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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
way; method; road; (important) post
しあわ(せ) good fortune; happiness
しい strike; mallet; hammer; vertebra; pasania; chinquapin
しいた(げる) brutality; oppression; persecution
し(いる) strong; strength; force; compel; coerce; intensify
しお salt; chloride
しお morning tide; tidal current; salt/sea water
しお(れる) droop; fade; decline; weaken; be exhausted
しか 鹿 deer
しがらみ fence; palisade; weir; obstacles; bondage
しか(る) scold; shout; reprove
し(く) spread; lay; cover; pave; set up; effectuate
しげ(る) thick growth; thrive
しず(か・まる・める) bring peace; calm; quiet; soothe; appease; quell; still; standstill; peaceful
しずく drip; drop; counter for drips/drops
しず(まる・める) weigh down; suppress; quell; appease; soothe; quiet down; calm (v.); bring peace
しず(む・める) sink; immerse; submerge; go down; set; be mired in
した tongue; speaking
した 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
した(う・わしい) yearning; admiration; adoration; dear to one; love; follow
したが(う・える・って) accompany; follow; submit to; obey; abide by; consequently; in accordance with; therefore; subdue; conquer
した(しい・しむ) parent; relative; intimate; group leader
したた(る) drip; drop; counter for drips/drops
しな goods; quality; counter for goods; (person's) character; grade; value
しな(びる) droop; fade; decline; weaken; be exhausted
し(ぬ) death; die; execute
しの(ばせる・び・ぶ) bear; endure; stealth; concealment; secret; hide; incognito; sneak into/about
しば turf; lawn; grass
しば(る) bind; tie; restrain
しぶ proceed haltingly; astringency; sober; be unwilling; be reluctant; austere; quiet; stingy
しぶ(い・る) proceed haltingly; astringency; sober; be unwilling; be reluctant; austere; quiet; stingy
しぼ(む) droop; fade; decline; weaken; be exhausted
しぼ(り・る) tight; wring; strangle; squeeze out (water); press; scold; grill (a person); drill (a person); (photographic) stop/diaphragm; tie-dyeing
しぼ(る) squeeze; wring; press; close tightly; grill (a person); drill (a person); limit
しま island
し(まる・める) tight; wring; strangle; squeeze out (water); press; scold; grill (a person); drill (a person); (photographic) stop/diaphragm; tie-dyeing
し(まる・める) bind; tie; tighten; close; shut; fasten; turn off; firm; solid; control strictly; straighten (oneself) out; economize; be thrifty
し(まる・める) bolt; bar; close; shut; conclude (an event)
し(み・みる) soak; color (v.); dye; stain; seep in; steep in; a spot/smudge
しめ(す) show; indicate; display; express; gods
しめ(す・り・る) 湿 wet; moisten; damp; rain
し(める) fortunetelling; fix upon; select; occupy; make up; account for; hold; command; state; tell
しも 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
しも frost
しら white
し(らせ・らせる・る) speak to the essence of a matter; know; understand; realize; discover/notice (the truth); distinguish (the truth); intelligence; inform; notify; report; news; omen; experience; feel; concern oneself; acquaintance
しら(べる) 調 investigate; examine; inspect; search; look into; study; look up (a word); arrange; settle; tone; condition; prepare; supply; purchase
しら(む) white
しり buttocks; bottom; rear; end
しりぞ(く・ける) 退 retreat; withdraw; keep at a distance; shrink (from); resign; decline; refuse; reject; refrain; drive off; drive out
しる juice; soup; gravy; sap
しるし seal; print; impress; mark; sign; symbol
しる(す) notation; record; memory; mark; marker; write down; mention
しろ castle; construct (a castle); town; city
しろ substitute; alternate; take the place (of); replace; exchange; generation; price; money; materials
しろ white
しろ(い) white


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