Search Kanji for 17 strokes count

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

get dark

Meaning: get dark; gloom; disorder
Kun-yomi: やみ/くら.い
On-yomi: アン/オン

seashore

Meaning: seashore; beach
Kun-yomi: いそ
On-yomi:

sharp (music)

Meaning: sharp (music); baby
Kun-yomi: ふ.れる/みどりご/あかご
On-yomi: エイ

timidity

Meaning: timidity; heart; mind; fear; cowardly
Kun-yomi: むね/おくする
On-yomi: オク/ヨク

be hazy

Meaning: be hazy; grow dim; blurred
Kun-yomi: かすみ/かす.む
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

menacing

Meaning: menacing; dignity; majesty; threaten
Kun-yomi: おど.かす
On-yomi: カク
橿

oak

Meaning: oak
Kun-yomi: かし/もちのき
On-yomi: キョウ

control

Meaning: control; wedge
Kun-yomi: くさび
On-yomi: カツ

kitchen stove

Meaning: kitchen stove; furnace; oven; hearth
Kun-yomi: かまど/かま/へっつい
On-yomi: ソウ

ring

Meaning: ring; circle; link; wheel
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

cancer

Meaning: cancer; cancerous evil
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ガン

good

Meaning: good; beautiful; badge
Kun-yomi: しるし
On-yomi:

mimic

Meaning: mimic; aim (a gun) at; nominate; imitate
Kun-yomi: まが.い/もど.き
On-yomi:

sacrifice

Meaning: sacrifice
Kun-yomi: いけにえ
On-yomi: ギ/キ

ball

Meaning: ball
Kun-yomi: まり
On-yomi: キク/キュウ

defend

Meaning: defend; protect; resist; ward off
Kun-yomi: ふせ.ぐ
On-yomi: ギョ/ゴ

rectify

Meaning: rectify; straighten; correct; reform; cure; control; pretend; falsify
Kun-yomi: た.める
On-yomi: キョウ

discreet

Meaning: discreet; reverently; humbly
Kun-yomi: つつし.む
On-yomi: キン

comb

Meaning: comb
Kun-yomi: くし/くしけず.る
On-yomi: シツ

hoe with long blade at acute angle

Meaning: hoe with long blade at acute angle
Kun-yomi: くわ/すき
On-yomi: ショウ/シュウ

self-effacing

Meaning: self-effacing; humble oneself; condescend; be modest
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケン

key

Meaning: key
Kun-yomi: かぎ
On-yomi: ケン

stern

Meaning: stern; strictness; severity; rigidity
Kun-yomi: おごそ.か/きび.しい/いか.めしい/いつくし
On-yomi: ゲン/ゴン

apple

Meaning: apple
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キン/ゴン/ゴ

rice bran

Meaning: rice bran
Kun-yomi: ぬか
On-yomi: コウ

lecture

Meaning: lecture; club; association
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ

subscription

Meaning: subscription; buy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ

large bird

Meaning: large bird; wild goose; large; great; powerful; prosperous
Kun-yomi: おおとり/ひしくい/おおがり
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ

trench

Meaning: trench; dugout; air raid shelter
Kun-yomi: ほり
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ

moat

Meaning: moat; ditch; canal; Australia
Kun-yomi: ほり
On-yomi: ゴウ/コウ

sociable

Meaning: sociable; kind; courteous; hospitable; cordial
Kun-yomi: ねんご.ろ
On-yomi: コン

salmon

Meaning: salmon
Kun-yomi: さけ/しゃけ/ふぐ
On-yomi: カイ/ケイ

grate

Meaning: grate; rub; scratch; scrape; chafe; scour
Kun-yomi: す.る/す.れる/-ず.れ/こす.る/こす.れる
On-yomi: サツ

shark

Meaning: shark
Kun-yomi: さめ/みずち
On-yomi: コウ

brilliant

Meaning: brilliant
Kun-yomi: さん.たる/あき.らか/きらめ.く/きら.めく
On-yomi: サン

bamboo grass

Meaning: bamboo grass
Kun-yomi: しの/ささ/すず
On-yomi: ゾウ/ショウ

apologize

Meaning: apologize; thank; refuse
Kun-yomi: あやま.る
On-yomi: シャ

baron

Meaning: baron; peerage; court rank
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シャク

sew

Meaning: sew; figured cloth
Kun-yomi: ぬいとり
On-yomi: シュウ

ugly

Meaning: ugly; unclean; shame; bad looking
Kun-yomi: みにく.い/しこ
On-yomi: シュウ

shrink

Meaning: shrink; contract; shrivel; wrinkle; reduce
Kun-yomi: ちぢ.む/ちぢ.まる/ちぢ.める/ちぢ.れる/ちぢ.らす
On-yomi: シュク
駿

a good horse

Meaning: a good horse; speed; a fast person
Kun-yomi: すぐ.れる
On-yomi: シュン/スン

dawn

Meaning: dawn; daybreak
Kun-yomi: あけぼの
On-yomi: ショ

potato

Meaning: potato
Kun-yomi: いも
On-yomi: ショ

reparation

Meaning: reparation; make up for; recompense; redeem
Kun-yomi: つぐな.う
On-yomi: ショウ

reef

Meaning: reef; sunken rock
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ショウ

a kind of miso

Meaning: a kind of miso
Kun-yomi: ひしお
On-yomi: ショウ

spindle

Meaning: spindle; gather; collect
Kun-yomi: あつ.める/さかずき/かね
On-yomi: ショウ/シュ

light

Meaning: light; candlepower
Kun-yomi: ともしび
On-yomi: ソク/ショク

run

Meaning: run; go; quick; tend towards
Kun-yomi: しゅ/おもむ.く/はし.る
On-yomi: スウ/ソク

exploits

Meaning: exploits; unreeling cocoons
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セキ

slender

Meaning: slender; fine; thin kimono
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン

fresh

Meaning: fresh; vivid; clear; brilliant; Korea
Kun-yomi: あざ.やか
On-yomi: セン

parch

Meaning: parch; dry up
Kun-yomi: はしゃ.ぐ
On-yomi: ソウ

dregs

Meaning: dregs; sediment; grounds
Kun-yomi: ぬか
On-yomi: コウ/ソウ

frost

Meaning: frost
Kun-yomi: しも
On-yomi: ソウ

laundry

Meaning: laundry; wash; pour on; rinse
Kun-yomi: すす.ぐ/ゆす.ぐ
On-yomi: タク

forge

Meaning: forge; discipline; train
Kun-yomi: きた.える
On-yomi: タン

cedar

Meaning: cedar; sandlewood; spindle tree
Kun-yomi: まゆみ
On-yomi: ダン/タン

listen

Meaning: listen; headstrong; naughty; careful inquiry
Kun-yomi: き.く/ゆる.す
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ

hammer

Meaning: hammer; mallet
Kun-yomi: つち
On-yomi: ツイ/タイ

sword guard

Meaning: sword guard; kettle brim
Kun-yomi: つば
On-yomi: ガク

mistress

Meaning: mistress; weak
Kun-yomi: よわ.い
On-yomi: ジュ

excel in

Meaning: excel in; surpass; pull out; select
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く/ぬき.んでる
On-yomi: テキ/タク

plating

Meaning: plating; gilding
Kun-yomi: めっき
On-yomi:

mimeograph

Meaning: mimeograph; copy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

pupil

Meaning: pupil
Kun-yomi: ひとみ
On-yomi: ドウ/トウ

pure water

Meaning: pure water; clear water; pool in a river
Kun-yomi: とろ/きよ.い
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ/ジュウ

pot

Meaning: pot; pan; kettle
Kun-yomi: なべ
On-yomi:

get wet

Meaning: get wet; damp; make love
Kun-yomi: ぬれ.る/ぬら.す/ぬ.れる/ぬ.らす/うるお.い/うるお.う/うるお.す
On-yomi: ジュ/ニュ

pus

Meaning: pus; fester; discharge
Kun-yomi: う.む/うみ
On-yomi: ノウ/ドウ

beard

Meaning: beard; mustache
Kun-yomi: ひげ/くちひげ
On-yomi:

gourd

Meaning: gourd
Kun-yomi: ひさご/ふくべ
On-yomi: ヒョウ

repeatedly

Meaning: repeatedly; recur
Kun-yomi: しき.りに
On-yomi: ヒン

shit

Meaning: shit; feces; excrement
Kun-yomi: くそ
On-yomi: フン

glance at

Meaning: glance at
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ベツ/ヘツ

tuna

Meaning: tuna
Kun-yomi: まぐろ/しび
On-yomi: キ/ユウ/イ

be profitable

Meaning: be profitable; yield profit
Kun-yomi: もう.ける/もう.かる/もうけ/たくわ.える
On-yomi: チョ

tenderness

Meaning: tenderness; excel; surpass; actor; superiority; gentleness
Kun-yomi: やさ.しい/すぐ.れる/まさ.る
On-yomi: ユウ/ウ
輿

palanquin

Meaning: palanquin; bier
Kun-yomi: かご/こし
On-yomi:

wing

Meaning: wing; plane; flank
Kun-yomi: つばさ
On-yomi: ヨク

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