Kanji Phonetic Components

This page has been created to link kanji identified by their phonetic components to the kanji entries in the KANJIDIC dictionary as implemented in the WWWJDIC dictionary server.
The kanji phonetic components used are those described in the book The Kanji Code by Natalie Hamilton, and in particular are based in her list of components. The numbers and names of the components in the table below are all from Natalie's list. The first group of 130 have components with the same ON reading as the kanji and the second group of 20 have ON readings which rhyme that those of the kanji.

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STANDARD PHONETICS

エイ


 

 

 

 


 


カク

カン

 

 
𠦝
 


 

 

 

キュウ

 

キョ

キョウ

 

 

 


グウ

クツ

ケイ

 

 

 

ケン

 

 

 

 



コウ

 

 

 

 

 

コン


 

サイ

ザイ

 

サク

サツ

サン


 

 

 

ショク


シャク

シュ

ジュウ

ジュン

ショウ

 

 

シン

 

 

 

セイ

 

 

 

セン

 

ゼン


ソウ

 

 

 

ソク

ダイ

タン

 


チク

チュウ

 

チョウ

 

ツウ

テイ

 

 

 

テキ

ドウ

 

ニン

 

ハク

ハン

 


 

 


フク

 

フン

ヘキ

ヘン



ホウ

 

ボウ



ミツ

メイ

 

メン

レイ

ロウ


ヨウ
RHYMING PHONETICS

~OU

HOU/BOU

~AI/EI

~AN

~IN

~EN

 

 

~IN/ON

~AN/EN

~N

~AKU

 

 

~UTSU

~OKU

 

 

~ATSU/ETSU

~ITSU/ETSU

[Clicking on a kanji in the table below will take you to its entry in WWWJDIC. * indicates a kanji that is not included in the 常用漢字/人名用漢字 sets.]
Component Reading Name Type Kanji
1 エイ (EI) eternal kanji
eternal

to swim

to compose
咏*
recitation
poem
2 カ (KA) possible kanji
can
possible
approval

river

song
chant
3 カ (KA) add kanji
add

rack
stand

congratulate

excellent
auspicious

palanquin
litter
枷*
shackles

hairpin
     痂*
scab

camlet
笳*
reed flute

eggplant

nursing
4 カ (KA) change kanji
change
convert

flower
5 カ (KA) fruit kanji
fruit
result

lesson
classwork

confectionary
6 カ (KA) open mouth component
pass through

swirl
whirlpool

misfortune
disaster
7 ガ (GA) tusk radical
tusk
tooth

elegant

bud
sprout
8 ガ (GA) myself
obstinate
kanji
oneself
ego
stubborn

moth

hunger
9 ギ (GI) morality kanji
right conduct
obligation

ceremony
rites

sacrifice
10 カク (KAKU) each kanji
each
every

status
norm

tall building
(government) cabinet
11 カン (KAN) dry kanji
dry

sweat

liver
courage

publish
12 カン (KAN) bureaucrat kanji
government
authorities

large building

pipe
control
13 カン (KAN) gate radical
space between
interval

leisure

connected with
barrier
gate

simple
14 𠦝 カン (KAN) 10:00 AM creative component
dry

trunk

Korea
15 キ (KI) desk radical
desk

hunger
starve
16 キ (KI) oneself radical
account
chronical

get up
occur
17 キ (KI) step ladder creative component
chess

period of time

banner
Flag

foundation
basis
18 キ (KI) strange kanji
strange
unusual

ride horseback

draw near

promontory
cape

promontory
cape
碕*
promontory
cape
19 キュウ (KYUU) reach kanji
extend
reach

breathe in
inhale

level
class
20 キュウ (KYUU) want kanji
want
request

sphere
counter for balls

rescue
aid
21 キョ (KYO) enormous kanji
enormous

to refuse

distance
22 キョウ (KYOU) big brother kanji
older brother

conditions
situation

compete
23 キョウ (KYOU) nosy neighbour creative component
border

mirror
lens
24 キョウ (KYOU) share kanji
share
together with

offer
25 キョウ (KYOU) pinch component
pinch
hold between

narrow
26 ク (KU) ward kanji
ward
district

drive
27 グウ (GUU) fasten together creative component
by chance
even number

encounter

corner
28 クツ (KUTSU) bend kanji
bend

dig

cavern
grotto
29 ケイ (KEI) thread radical
system

duty
person in charge
30 ケイ (KEI) jade kanji
square jewel
jade

Japanese Judas tree
31 ケイ (KEI) straight component
diameter

pass through

stem
32 ケイ (KEI) respect kanji
respect
reverence

guard
alert
33 ケン (KEN) ticket component
ticket

fist
boxing

sphere
34 ケン (KEN) dog radical
dog

present
display
35 ケン (KEN) everyone
all
component
check
examine

danger

test
examine
36 ケン (KEN) prefecture kanji
prefecture
district

hang
suspend
37 ケン (KEN) solid kanji
firm

wisdom
clever
38 コ (KO) old kanji
ancient
old

wither
die

reason

solidify
strength

individual
counter for articles

confine
tie
39 ゴ (GO) five kanji
five

realise

language
expression
40 コウ (KOU) katakana E
work
radical
labour

crimson
41 コウ (KOU) old age radical
filial piety
obedience

think
42 コウ (KOU) mix kanji
interchange
mix

school
43 コウ (KOU) flood kanji
flood
deluge

port
harbour
44 コウ (KOU) combine component
frame
building
structure

lecture
45 コウ (KOU) tall radical
tall
稿
manuscript
draft
46 コン (KON) boundary radical
hatred
dislike

root

cultivate

intimate

scar
trace
47 サ (SA) left kanji
left

assist
subordinate

difference
48 サ (SA) a few kanji
sand
gravel

sand
gravel
49 サイ (SAI) dice kanji
dice

colouring
50 ザイ (ZAI) talent kanji
material
wood

wealth
51 ザイ (ZAI) even radical
abstain
Buddhist vegetarian diet

settle (debt)
relieve (burden)

medicinal preparation
52 サク (SAKU) craft letter F creative component
make
produce

yesterday
the past

squeeze
53 サツ (SATSU) festival kanji
examine
investigate

wipe
scrub
54 サン (SAN) participate kanji
participate

sad
pitiful
55 シ (SHI) manage kanji
officiate
administrate

serve
attend

word
phrase

succession

raise animals
56 シ (SHI) scholar radical
man
scholar
samurai

official
serve government

intention

write down
magazine

support
branch

branches
limbs

human limbs
animal feed
     
57 シ (SHI) next kanji 姿
figure
appearance

selfish

property
capital

consult
confer
58 シ (SHI) spoon radical
death

finger

fat
59 ショク (SHOKU) direct kanji
plant
grow

breed
increase
60 ジ (JI) temple kanji
Buddhist temple

warrior
attendant

time
hour
61 シャク (SHAKU) long ago kanji
long ago

borrow
rent
62 シュ (SHU) bright red kanji
vermillion
bright red

special
63 ジュウ (JUU) ten kanji
ten

juice
64 ジュン (JUN) ten days kanji
10 day period

die for a cause
65 ショウ (SHOU) small radical
small

a few

ministry
department
66 ショウ (SHOU) similar kanji
resemble
be like

vanish
go out

saltpeter
nitrate
67 ショウ (SHOU) summon kanji (honorific)
summon
recruit

introduce

illumination
lighting
68 シン (SHIN) say kanji (honorific)
say

extend
stretch

spirit
god
69 シン (SHIN) zodiac dragon radical
lips

pregnant

shake
quake
tremor
70 シン (SHIN) rash creative component
diagnose
examine

measles
sickness
71 シン (SHIN) relative component
new

parent
kindness
72 セイ (SEI) life radical
life
birth
student

character
gender
73 セイ (SEI) correct kanji
correct
justice

government
political affairs
74 セイ (SEI) blue kanji
blue
green
unripe

clear
pure

spirit
energy

ask
request

quiet
peaceful
75 セイ (SEI) become kanji
become
complete

sincere
honest
true

abundant
flourishing
76 セン (SEN) fountain kanji
spring
fountain

line
77 セン (SEN) thinly sliced component
shallow
superficial

money
coins
78 ゼン (ZEN) kind kanji
good
charitable
kind

meals
board
79 ソ (SO) moreover kanji (Formal)
ancestor
forefather

crop tax
tariff

class
group
department

rough
course
rude
80 ソウ (SOU) mutual kanji
mutual
reciprocal

think
speculate
plan
81 ソウ (SOU) great grandma kanji
great-
(grandmother

Buddhist priest
monk

layer
class
82 ソウ (SOU) sergeant kanji
ministry official
sergeant

canal transportation

trough
tank
83 ソウ (SOU) Christmas tree
pine cone
creative component
control
manage

dry
84 ソク (SOKU) rule kanji
rule
regulation

side

measure
85 ダイ (DAI) little brother kanji
younger brother

no.
prefix for numbers
86 タン (TAN) dawn kanji
dawn
tomorrow

carry
bear

gallbladder
courage
87 タン (TAN) single kanji
single
lone

bamboo basket
88 チ (CHI) wisdom kanji
know
perceive

wisdom
intellect
reason
89 チク (CHIKU) bamboo radical
bamboo

build
90 チュウ (CHUU) centre kanji
middle
centre

go-between
mediator

insect

loyalty
devotion
91 チュウ (CHUU) main kanji
pour

stationed
stopover
92 チョウ (CHOU) long radical
long
leader

notebook

stretch
extend
93 チョウ (CHOU) omen kanji
sign
omen

challenge

look
gaze

leap
dance
94 ツウ (TSUU) pack elephant creative component
pass through
traffic

pain
sorrow
95 テイ (TEI) nail kanji
revise
correct

pavilion
restaurant

stop
halt
96 テイ (TEI) bolt of cloth radical
decide
fix

embankment
97 テイ (TEI) ancient tribe kanji
low

resist
oppose

official residence

bottom
underneath
98 テイ (TEI) court kanji
court

courtyard
garden
99 テキ (TEKI) stem component
drop of water

pluck
select

suitable

rival
enemy
100 ドウ (DOU) same kanji
same

cave
grotto

trunk
torso
101 ドウ (DOU) child kanji
child

stab

pupil of eye
102 ニン (NIN) crying baby creative component
obligation
duty

conceive
be pregnant
103 ニン (NIN) endure kanji
endure
bear

recognize
104 ハク (HAKU) white kanji
white

overnight stay

clap
beat
105 ハン (HAN) half kanji
half

companion
attendant
106 ハン (HAN) opposite kanji
opposite
reverse

slope
hillside

hill
farmland
slope

printing blocks
edition

sell
trade

cooked rice
meal
107 ヒ (HI) certainly
must
kanji
seep out
secrete

secret
mysterious
108 ヒ (HI) skin radical
skin
hide

open

he
that

subject of an activity

tired
109 ヒ (HI) non- radical
not
non-

red
crimson

sorrow
sadness

door panel
110 フ (FU) attach kanji
attach
adhere

adhere to
attach

symbol
charm

prefecture
government
111 フク (FUKU) full box creative component
width

good fortune

assistant
deputy
匐*
crawl
逼*
urge
force
112 フク (FUKU) lathe
repeat
component
return
repeat

stomach

duplicate
multiple

cover
capsize
蝮*
viper
adder
輹*
axle-connection
愎*
disobey
     馥*
perfume
鰒*
abalone
puffer-fish
113 フン (FUN) minute kanji
part
minute

powder

disordered
scattered
114 ヘキ (HEKI) heckler
punish
kanji
wall

craving
weakness
115 ヘン (HEN) knitting creative component
inclined
leaning

everywhere
all over

knit
weave
褊*
narrow
small

volume
chapter
翩*
flag-fluttering
蝙*
bat
     騙*
deceive
116 ホ (HO) piercing sword
needle
creative component
arrest
seize

supplement
compensate
117 ボ (BO) sundown creative component
summon
recruit

grave
tomb

sunset

long for
admire

model
pattern
118 ホウ (HOU) wrapping kanji
wrap
package

bubble

embrace
hold in arms

womb
placenta

gun
cannon

eat heartily
119 ホウ (HOU) sewing needle
bee sting
creative component
sew
mend

bee
wasp
120 ボウ (BOU) dead kanji
deceased
dying

busy

forget
neglect

hope
expect
121 マ (MA) hemp radical
hemp

rub
scour
friction

grind
polish

demon
magic power
122 ミ (MI) not yet kanji
not yet

taste
flavour

charm
bewitch
123 ミツ (MITSU) hidden treasure creative component
secret

honey
124 メイ (MEI) name kanji
name

inscribe
engrave
125 メイ (MEI) bright kanji
bright

alliance
126 メン (MEN) surface kanji
face
surface

noodle
dough
127 レイ (REI) order kanji
order

cold

bell

age
years

zero
nothing
128 ロウ (ROU) good kanji
wave
reckless

clear
bright
distinct

young man
son

corridor
129 ヨ (YO) look ahead kanji
prior
forecast

prepare
arrange
130 ヨウ (YOU) sheep radical
sheep

ocean
foreign
Western

raise
rear
R1 ~OU movement radical
escort
send
(ソウ/SOU)

road
way
(ドウ/DOU)

guide
lead
(ドウ/DOU)
R2 HOU/BOU way radical
direction
person
(ホウ/HOU)

visit
(ホウ/HOU)

release
liberate
(ホウ/HOU)

fragrant
(ホウ/HOU)

tassel
house
(ボウ/BOU)

prevent
defend
(ボウ/BOU)

fat
lard
(ボウ/BOU)
     
R3 ~AI/EI rice radical
rice
America
(ベイ/マイ)
(BEI/MAI)

be confused
lead astray
(メイ/マイ)
(MEI/MAI)
R4 ~AN single kanji
single
lone
(タン/TAN)

pellet
bullet
(ダン/DAN)
R5 ~IN goods kanji
goods
(ヒン/HIN)

face
meet
(リン/RIN)
R6 ~EN fortune-telling kanji
divining (rod)
Fortune-telling
(セン/SEN)

shop
(テン/TEN)

dot
mark (i.e. schoolwork grade)
(テン/TEN)

sticky
(ネン/NEN)
R7 ~EN evade kanji
evade
(メン/MEN)

make effort
(ベン/BEN)
R8 ~EN also kanji
change
(ヘン/HEN)

love
(レン/REN)
R9 ~IN/ON cause kanji
cause
(イン/IN)

throat
(イン/IN)

kindness
mercy
charity
(オン/ON)
R10 ~AN/EN origin kanji
complete
(カン/KAN)

cap
crown
(カン/KAN)

play with
enjoy
(ガン/GAN)

obstinate
stubborn
(ガン/GAN)

origin
(ゲン/GEN)
R11 ~N number kanji
a turn
take turns
(バン/BAN)

investigate
(シン/SHIN)

turn over
waver
(ホン/HON)
R12 ~AKU each kanji
each
(カク/KAKU)

status
(カク/KAKU)

fall
(ラク/RAKU)

entwine
(ラク/RAKU)
R13 ~AKU sundown creative component
desert
obscure
(バク/BAKU)

membrane
(マク/MAKU)

curtain
(マク/MAKU)
R14 ~AKU fun kanji
enjoyable
music
(ラク/RAKU)

drugs
medicine
(ヤク/YAKU)
R15 ~UTSU exit kanji
exit
(シュツ/SHUTSU)

dig
(クツ/KUTSU)
R16 ~OKU valley radical
valley
(コ/KOKU)

vulgar
social customs
unrefined
(ゾク/ZOKU)

desire
(ヨク/YOKU)

bathe
(ヨク/YOKU)
R17 ~OKU direct kanji
plant
grow
(ショク/SHOKU)

breed
increase
(ショク/SHOKU)

straight
vertical
(チョク/CHOKU)
R18 ~OKU chisel
tea harvest (catch)
creative component
record
(ロク/ROKU)

green
(リョク/RYOKU)
R19 ~ATSU/ETSU sword radical
print
brush
(サツ/SATSU)

temple
monastery
(サツ/SATSU)

penalty
punish
(バツ/BATSU)

cut
carve
(セツ/SETSU)
R20 ~ITSU/ETSU axe radical
material
substance
(シツ/SHITSU)

snap
bend
(セツ/SETSU)

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