Search Kanji for Skip code 1-3-6

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

beautiful

Meaning: beautiful
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい
On-yomi: ア/アイ/ワ

give pleasure

Meaning: give pleasure; be pleased; happy
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: カン

good-looking

Meaning: good-looking; quiet
Kun-yomi: あい
On-yomi: オウ/アイ

rhythm

Meaning: rhythm; law; regulation; gauge; control
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: リツ/リチ/レツ

strike

Meaning: strike; hit; fight
Kun-yomi: う.つ
On-yomi: カク

be imminent

Meaning: be imminent; draw close
Kun-yomi: せま.る
On-yomi: サツ

be imminent

Meaning: be imminent
Kun-yomi: はたら.く
On-yomi: カツ/ケツ/キツ

arch

Meaning: arch; fold arms
Kun-yomi: こまぬ.く/こまね.く
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

Japanese horse chestnut

Meaning: Japanese horse chestnut
Kun-yomi: とち
On-yomi:

hang

Meaning: hang
Kun-yomi: か.ける
On-yomi: ケイ/カイ/ケ

help

Meaning: help
Kun-yomi: すく.う
On-yomi: ショウ/ジョウ

make

Meaning: make; prepare; arrange
Kun-yomi: こしら.える
On-yomi: ソン

repent

Meaning: repent; regret
Kun-yomi: く.いる/く.やむ/くや.しい
On-yomi: カイ

wide

Meaning: wide; large; enlarge
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い
On-yomi: カイ/ケ

arc

Meaning: arc; arch; bow
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

sea

Meaning: sea; ocean
Kun-yomi: うみ
On-yomi: カイ

fox

Meaning: fox
Kun-yomi: きつね
On-yomi:

border

Meaning: border; boundary; staircase; hundred quintillion
Kun-yomi: はて
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ

hold

Meaning: hold; consider; investigate
Kun-yomi: おさ.える/しら.べる
On-yomi: アン

limit

Meaning: limit; boundary
Kun-yomi: きし/さか.い
On-yomi: ギン/ゴン

cliff

Meaning: cliff; used in proper names; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: がけ/いげ/いけ
On-yomi:

anthill

Meaning: anthill; hill
Kun-yomi: ありづか
On-yomi: テツ

used in proper names

Meaning: used in proper names
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

mountain pass

Meaning: mountain pass; ancient kuni; low ground; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: たわ/とうげ/たお/あくつ
On-yomi:

den

Meaning: den; cave; excavation
Kun-yomi: ほら
On-yomi: ドウ

cough

Meaning: cough; clear throat
Kun-yomi: せ.く/しわぶ.く/せき/しわぶき
On-yomi: カイ/ガイ

mountain peak

Meaning: mountain peak; mountain pass; climax; crest; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: とうげ
On-yomi:

behind

Meaning: behind; back; later
Kun-yomi: のち/うし.ろ/うしろ/あと/おく.れる
On-yomi: ゴ/コウ

shallow

Meaning: shallow; superficial; frivolous; wretched; shameful
Kun-yomi: あさ.い
On-yomi: セン

wash

Meaning: wash; inquire into; probe
Kun-yomi: あら.う
On-yomi: セン

hedge

Meaning: hedge; fence; wall
Kun-yomi: かき
On-yomi: エン

single

Meaning: single; alone; spontaneously; Germany
Kun-yomi: ひと.り
On-yomi: ドク/トク

stop

Meaning: stop; cease; notches where drawstring is attached to the bow
Kun-yomi: や.める/や.む/ゆはず
On-yomi: ビ/ミ

beautiful girl

Meaning: beautiful girl
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい
On-yomi: ス/シュ

gorge

Meaning: gorge; ravine
Kun-yomi: はざま
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

finger

Meaning: finger; point to; indicate; put into; play (chess); measure (ruler)
Kun-yomi: ゆび/さ.す/-さ.し
On-yomi:

concubine

Meaning: concubine
Kun-yomi: つつし.む
On-yomi: キツ/キチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ガイ

river in Hubei province

Meaning: river in Hubei province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コ/ク

beautiful

Meaning: beautiful; handsome; pretty
Kun-yomi: みめよ.い/うつく.しい/いさぎよ.い
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ

mate

Meaning: mate; copulate; good
Kun-yomi: あ.う/みめよ.い/みにく.い
On-yomi: コウ/ク

lady

Meaning: lady
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/ジョウ

pinch

Meaning: pinch; between
Kun-yomi: はさ.む/はさ.まる/わきばさ.む/さしはさ.む
On-yomi: キョウ/ショウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みめよ.い
On-yomi: コウ

beautiful

Meaning: beautiful; handsome; elegant
Kun-yomi: おご.る/みめよ.い/うつく.しい
On-yomi: カ/ケ/コ/ク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あざな
On-yomi: アン/エン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たぐ.う/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: ユウ/ウ

cramped

Meaning: cramped; narrow; contract; tight
Kun-yomi: せま.い/せば.める/せば.まる/さ
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

name of a concubine of Di Ku

Meaning: name of a concubine of Di Ku; father of the mythical Yao
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シュウ/シュ

east-west path between paddies

Meaning: east-west path between paddies; road
Kun-yomi: まち/みち
On-yomi: ハク

back-water

Meaning: back-water; eddy; whirlpool; flowing water
Kun-yomi: さかの.ぼる
On-yomi: カイ

melon

Meaning: melon; wrap
Kun-yomi: ずい
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しず.む
On-yomi: イン/エツ/エチ

dirt

Meaning: dirt; grime; earwax
Kun-yomi: あか/はじ
On-yomi: コウ/ク

wandering

Meaning: wandering
Kun-yomi: さまよ.う
On-yomi: カイ/クワイ/エ

narrowness

Meaning: narrowness; meanness; humbleness
Kun-yomi: いや.しい/せま.い
On-yomi: ロウ

flowing water

Meaning: flowing water
Kun-yomi: いた.る
On-yomi: セン/ソン

disobey

Meaning: disobey; dispute; very; go against; be contrary to
Kun-yomi: もと.る
On-yomi: コン/コウ/ギン

until

Meaning: until; till; soup; to soak
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ
On-yomi:

tears

Meaning: tears; tearful
Kun-yomi: ぬるまゆ
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

herald

Meaning: herald; announce; follow; obey; seek; lay down one's life
Kun-yomi: あまねし/したが.う/とな.える
On-yomi: ジュン/シュン

whirlpool

Meaning: whirlpool; undercurrent
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: フク

choked

Meaning: choked; smothered; stuffy
Kun-yomi: むせ.ぶ/むせ.る/のど/の.む
On-yomi: イン/エン/エツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そぼふ.る/ひた.す
On-yomi: サク/シャク/セキ/シ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/グ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ミャク/ハク/ヒャク

matrimony

Meaning: matrimony; marry
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: イン

name of a river in Honan

Meaning: name of a river in Honan
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

river in Hebei province

Meaning: river in Hebei province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ

name of a river in Shandong

Meaning: name of a river in Shandong; marsh; float
Kun-yomi: さわ/ただよ.う/きよ.い
On-yomi: ケン/ケイ/キョウ

cleanse

Meaning: cleanse; river in Gansu province
Kun-yomi: あら.う
On-yomi: トウ/ヨウ

lake in Yunnan

Meaning: lake in Yunnan
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

river in Henan province

Meaning: river in Henan province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エン/オン/カン

just as

Meaning: just as; as though; fortunately
Kun-yomi: あたか.も
On-yomi: コウ/カッ/チョウ/キョウ

hollow

Meaning: hollow; pit; depression; swamp
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: アイ/エ/ワイ/ワ

fasten

Meaning: fasten; tie up; arrest; constrict
Kun-yomi: くく.る
On-yomi: カツ

challenge

Meaning: challenge; contend for; make love to
Kun-yomi: いど.む
On-yomi: チョウ
洿

stagnant water

Meaning: stagnant water; impure; filthy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: オ/ウ/コ

lively

Meaning: lively; resuscitation; being helped; living
Kun-yomi: い.きる/い.かす/い.ける
On-yomi: カツ

suspicious

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

hold

Meaning: hold; have
Kun-yomi: も.つ/-も.ち/も.てる
On-yomi:

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