20 - 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 20 - Stroke Kanji

Kanji	On-Yomi	Kun-Yomi	Meanings	Kanji Compounds
議	ギ		deliberation consultation debate consideration	View Kanji Compounds
護	ゴ	まも.る	safeguard protect	View Kanji Compounds
響	キョウ	ひび.く	echo also N5116 sound resound ring vibrate	View Kanji Compounds
競	キョウケイ	きそ.うせ.る	emulate compete with bid sell at auction bout contest race	View Kanji Compounds
懸	ケンケ	か.けるか.かる	suspend hang 10% install depend consult	View Kanji Compounds
籍	セキ		enroll domiciliary register membership	View Kanji Compounds
譲	ジョウ	ゆず.る	defer turnover transfer convey	View Kanji Compounds
騰	トウ		inflation advancing going	View Kanji Compounds
欄	ラン	てすり	column handrail blank space	View Kanji Compounds
鐘	ショウ	かね	bell gong chimes	View Kanji Compounds
醸	ジョウ	かも.す	brew cause	View Kanji Compounds
巌	ガン	いわいわおけわ.しい	rock crag boulder	View Kanji Compounds
馨	ケイキョウ	かお.るかおり	fragrant balmy favourable	View Kanji Compounds
耀	ヨウ	かがや.くひかり	shine sparkle gleam twinkle	View Kanji Compounds
瀕	ヒン	ほとり	shore brink verge	View Kanji Compounds
孃	ジョウ	むすめ	girl Miss daughter	View Kanji Compounds
巉	ザンサン		rising precipitously rising steeply	View Kanji Compounds
巋	キ	つら.なる	grand stately secure lasting	View Kanji Compounds
懺	ザンサン	くい.る	regret repent confess sins	View Kanji Compounds
攘	ジョウ	ぬす.むはら.う	chase away steal	View Kanji Compounds
朧	ロウ	おぼろ	haziness dreaminess gloom	View Kanji Compounds
櫧	ショソ	かし	oak	View Kanji Compounds
櫨	ロ	はぜ	wax tree sumac	View Kanji Compounds
櫪	レキ	かいばおけくぬぎ	manger fodder trough horse barn	View Kanji Compounds
瀾	ラン	なみ	large waves	View Kanji Compounds
灌	カン	そそ.ぐ	pour	View Kanji Compounds
瓏	ロウ		clarity sound of jewels	View Kanji Compounds
瓣	ベンヘン	わきま.えるわ.けるはなびらあらそ.う	petal valve	View Kanji Compounds
癢	ヨウ	かゆ.い	itchy	View Kanji Compounds
矍	カク		surprise & confusion	View Kanji Compounds
礦	コウ	あらがね	mine mineral ore	View Kanji Compounds
礫	レキ	つぶてこいし	small stones	View Kanji Compounds
礬	バンハン		alum	View Kanji Compounds
簪	シンサン	かんざし	ornamental hairpin	View Kanji Compounds
籌	チュウ	かずとりはかりごと	plan	View Kanji Compounds
糯	ダナ	もちごめ	glutinous rice	View Kanji Compounds
糲	レイラツ	あら.いくろごめ	unpolished rice	View Kanji Compounds
繻	シュ	うすぎぬ	satin	View Kanji Compounds
繽	ヒン	おおし	disorder scattering	View Kanji Compounds
纂	サン	あつ.める	editing compiling	View Kanji Compounds
罌	オウエイヨウ	もたいほとぎかめ	vase	View Kanji Compounds
臙	エン	のどべに	rouge	View Kanji Compounds
臚	ロリョ		skin tell report	View Kanji Compounds
蘖	ゲツ	ひこばえ	sprout	View Kanji Compounds
蘗	ハクビャク	きはだきわだ	stump sprout	View Kanji Compounds
蘚	セン	こけ	moss	View Kanji Compounds
蠑	エイ		newt turban shell	View Kanji Compounds
蠕	ゼンダネンジュニュ	うごめ.く	crawling of a worm	View Kanji Compounds
蠣	レイ	かき	oyster	View Kanji Compounds
襤	ラン	ぼろ	rags	View Kanji Compounds
譟	ソウ	さわ.ぐ	shout be noisy	View Kanji Compounds
譫	トウセンタン	うわごとたわごとうるさくしゃべ.る	delirious talk	View Kanji Compounds
譬	ヒ	たと.えるたと.え	illustrate	View Kanji Compounds
贏	エイ	あまり	victory surplus	View Kanji Compounds
躁	ソウ	さわ.ぐ	noisy	View Kanji Compounds
躄	ヘキ	いざ.るいざ.り	crawl cripple	View Kanji Compounds
躅	チョクタク		tap with the feet ruins	View Kanji Compounds
轗	カンコン		difficulty misfortune	View Kanji Compounds
辮	ベンヘン	あ.む	braid	View Kanji Compounds
醴	レイライ	あまざけ	sweet sake	View Kanji Compounds
醵	キョ		contribution for a feast (potluck)	View Kanji Compounds
鏗	コウ	つく	clinking sound	View Kanji Compounds
鐔	タンシン	つば	sword guard hilt	View Kanji Compounds
鐙	トウ	あぶみたかつきひともし	stirrup	View Kanji Compounds
鐚	ワア	びたしころ	coin of smallest value	View Kanji Compounds
闡	セン	みち.る	clarify	View Kanji Compounds
霰	センサン	あられ	hail hailstones small cubes	View Kanji Compounds
鞺	トウ		sound of drums	View Kanji Compounds
韜	トウ	ゆぶくろゆみぶくろつつ.む	bag wrapping	View Kanji Compounds
飄	ヒョウ	ひるが.えるつむじかぜ	turn over wave	View Kanji Compounds
饅	マン		bean-jam dumpling manjuu	View Kanji Compounds
饉	キン	う.える	hunger	View Kanji Compounds
騸	セン		geld castrate	View Kanji Compounds
驀	バク		going straight forward	View Kanji Compounds
鰆	シュン	さわら	Spanish mackerel	View Kanji Compounds
鰈	チョウトウ	かれい	sole flatfish flounder	View Kanji Compounds
鰉	コウ	ちょうざめひがい	sturgeon	View Kanji Compounds
鰊	レン	にしん	herring	View Kanji Compounds
鰌	シュシュウ	どじょう	loach (fish)	View Kanji Compounds
鰍	シュウシュ	かじかいなだどじょう	bullhead	View Kanji Compounds
鰐	ガク	わに	alligator crocodile	View Kanji Compounds
鰒	フク	あわびふぐ	abalone	View Kanji Compounds
鰓	サイシ	えら	gills gill slits	View Kanji Compounds
鰕	カ	えび	shrimp prawn lobster	View Kanji Compounds
鶩	ボクブム	あひる	domestic duck	View Kanji Compounds
鶫	トウツ	つぐみ	thrush	View Kanji Compounds
鹹	カンダイ	から.いしおからいしおけせいしゅ	salty	View Kanji Compounds
黥	ケイゲイ	いれずみ	tatooing	View Kanji Compounds
鼯	ゴ	むささび	flying squirrel	View Kanji Compounds
齟	ソサショ	かむ	uneven bite disagree	View Kanji Compounds
齡	レイ	よわ.いとし	age	View Kanji Compounds
齣	シャクシュツセキ	こま	a paragraph section	View Kanji Compounds