4 - 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 4 - Stroke Kanji

Kanji	On-Yomi	Kun-Yomi	Meanings	Kanji Compounds
日	ニチジツ	ひ -び -か	day sun Japan counter for days	View Kanji Compounds
中	チュウ	なかうちあた.る	in inside middle mean center	View Kanji Compounds
月	ゲツガツ	つき	month moon	View Kanji Compounds
分	ブンフンブ	わ.けるわ.けわ.かれるわ.かるわ.かつ	part minute of time segment share degree one's lot duty understand know rate 1% chances shaku/100	View Kanji Compounds
五	ゴ	いついつ.つ	five	View Kanji Compounds
内	ナイダイ	うち	inside within between among house home	View Kanji Compounds
方	ホウ	かた -かた -がた	direction person alternative	View Kanji Compounds
今	コンキン	いま	now	View Kanji Compounds
手	シュズ	てて- -てた-	hand	View Kanji Compounds
円	エン	まる.いまるまどまど.かまろ.やか	circle yen round	View Kanji Compounds
氏	シ	うじ -うじ	family name surname clan	View Kanji Compounds
化	カケ	ば.けるば.かすふ.けるけ.する	change take the form of influence enchant delude -ization	View Kanji Compounds
六	ロクリク	むむ.つむっ.つむい	six	View Kanji Compounds
不	フブ		negative non- bad ugly clumsy	View Kanji Compounds
公	コウク	おおやけ	public prince official governmental	View Kanji Compounds
区	クオウコウ		ward district	View Kanji Compounds
午	ゴ	うま	noon sign of the horse 11AM-1PM seventh sign of Chinese zodiac	View Kanji Compounds
心	シン	こころ -ごころ	heart mind spirit	View Kanji Compounds
支	シ	ささ.えるつか.えるか.う	branch support sustain	View Kanji Compounds
予	ヨシャ	あらかじ.め	beforehand previous myself I	View Kanji Compounds
文	ブンモン	ふみあや	sentence literature style art decoration figures plan	View Kanji Compounds
反	ハンホンタンホ	そ.るそ.らすかえ.すかえ.る -かえ.る	anti-	View Kanji Compounds
元	ゲンガン	もと	beginning former time origin	View Kanji Compounds
引	イン	ひ.くひ.きひ.き- -び.きひ.ける	pull tug jerk admit install quote refer to	View Kanji Compounds
水	スイ	みずみず-	water	View Kanji Compounds
少	ショウ	すく.ないすこ.し	few little	View Kanji Compounds
止	シ	と.まる -ど.まりと.める -と.める -ど.めとど.めるとど.めとど.まるや.めるや.む -や.むよ.す -さ.す -さ.し	stop halt	View Kanji Compounds
木	ボクモク	きこ-	tree wood	View Kanji Compounds
切	セツサイ	き.る -き.るき.り -き.り -ぎ.りき.れる -き.れるき.れ -き.れ -ぎ.れ	cut cutoff be sharp	View Kanji Compounds
比	ヒ	くら.べる	compare race ratio Philipines	View Kanji Compounds
夫	フフウブ	おっとそ.れ	husband man	View Kanji Compounds
収	シュウ	おさ.めるおさ.まる	income obtain reap pay supply store	View Kanji Compounds
井	セイショウ	い	well well crib town community	View Kanji Compounds
天	テン	あまつあめあま-	heavens sky imperial	View Kanji Compounds
太	タイタ	ふと.いふと.る	plump thick big around	View Kanji Compounds
火	カ	ひ -びほ-	fire	View Kanji Compounds
戸	コ	と	door counter for houses	View Kanji Compounds
介	カイ		jammed in shellfish mediate concern oneself with	View Kanji Compounds
友	ユウ	とも	friend	View Kanji Compounds
父	フ	ちち	father	View Kanji Compounds
王	オウ -ノウ		king rule magnate	View Kanji Compounds
仏	ブツフツ	ほとけ	Buddha the dead France	View Kanji Compounds
欠	ケツケン	か.けるか.く	lack gap fail	View Kanji Compounds
互	ゴ	たが.いかたみ.に	mutually reciprocally together	View Kanji Compounds
双	ソウ	ふたたぐいならぶふたつ	pair set comparison counter for pairs	View Kanji Compounds
片	ヘン	かた- かた	one-sided leaf sheet	View Kanji Compounds
毛	モウ	け	fur hair feather down	View Kanji Compounds
牛	ギュウ	うし	cow	View Kanji Compounds
犬	ケン	いぬいぬ-	dog	View Kanji Compounds
仁	ジンニニン		humanity virtue benevolence charity man kernel	View Kanji Compounds
匹	ヒツ	ひき	equal head counter for small animals roll of cloth	View Kanji Compounds
丹	タン	に	rust-colored red red lead pills	View Kanji Compounds
幻	ゲン	まぼろし	phantasm vision dream illusion apparition	View Kanji Compounds
乏	ボウ	とぼ.しいとも.しい	destitution scarce limited	View Kanji Compounds
凶	キョウ		villain evil bad luck disaster	View Kanji Compounds
刈	ガイカイ	か.る	reap cut clip trim prune	View Kanji Compounds
冗	ジョウ		superfluous uselessness	View Kanji Compounds
弔	チョウ	とむら.うとぶら.う	condolences mourning funeral	View Kanji Compounds
斗	トトウ		Big Dipper 10 sho (vol) sake dipper	View Kanji Compounds
尺	シャク		shaku Japanese foot measure scale rule	View Kanji Compounds
屯	トン		barracks police station camp	View Kanji Compounds
爪	ソウ	つめつま-	claw nail talon	View Kanji Compounds
孔	コウ	あな	cavity hole slit very great exceedingly	View Kanji Compounds
升	ショウ	ます	measuring box 1.8 liter	View Kanji Compounds
巴	ハ	ともえうずまき	comma-design	View Kanji Compounds
厄	ヤク		unlucky misfortune bad luck disaster	View Kanji Compounds
尹	イン	おさただ.す	an official rank	View Kanji Compounds
匂		にお.うにお.いにお.わせる	fragrant stink glow insinuate (kokuji)	View Kanji Compounds
丑	チュウ	うし	sign of the ox or cow 1-3AM second sign of Chinese zodiac	View Kanji Compounds
仇	キュウグ	あだあたかたきつれあい	foe enemy revenge grudge feud	View Kanji Compounds
允	イン	じょうまこと.にゆるす	license sincerity permit	View Kanji Compounds
壬	ニンジンイ	みずのえ	9th calendar sign	View Kanji Compounds
丐	カイ	こ.う	beggar beg give	View Kanji Compounds
云	ウン	い.うここに	say	View Kanji Compounds
亢	コウ	たかぶる	high spirits	View Kanji Compounds
什	ジュウシュウ		utensil thing ten	View Kanji Compounds
仄	ソク	ほの.かほの- ほの.めかすほの.めくかたむ.く	be seen dimly suggest intimate faint stupid hint	View Kanji Compounds
仆	フ	たお.れる	fall lie down bend	View Kanji Compounds
仍	ジョウニョウ	よ.ってしきりになおよる	therefore consequently	View Kanji Compounds
勾	コウク	かぎま.がる	be bent slope capture	View Kanji Compounds
勿	モチブツボツ	なか.れなし	not must not do not be not	View Kanji Compounds
匁		もんめめ	monme 3.75 grams (kokuji)	View Kanji Compounds
卅	ソウ	さんじゅう	thirty	View Kanji Compounds
卆	ソツシュツ	そっ.するお.えるお.わるついににわか	soldier private die	View Kanji Compounds
夭	ヨウオウカ	わか.いわかじにわざわい	early death calamity	View Kanji Compounds
尤	ユウ	もっと.もとが.める	reasonable just natural superb outstanding plausible	View Kanji Compounds
廿	ジュウニュウ	にじゅう	twenty 20	View Kanji Compounds
弖	テ		phoneme only	View Kanji Compounds
戈	カ	ほこほこづくり	halberd arms festival car float	View Kanji Compounds
攴	ホク		strike hit folding chair radical (no. 66)	View Kanji Compounds
攵	ホク		strike hit folding chair radical variant (no. 66)	View Kanji Compounds
斤	キン		axe 1.32 lb catty counter for loaves of bread	View Kanji Compounds
曰	エツ	いわ.くのたま.うのたま.わくここに	say reason pretext history past	View Kanji Compounds
歹	ガツガチタイ		bare bone bad wrong death radical (n. 78)	View Kanji Compounds
殳	シュ	またほこ	pike windy-again radical (no. 79)	View Kanji Compounds
毋	ブム	ははぼないなか.れ	do not must not be not mother radical (no. 80)	View Kanji Compounds
爿	ショウソウ		left-side kata	View Kanji Compounds