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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
く(い・いる・やみ・やむ) regret; repent; vexation; mourn; mortifying; condolences
く(う・らう・らわす) eat; feed; drink; consume; make a living; (insect) bite; absorb a blow; be scolded; be defeated; lose (territory/market share etc.); strike a blow; defeat
くき stalk; stem
くさ rough; low-grade; (rough style of) handwriting; draft
くさ(い) (foul) smell; reek; stench
くさ(らす・る・れる) spoil; rot; decompose; decay; go bad; corrode; corrupt
くさり chain; shut; close
くし pierce; skewer; spit (n.)
くじ(く・ける) crush; break; frustrate (a plan); dampen (spirits); sprain
くじら whale
くず arrowroot; kudzu
くず(す・れる) collapse; crumble; fall apart; break; destruction; demolition; decline; worsen; rout
くすり medicine; drug
くせ peculiarity; (bad) habit; tendency; curl/kink (in the hair)
くだ pipe; tube; flute; control
くだ(く・ける) break down; crush; pulverize;smash; rack one's brains; wane
くだ(さる・す・る) under; low; lower; below; down; subordinate; descend; come/go down; fall; drop; hang (down/from); hand down; younger; have diarrhea; abort (a fetus); step/move back; withdraw; leave the capital; retire; surrender; carry; remove; clear a table; grate; give; do someone the favor of; obtain; latter half
くち mouth; hole; entrance
くちびる lips
く(ちる) bend with rot/decay
くつ footwear; shoe
くつがえ(す・る) spread over; turn over; overturn; turn back; capsize; overthrow; overrule; disprove
くに province; district; native land; land; country; state; nation
くば(る) distribute; wife; align; combine; allot; assign; pervade
くび neck; top; first; leader; counter for poems/songs
くま bear
くみ braid; put together; assemble; construct; cooperate; set; suit; assortment; group of people; class; crew; party; company
く(む) pour out (alcohol); serve (alcohol); drink; take into consideration
く(む) braid; put together; assemble; construct; cooperate; set; suit; assortment; group of people; class; crew; party; company
くも cloud
くも(り・る) cloud over; fog up; dim; frosted (glass); gloom
くや(しい) regret; repent; vexation; mourn; mortifying; condolences
くら storehouse
くら storehouse; put in/away; hide; possess
くらい place; rank; the crown/throne
くら(い) dark; dim; secretly; hidden; gloomy; ignorant
くら(い) dark; dim; secret(ly); clandestine(ly); hidden
く(らし・らす・れ・れる) become dark; nightfall; sunset; end; spend time; earn a living; livelihood
くら(べる) compare; line up; objects of a similar kind; rate
く(る) come; since; until now; future; next/the coming (week etc.); cause; bring about
く(る) reel; wind; spin; turn; leaf through; open (shutters)
くる(う) wild; mad; crazy; manic; enthusiastic; function improperly
くる(しい・しみ・しむ・しめる) bitter; stubborn; pain; agony; suffering; hardship; trying (experience); exert oneself; worry; distress; pressure; torment; torture; be at a loss; embarrassment
くるま vehicle; wheel; wheel-shaped object; automobile
くれない deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
くろ black; dark
くろ(い) black; dark
くわ mulberry
くわ(える・わる) add; append; increase; join; inflict
くわ(しい) detailed; familiarity
くわだ(てる) plan; plot; scheme; attempt


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