There are two basic ways to find a kanji, via some reference (its encoding, or perhaps its index number in one of various dictionaries), or by describing some aspect of the character.
3k11.2
'', which looks familiar if you
know the dictionary. The current coverage is not complete. However,
The authors have submitted the full list of codes, which will be incorporated
``soon''.
JIS X 0208
standard.
EUC
encoding standard.
In the search form, enter the pattern of the character you want.
If you can't count the strokes properly, you can give filename-like
patterns, a'la ``1-8-*
'' and ``1-[678]-3
''.
You can be very specific with your request. For example, if you give a reading with a period in it, it marks where okurigana begins. Therefore, ``ka.eru'' would find 換える but not 帰る, while ``kae.ru'' would do the opposite. If you want a reading without okurigana, end it with a period. ``kaeru.'' would find 蛙.
If there is no period, it will ignore okurigana differences. ``kaeru'' would find all three of the above (and more).
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