Search Kanji for Skip code 1-3-5

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

open one's mouth

Meaning: open one's mouth; bare one's teeth; empty
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ガ/カ

to split apart

Meaning: to split apart; to break up; to open
Kun-yomi: さく/ひらく
On-yomi: タク/セキ

twirl

Meaning: twirl; twist; twiddle; wring
Kun-yomi: ひね.る
On-yomi: ネン/セン/デン

Africa

Meaning: Africa; flatter; fawn upon; corner; nook; recess
Kun-yomi: おもね.る/くま
On-yomi: ア/オ

stir and mix

Meaning: stir and mix
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ハン

slap

Meaning: slap; strike
Kun-yomi: は.る/うつ/な.でる
On-yomi:

clear out

Meaning: clear out; sweep away
Kun-yomi: はら.う
On-yomi: ヒツ/フツ/ホツ

thumb

Meaning: thumb
Kun-yomi: おやゆび
On-yomi:

bowstring

Meaning: bowstring; chord; hypotenuse
Kun-yomi: つる
On-yomi: ゲン

hurl

Meaning: hurl
Kun-yomi: なげう.つ
On-yomi: ホウ

Latin

Meaning: Latin; kidnap; crush
Kun-yomi: らっ.する/ひし.ぐ/くだ.く
On-yomi: ラツ/ラ/ロウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: は.れる
On-yomi: セイ/ソウ/ショウ

level

Meaning: level; wide
Kun-yomi: たいら
On-yomi: タン

shouldering

Meaning: shouldering; carry; raise; bear
Kun-yomi: かつ.ぐ/にな.う
On-yomi: タン

Japanese book cover

Meaning: Japanese book cover
Kun-yomi: ふまき
On-yomi: チツ

he

Meaning: he; that; the
Kun-yomi: かれ/かの/か.の
On-yomi:

suspicious

Meaning: suspicious; mystery; apparition
Kun-yomi: あや.しい/あや.しむ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ

expose

Meaning: expose; open
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

call

Meaning: call; call out to; invite
Kun-yomi: よ.ぶ
On-yomi:

ooze

Meaning: ooze; flow; soak in; penetrate; secrete
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヒツ/ヒ

mother-in-law

Meaning: mother-in-law
Kun-yomi: しゅうとめ/しゅうと/おば/しばらく
On-yomi:

elder sister

Meaning: elder sister; maidservant
Kun-yomi: あね/ねえさん
On-yomi: ソ/シャ

kidnap

Meaning: kidnap; falsify
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ

cry

Meaning: cry; weep; moan
Kun-yomi: な.く
On-yomi: キュウ

bungling

Meaning: bungling; clumsy; unskillful
Kun-yomi: つたな.い
On-yomi: セツ

jar

Meaning: jar; pot
Kun-yomi: つぼ
On-yomi: カン

dike

Meaning: dike; dam; slope; bank
Kun-yomi: つつ.み
On-yomi: ハ/ヒ

slope

Meaning: slope; hill
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

collapse

Meaning: collapse; break
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ホウ

foothold

Meaning: foothold; based on; follow; therefore
Kun-yomi: よ.る
On-yomi: キョ/コ

younger sister

Meaning: younger sister
Kun-yomi: いもうと
On-yomi: マイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みめよ.い/つま
On-yomi: ハツ/バチ

maid

Meaning: maid; servant girl; cute girl
Kun-yomi: はした.め/やわらかくまつは.る
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

wives of one's brothers

Meaning: wives of one's brothers; sister-in-law
Kun-yomi: あいよ.め/うご.く/さわ.ぐ/いた.む
On-yomi: チュウ/ジク/ロク/トク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しず.か
On-yomi: チャク

you (f)

Meaning: you (f)
Kun-yomi: はは/はぐく.む/あね
On-yomi: ダイ/ナイ/デイ/ジ/ネ/ニ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: めい/おい
On-yomi: テツ/チツ/ジチ/イツ/イチ

wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty

Meaning: wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty
Kun-yomi: あざな
On-yomi: バイ/バツ/マチ/マツ

commence

Meaning: commence; begin
Kun-yomi: はじ.める/-はじ.める/はじ.まる
On-yomi:

exceedingly feminine

Meaning: exceedingly feminine; lady attendant; maid
Kun-yomi: こしもと
On-yomi: ヒ/ヒツ/ビチ

beauty

Meaning: beauty
Kun-yomi: はは/たの.しむ/つま/うつく.しい
On-yomi:

to let drop

Meaning: to let drop
Kun-yomi: な.げる
On-yomi: タク

beckon

Meaning: beckon; invite; summon; engage
Kun-yomi: まね.く
On-yomi: ショウ

presentable woman

Meaning: presentable woman
Kun-yomi: あざな
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

float

Meaning: float
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ビン/ミン

foul and poisonous in confusion

Meaning: foul and poisonous in confusion; out of harmony
Kun-yomi: そこな.う
On-yomi: レイ/ライ/テン

wise woman

Meaning: wise woman; sage woman
Kun-yomi: あざな
On-yomi: レイ/リョウ

clear and deep (of water)

Meaning: clear and deep (of water); wide
Kun-yomi: さむ.い
On-yomi: ケイ/ギョウ

elder sister

Meaning: elder sister
Kun-yomi: あね/はは
On-yomi:

licentious

Meaning: licentious; libertine; dissipate
Kun-yomi: あふ.れる
On-yomi: イツ/イチ/テツ/デチ

rub

Meaning: rub; paint; erase
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: マツ

slander

Meaning: slander; ridicule; proceed slowly
Kun-yomi: みめよ.い/そし.る/みにく.い
On-yomi: サン/セン/ハン/サツ/サチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ホン

wife of elder brother

Meaning: wife of elder brother
Kun-yomi: あね
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュツ/コツ/コチ

splash

Meaning: splash; suds
Kun-yomi: あわ/しぶき/つばき
On-yomi: マツ/バツ

to write

Meaning: to write; to indite
Kun-yomi: ふみ
On-yomi: リョク

broaden

Meaning: broaden; extend; expand; enlarge
Kun-yomi: ひろ.がる/ひろ.げる/ひろ.める
On-yomi: カク/コウ

the vitreous glaze on china, porcelain, etc.

Meaning: the vitreous glaze on china, porcelain, etc.
Kun-yomi: くろ.い
On-yomi: ユウ/ユ

skirt

Meaning: skirt; long robe for women, having no sleeves and fasten down the front
Kun-yomi: ふくろ
On-yomi:

pluck

Meaning: pluck; pull; extract; excel
Kun-yomi: ひき-
On-yomi: チュウ

turban

Meaning: turban; kerchief; veil; wrap
Kun-yomi: つつ.む
On-yomi: バツ/メチ/ハ/ヘ/ハク/ミャク/ミュク

water from washing rice

Meaning: water from washing rice; to boil thick, as gruel; rinse & comb hair
Kun-yomi: ゆす.る
On-yomi: カン/ゴン

cowardice

Meaning: cowardice; wince; flinch; hesitate; waver
Kun-yomi: ひる.む/おびえ.る/おじる/おび.える/おそ.れる
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

still waters

Meaning: still waters; river in Jiangsu
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ボウ/ミョウ/リュウ/ラ

marsh

Meaning: marsh; lake; bog; swamp; pond
Kun-yomi: ぬま
On-yomi: ショウ

clear

Meaning: clear; bright and brilliant; sweat
Kun-yomi: きよ.い
On-yomi: セイ/サイ/シ

pour

Meaning: pour; irrigate; shed (tears); flow into; concentrate on; notes; comment; annotate
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ/さ.す/つ.ぐ
On-yomi: チュウ

river in Hebei province

Meaning: river in Hebei province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/タイ/シ

nice and cool

Meaning: nice and cool; mild and comfortable
Kun-yomi: さと.す
On-yomi: レイ/リョウ/レン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エツ/オチ/ケツ/カチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みなぎ.る
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

condition

Meaning: condition; situation
Kun-yomi: まし.て/いわ.んや/おもむき
On-yomi: キョウ

flavor

Meaning: flavor; taste
Kun-yomi: あじ/あじ.わう
On-yomi:

wise

Meaning: wise
Kun-yomi: あわ.れむ/さと.い
On-yomi: レイ/レン/リョウ

weep

Meaning: weep; cry; shine; glisten
Kun-yomi: なが.れる
On-yomi: ケン/ゲン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ほとばし.る
On-yomi: ケツ/ケチ

Zhou dynasty school

Meaning: Zhou dynasty school; disperse; fall apart
Kun-yomi: わかつ
On-yomi: ハン

lift

Meaning: lift; carry
Kun-yomi: もた.げる
On-yomi: タイ

kind of white wine

Meaning: kind of white wine
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セイ/サイ

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