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Fields

Anything written in the search box will be matched against these fields:

• Meaning
• Literal (e.g. typing 休 will show itself)
• Similars (e.g. typing 休 will show 体)
• Variants (e.g. typing 水 will show 氵 and 氺 as variants)
• On-yomi reading (e.g. typing "ben" or "べん")
• Kun-yomi reading (e.g. typing "kureru" will show kanjis with reading kure.ru and ku.reru).
• Meaning of components (e.g. typing "sun" or "temple" to find 時)
• Words (e.g. typing "benkyou" or "べんきょう" will show 勉 and 強)

Wildcards

For meanings, on-yomi readings and kun-yomi readings the default search mode is to try and match the query exactly.

• For example, when searching for "water" only Kanji where one of the meanings (case-insensitive, i.e. "Water" would also match) is exactly "water".
• Searching for "*water" also brings everything that ends with "water", like "breakwater".
• Searching for "water*" also brings results starting with "water", like "waterfall".
• Searching for "*water*" brings results where "water" is contained anywhere, like "be watered".

The same works for readings: ka or か do exact match, while ka* or か＊would also bring "katsu".

Intersections

You can cross multiple searches by using a "+" between them.
For example, "sun + soil" will bring up a list named "Containing 日 + Containing 土", which will result in 時.
"ka + person + soil" will bring a list named "By On-Yomi + Containing 亻 + Containing 土", resulting in 佳.