Search Kanji for Skip code 1-4-9

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Also note that the English meaning under each Kanji is just one of many other possible senses.

refine metals

Meaning: refine metals; kneading over fire
Kun-yomi: ね.る
On-yomi: レン

anxiety

Meaning: anxiety; trouble; worry; pain; ill; annoy; nuisance; irksome
Kun-yomi: わずら.う/わずら.わす/うるさ.がる/うるさ.い
On-yomi: ハン/ボン

hemp palm

Meaning: hemp palm
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シュ/ソウ

distribute

Meaning: distribute; disseminate; partition; understand
Kun-yomi: わか.つ
On-yomi: ハン

shield

Meaning: shield; buckler; pretext
Kun-yomi: たて
On-yomi: ジュン

tendon

Meaning: tendon
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケン/キン

jaw

Meaning: jaw
Kun-yomi: あご/えら
On-yomi: サイ

pillar

Meaning: pillar
Kun-yomi: はしら
On-yomi: エイ

bloody

Meaning: bloody; smelling of fish; raw smelling
Kun-yomi: なまぐさ.い
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

square character style

Meaning: square character style; correctness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ

brain

Meaning: brain; memory
Kun-yomi: のうずる
On-yomi: ノウ/ドウ

pepper

Meaning: pepper
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

fat

Meaning: fat; grease; growing fat
Kun-yomi: あぶら/こえ.る
On-yomi:

Japanese catalpa

Meaning: Japanese catalpa
Kun-yomi: きささげ/ひさぎ
On-yomi: シュウ

sculling oar

Meaning: sculling oar
Kun-yomi: かじ/かい
On-yomi: シュウ/ショウ

wedge

Meaning: wedge; arrowhead
Kun-yomi: くさび/ほうだて
On-yomi: ケツ/セツ

container for pouring water

Meaning: container for pouring water; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: はんぞう
On-yomi:

paper mulberry

Meaning: paper mulberry
Kun-yomi: こうぞ
On-yomi: チョ

type of cypress

Meaning: type of cypress
Kun-yomi: さわら/あてぎ/くわのみ
On-yomi: ジン/チン/シン

ornamental hairpin

Meaning: ornamental hairpin
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ

rafter

Meaning: rafter; porch
Kun-yomi: えん/たるき
On-yomi: テン

name of plant

Meaning: name of plant; lush
Kun-yomi: しげる
On-yomi: ボウ

coconut tree

Meaning: coconut tree
Kun-yomi: やし
On-yomi:

vagina

Meaning: vagina
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チツ

elm

Meaning: elm
Kun-yomi: にれ
On-yomi:

corner

Meaning: corner; protrusion
Kun-yomi: かど
On-yomi: リョウ/ロウ

Japanese bead tree

Meaning: Japanese bead tree
Kun-yomi: おおち/おうち
On-yomi: レン

needle juniper

Meaning: needle juniper; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: むろ
On-yomi:

lacquered dish

Meaning: lacquered dish
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チャ

warmth

Meaning: warmth
Kun-yomi: あたた.か/あたた.かい/あたた.まる/あたた.める
On-yomi: ダン/ノン

darkness

Meaning: darkness; disappear; shade; informal; grow dark; be blinded
Kun-yomi: くら.い/くら.む/くれ.る
On-yomi: アン

stone resembling jade

Meaning: stone resembling jade; agate
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュン

ornamental piece of jade several

Meaning: ornamental piece of jade several
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

tortoise shell

Meaning: tortoise shell
Kun-yomi: たいまい
On-yomi: タイ

type of jade

Meaning: type of jade; rare; valuable
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

carve

Meaning: carve; engrave; cut out; sculpt
Kun-yomi: うきぼり
On-yomi: テン

ancestral offering receptacle

Meaning: ancestral offering receptacle; coral
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コ/ゴ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョウ/トウ/ジョウ

large ring of fine jade

Meaning: large ring of fine jade
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エン/オン/カン/ゲン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/オウ

gland

Meaning: gland
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン

fir

Meaning: fir
Kun-yomi: むくげ
On-yomi: タン/ダン/トド

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いのあし
On-yomi: フウ/ブ/フク

the pivots

Meaning: the pivots; at the top and bottom of a Chinese door; on which the door turns
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ワイ/ガイ

variegated

Meaning: variegated; striped; marbled
Kun-yomi: まだら
On-yomi: ハン/ヘン

pompelmoose

Meaning: pompelmoose; canque
Kun-yomi: くい
On-yomi: カ/ケ

rack

Meaning: rack
Kun-yomi: ころもかけ
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: せき
On-yomi: エン

raft

Meaning: raft; to hew; to fell trees
Kun-yomi: いかだ
On-yomi: サ/ジャ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: においぶくろ/ふくろ
On-yomi: トウ

guard

Meaning: guard
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヒュク/ヒキ/フク/ヒョク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ざくろ
On-yomi: ジャク/ニャク

suddenly

Meaning: suddenly; immediately; in a hurry
Kun-yomi: にわか.に/とん.と/つまず.く/とみ.に/ぬかずく
On-yomi: トン/トツ

peg

Meaning: peg
Kun-yomi: から/すき
On-yomi: コン/キ/クン

bar of door

Meaning: bar of door; bolt of lock
Kun-yomi: かんぬき
On-yomi: ケン/ゴン

coarse

Meaning: coarse; crude; plant
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

Zen

Meaning: Zen; silent meditation
Kun-yomi: しずか/ゆず.る
On-yomi: ゼン/セン

cross-beam above or under a gate

Meaning: cross-beam above or under a gate
Kun-yomi: ひさし
On-yomi: ビ/ミ

hearth

Meaning: hearth
Kun-yomi: かまど
On-yomi: シン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たら
On-yomi: ソウ

forge metal

Meaning: forge metal; perfect one's skill
Kun-yomi: きた.える
On-yomi: タン

last for making shoes

Meaning: last for making shoes; to turn on a lathe
Kun-yomi: かた
On-yomi: ケン/カン/エン

raging fire

Meaning: raging fire
Kun-yomi: あつ.い
On-yomi: カ/ケ

last for making shoes

Meaning: last for making shoes; to turn on a lathe
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケン

weld

Meaning: weld; solder
Kun-yomi: ひかり
On-yomi: キ/ケン/カン/クン

hardwood

Meaning: hardwood; supports; posts
Kun-yomi: ねずみもち
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ

warm

Meaning: warm
Kun-yomi: あたた.か
On-yomi: ケン/カン

tree

Meaning: tree
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヘン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あつ.い
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

tablet

Meaning: tablet; signpost
Kun-yomi: たてふだ
On-yomi: ケツ/ゲチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エイ/ヨウ

grieved

Meaning: grieved; anxious
Kun-yomi: ただ.しい
On-yomi: キョク/コク/ギョク

tree

Meaning: tree
Kun-yomi: ねずみもち
On-yomi: ユ/ギョ/ゴ

brilliant red

Meaning: brilliant red; glowing
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: イ/キ

correct

Meaning: correct
Kun-yomi: ただ.しい
On-yomi: サク/シャク/シン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ソウ/ス

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あたた.か/あたた.める
On-yomi: ダン/ナン

to raise one's head

Meaning: to raise one's head
Kun-yomi: あたまをあ.げる
On-yomi: キ/ケン

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