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Free Online Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary
(The most comprehensive Free Online Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary of Official Use Characters on the Web)

An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto

– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –

Comprehensive Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary
Japanese English Kanji Word DictionaryKanji Stroke Order Count Word DictionaryKanji Radical Word DictionaryKanji (Hiragana & Katakana) ON Word DictionaryKanji (Hiragana & Katakana) KUN Word DictionaryChinese Kanji Character Word Family DictionaryJapanese (Nihongo) Kanji Character Word Dictionary Glossary


     
   
     
 

* There are no KUN readings beginning with ら・り・る・れ・ろ.
This glossary is inclusive for KUN readings of the 1,945 Official Use Characters



Glossary Search Results
ears/heads (of grain); crest (of a wave); point (of a spear/writing brush)
sail
ほうむ(る) bury
ほう(る) release; set free; reach; scatter; fire (a gun); expel; leave up to
ほお cheeks
ほか other; another
ほか outside; other; some/any other place; somebody else; others; besides; take off; be off; come off; remove; undo; take leave; evade; edge; outskirts; miss (the mark); be wrong; failure; violate
ほが(らか) bright; clear; cheerful
ほこ pike; arms
ほこ(り・る) exaggerate; boast; be proud of
ほころ(ばす・びる・ぶ) unravel; come apart at the seams; ripped (seams); bloom; smile
ほし star
ほ(しい) desire; want
ほしいまま self-preoccupation; selfisharbitrary
ほ(す) thrust; thick bar; defense; dry; ebb; draw/drain off; empty (a glass)
ほそ(い・める・る) fine; slight; thin; slender; narrow; detailed; dwindle
ほたる firefly
ほど standard; extent; distance; measure; limit; certain degree of time; about; to the point/extent that
ほとけ Buddha; Buddhist image; the deceased; merciful; France
ほどこ(す) put into effect; perform; carry out; bestow; grant; provide; give alms/charity
ほね bone; frame; ribs (of an umbrella); outline; spirit
ほのお flame
ほほ cheeks
ほま(れ) praise; honor; glory; fame; renown; reputation
ほ(める) praise; commend; reward
ほら cave; penetrate
ほり ditch; moat
ほ(る) dig
ほ(る) carve; sculpt; chisel; inscribe; engrave
ほろ(びる・ぼす) destroy; annihilate; ruin; collapse; perish; die out


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