりど.ろよど.みよど.む	sediment grounds dregs stagnant	View Kanji Compounds
澳	オウイクオク	おきくま	curving shoreline bend in river	View Kanji Compounds
澹	タンセン	あわ.い	calm quiet bland rocking rippling suffice	View Kanji Compounds
濛	モウ	こさめ	dark	View Kanji Compounds
熾	シ	おこ.るおこ.すさかん	kindling fire	View Kanji Compounds
燎	リョウ	かがりび	burn bonfire	View Kanji Compounds
燗	ランカン	かん.する	warming sake	View Kanji Compounds
獦	カツカチリョウケツ	おおかみ		View Kanji Compounds
獪	カイ	わるがしこ.い	crafty	View Kanji Compounds
甌	オウ	ほとぎはちかめ	small jar jug	View Kanji Compounds
瘰	ルイラライ		swollen neck glands	View Kanji Compounds
瘴	ショウ		miasma	View Kanji Compounds
瘻	ルロウ	せむしかさできもの	fistula	View Kanji Compounds
盥	カン	たらいそそ.ぐ	tub washbasin	View Kanji Compounds
瞞	マンモンバンボン	だま.す	deception	View Kanji Compounds
瞟	ヒョウ	み.る	glare at look askance at squint scrutinizing search	View Kanji Compounds
瞠	ドウトウ	みは.る	stare intently	View Kanji Compounds
磔	タクチャク	さ.くはりつけひらく	crucifixion	View Kanji Compounds
穆	ボクモク	やわ.らぐ	respectful mild beautiful	View Kanji Compounds
穎	エイ	ほさきのぎ	heads of grain cleverness	View Kanji Compounds
窶	ロウクル	や.つるや.つれる	emaciated	View Kanji Compounds
窺	キ	うかが.うのぞく	lie in wait spy on reconnoiter	View Kanji Compounds
篝	コウ	かがりびかがりふせご	campfire fishing fire beacon basket	View Kanji Compounds
篥	リキリツリチ		horn flageolet	View Kanji Compounds
篦	ヘイハイ	へらの	spatula arrow shaft	View Kanji Compounds
篩	シサイ	ふる.う	sieve sift screen	View Kanji Compounds
糒	ビハイ	ほしいほしい.い	dried boiled rice	View Kanji Compounds
縉	シン	さしはさ.む	thin red cloth high officer	View Kanji Compounds
縊	イエイ	くび.るくび.れる	strangle	View Kanji Compounds
縒	シサ	よ.る	twist	View Kanji Compounds
縟	ジョク	しげし	decoration	View Kanji Compounds
縢	トウ	かが.るかなから.げるむかばき	cross-stitch darn	View Kanji Compounds
罹	リラ	かか.る	catch get	View Kanji Compounds
翰	カン	はねふでやまどりふみ	letter writing brush	View Kanji Compounds
臈	ロウ		year-end sacrifice dried meat	View Kanji Compounds
艘	ショウシュウソウ	ふね	counter for small boats	View Kanji Compounds
艙	ソウ		hold (ship)	View Kanji Compounds
蕗	ロル	ふき	butterbur bog rhubarb	View Kanji Compounds
蕭	ショウ	よもぎ	a weed mugwort lonely silent calm	View Kanji Compounds
蕷	ヨ	いも	potato	View Kanji Compounds
蕾	ライ	つぼみ	bud (plants, mushrooms not yet opened)	View Kanji Compounds
薀	ウンオン	たくわ.えるつ.む	pile up store hornwort	View Kanji Compounds
薇	ラビ	ぜんまい	an edible fern	View Kanji Compounds
薈	カイワイ		luxuriant vegetation	View Kanji Compounds
薊	ケイキカイケ	あざみさくとげ	thistle	View Kanji Compounds
薐	ロウ	ほうれんそう	spinach	View Kanji Compounds
薑	キョウコウ	はじかみ	ginger	View Kanji Compounds
薙	テイチ	な.ぐなぎか.る	mow down (the enemy)	View Kanji Compounds
薤	カイ	らっきょうにら	scallion shallot	View Kanji Compounds
薨	コウ	こう.じるみま.かる	die	View Kanji Compounds
薯	ショ	いも	potato	View Kanji Compounds
螂	ロウ		mantis also N4143	View Kanji Compounds
螈	ゲンガン	いもり		View Kanji Compounds
螟	メイミョウ	ずいむし	injurious parasite	View Kanji Compounds
螢	ケイ	ほたる	firefly	View Kanji Compounds
蟆	バマ	ひき	toad	View Kanji Compounds
蟇	バマ	ひき	toad	View Kanji Compounds
褶	ショウシュウチョウ	かさね.る	pleats	View Kanji Compounds
褸	ロルロウ	いと	rags	View Kanji Compounds
襁	キョウ	むつき	diaper	View Kanji Compounds
諛	ユ	へつら.うへつら.い	flatter	View Kanji Compounds
諠	ケン	かまびす.しいわす.れる	forget noisy	View Kanji Compounds
諡	エキシ	おくりな	posthumous name	View Kanji Compounds
諤	ガク	わめ.くあご	speaking the truth	View Kanji Compounds
諧	カイ	かな.うやわ.らぐ	harmony	View Kanji Compounds
諫	カン	いさ.める	admonish dissuade	View Kanji Compounds
諳	アンオン	そら.んじる	memorize recite from memory	View Kanji Compounds
諷	フウ	そら.んじる	hint satirize	View Kanji Compounds
諺	ゲン	ことわざ	proverb	View Kanji Compounds
謂	イ	い.ういいおも.ういわゆる	reason origin history oral tradition	View Kanji Compounds
謔	ギャクキャク	たわむ.れる	sport with	View Kanji Compounds
豎	ジュ	たてた.てるこども	vertical child	View Kanji Compounds
豬	チョ	いいのしし	pig hog	View Kanji Compounds
赭	シャ	あかつち	red	View Kanji Compounds
踵	ショウ	かかとくび.すきび.すつ.ぐ	heel	View Kanji Compounds
蹂	ジュウ	ふ.む	step on	View Kanji Compounds
躾		しつ.けるしつけ	training (kokuji)	View Kanji Compounds
輯	シュウ	あつ.めるやわ.らぐ	gather collect compile	View Kanji Compounds
輳	ソウ	あつ.まる	gather	View Kanji Compounds
輻	フク	や	spoke (wheel)	View Kanji Compounds
辨	ベンヘン	わきま.えるわ.けるはなびらあらそ.う	discrimination dispose of distinguish	View Kanji Compounds
鄰	リン	とな.るとなり	neighbor neighborhood	View Kanji Compounds
醐	ゴコ		boiled butter	View Kanji Compounds
醒	セイ	さ.ますさ.める	awake be disillusioned sober up	View Kanji Compounds
醗	ハツ	かも.す	fermentation brewing	View Kanji Compounds
鋸	キョコ	のこのこぎり	saw (cuts wood)	View Kanji Compounds
鋺	エン	かなまり	metal bowl	View Kanji Compounds
錆	ショウセイ	さびくわ.しい	tarnish	View Kanji Compounds
錐	スイ	きり	auger drill awl pyramid cone	View Kanji Compounds
錘	スイ	つむおもり	weight plumb bob sinker	View Kanji Compounds
錚	ソウ		gong	View Kanji Compounds
錨	ビョウミョウ	いかり	anchor grapnel	View Kanji Compounds
錮	コ	ふさ.ぐ	to tie	View Kanji Compounds
閹	エンアン	おお.う	eunuch	View Kanji Compounds
閻	エン		town	View Kanji Compounds
閾	シキイキキョクヨク	くぎりしきい	threshold	View Kanji Compounds
霍	カク	にわか	quick sudden	View Kanji Compounds
霓	ゲイ	にじ	rainbow	View Kanji Compounds
霖	リン	ながあめながめ	long rainy spell	View Kanji Compounds
霙	エイヨウ	みぞれ	sleet	View Kanji Compounds
鞘	ショウソウ	さや	sheath case margin difference shells (of beans)	View Kanji Compounds
頷	ガンカン	うなず.くあご	nod approval	View Kanji Compounds
頸	ケイ	くび	neck head	View Kanji Compounds
頽	タイ	くず.れる	decline slide	View Kanji Compounds
餐	サンソン	の.むくら.う	eat drink swallow	View Kanji Compounds
餒	ダイイ	う.える	hunger spoil	View Kanji Compounds
餝	コウシキショク	かざりかざ.る	decorate ornament adorn embellish	View Kanji Compounds
駭	ガイカイ	おどろ.くおどろ.かす	be surprised	View Kanji Compounds
駱	ラク	かわらげ	white horse	View Kanji Compounds
骸	ガイカイ	むくろ	bone body corpse	View Kanji Compounds
骼	カク		bleached bones	View Kanji Compounds
髭	シ	ひげくちひげ	beard mustache	View Kanji Compounds
髷	キョク	まげわげ	topknot	View Kanji Compounds
髻	ケイキツ	たぶさみずらもとどり	samurai topknot	View Kanji Compounds
鬨	コウグ	とき	fight war cry	View Kanji Compounds
鮃	ヒョウヘイ	ひらめ	flounder flatfish	View Kanji Compounds
鮄	フツブチ	さば		View Kanji Compounds
鮑	ホホウ	あわび	abalone	View Kanji Compounds
鮒	ホフブ	ふな	carp	View Kanji Compounds
鮓	サ	すし	sushi seasoned rice	View Kanji Compounds
鮗		このしろ	gizzard shad (kokuji)	View Kanji Compounds
鴉	ア	からす	crow raven	View Kanji Compounds
鴒	レイ		wagtail	View Kanji Compounds
鴕	ダタ		Chinese ostrich	View Kanji Compounds
鴛	エンオン	おしおしどり	male mandarin duck	View Kanji Compounds
鴟	シ	とび	kite	View Kanji Compounds
鴣	コ		partridge	View Kanji Compounds
鴦	オウ		female mandarin duck	View Kanji Compounds
鴫		しぎ	snipe (kokuji)	View Kanji Compounds
鴬	オウ	うぐいす	nightingale bush warbler	View Kanji Compounds
黔	ケンキン	くろ.い	black	View Kanji Compounds