Search Kanji for ke

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feathered stick

Meaning: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6)
Kun-yomi: かぎ
On-yomi: ケツ

upside-down box radical (no. 13)

Meaning: upside-down box radical (no. 13)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キョウ/ケイ

hiding enclosure radical (no. 23)

Meaning: hiding enclosure radical (no. 23)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かたむ.ける
On-yomi: ショク/シキ/レツ/レチ

beg

Meaning: beg; invite; ask
Kun-yomi: こ.う
On-yomi: コツ/キツ/キ/キケ/コチ

pig's head radical variant (no. 58)

Meaning: pig's head radical variant (no. 58)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

length

Meaning: length; 10feet; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; that's all; merely
Kun-yomi: たけ/だけ
On-yomi: ジョウ

snout

Meaning: snout; pig's head radical (no. 58)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

larvae of the mosquito

Meaning: larvae of the mosquito
Kun-yomi: ひだりのうでがない/みじか.い
On-yomi: ケツ/カチ/キョウ/ク/クツ

mosquito wriggler

Meaning: mosquito wriggler
Kun-yomi: ひとり
On-yomi: ケツ

auxiliary word for euphony or emphasis

Meaning: auxiliary word for euphony or emphasis
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

public

Meaning: public; prince; official; governmental
Kun-yomi: おおやけ
On-yomi: コウ/ク

pull

Meaning: pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to
Kun-yomi: ひ.く/ひ.き/ひ.き-/-び.き/ひ.ける
On-yomi: イン

decide

Meaning: decide; determine; archery glove
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: カイ/ケツ/ケチ

fur

Meaning: fur; hair; feather; down
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: モウ

Buddha

Meaning: Buddha; the dead; France
Kun-yomi: ほとけ
On-yomi: ブツ/フツ

part

Meaning: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku; 100
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/わ.け/わ.かれる/わ.かる/わ.かつ
On-yomi: ブン/フン/ブ

spirit

Meaning: spirit; steam radical (no. 84)
Kun-yomi: いき
On-yomi: キ/ケ

change

Meaning: change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
Kun-yomi: ば.ける/ば.かす/ふ.ける/け.する
On-yomi: カ/ケ

lack

Meaning: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Kun-yomi: か.ける/か.く
On-yomi: ケツ/ケン

catch

Meaning: catch
Kun-yomi: も.つ/と.る
On-yomi: ケキ/キャク

dog

Meaning: dog
Kun-yomi: いぬ/いぬ-
On-yomi: ケン

to create

Meaning: to create; to make; to invent; to begin
Kun-yomi: つく.る/はじ.める/きず.つける
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

reject

Meaning: reject; retreat; recede; withdraw; repel; repulse
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: セキ

cut

Meaning: cut; whittle
Kun-yomi: き.る/けず.る
On-yomi: カン/セン

adhere

Meaning: adhere; attach; refer to; append
Kun-yomi: つ.ける/-つ.ける/-づ.ける/つ.け/つ.け-/-つ.け/-づ.け/-づけ/
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さ.く/はりつ.け/ひら.く
On-yomi: タク/チャク

grass

Meaning: grass
Kun-yomi: くさ
On-yomi: キ/ケ

melon

Meaning: melon
Kun-yomi: うり
On-yomi: カ/ケ

you

Meaning: you; your
Kun-yomi: しかり/わける/なんじ/ちかい
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

sob

Meaning: sob; choke; crooked heaven radical variant (no.71)
Kun-yomi: む/なし
On-yomi: キ/ケ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: カイ/ケツ/ケチ

to cut meat off away from bones

Meaning: to cut meat off away from bones; ancient torture
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/さ.く
On-yomi: カ/ケ

nickname

Meaning: nickname; number; item; title; pseudonym; name; call
Kun-yomi: さけ.ぶ/よびな
On-yomi: ゴウ

saguaro-like kanji

Meaning: saguaro-like kanji; horn-shaped locks of hair; young; tender
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン/ケン

elder brother

Meaning: elder brother; big brother
Kun-yomi: あに
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ

a type of millet

Meaning: a type of millet; a type of herb
Kun-yomi: もちあわ/おけら
On-yomi: ジュツ/シュツ/チュツ

valve

Meaning: valve; petal; braid; speech; dialect; discrimination; dispose of; distinguish
Kun-yomi: わきま.える/わ.ける/はなびら/あらそ.う
On-yomi: ベン/ヘン

hole

Meaning: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den
Kun-yomi: あな
On-yomi: ケツ

desert

Meaning: desert; border prairie; the 1st form is radical 13
Kun-yomi: まきがまえ/えながまえ/どうがまえ/けいがまえ
On-yomi: キョウ/ケイ

life

Meaning: life; genuine; birth
Kun-yomi: い.きる/い.かす/い.ける/う.まれる/うま.れる/う.まれ/うまれ/う.む/
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

to fly

Meaning: to fly
Kun-yomi: とぶ
On-yomi: ケン

dirt clod

Meaning: dirt clod; piece
Kun-yomi: かた.まり/つちくれ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ

trim

Meaning: trim
Kun-yomi: けず.る/た.つ/え.る/すりへ.る
On-yomi: ガン/グン

excited

Meaning: excited
Kun-yomi: おおやけ/おそ.れる
On-yomi: ショウ/シュ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たす.ける
On-yomi: キン/コン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケツ/カチ

filthy

Meaning: filthy; dirty; impure; polluted
Kun-yomi: けが.す/けが.れる/けが.らわしい/よご.す/よご.れる/きたな.い
On-yomi:

decide

Meaning: decide; determine; judge
Kun-yomi: き.める/き.まる/さ.く
On-yomi: ケチ/ケツ

pond

Meaning: pond; cistern; pool; reservoir
Kun-yomi: いけ
On-yomi:

bamboo

Meaning: bamboo
Kun-yomi: たけ
On-yomi: チク

scoop out

Meaning: scoop out; gouge
Kun-yomi: えぐ.る
On-yomi: ケツ

shout

Meaning: shout; exclaim; yell
Kun-yomi: さけ.ぶ
On-yomi: キョウ

yonder

Meaning: yonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach
Kun-yomi: む.く/む.い/-む.き/む.ける/-む.け/む.かう/む.かい/む.こう/む.
On-yomi: コウ

baby

Meaning: baby; infant
Kun-yomi: こども
On-yomi: ケン/ガチ

help

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

old man

Meaning: old man; old age; grow old
Kun-yomi: お.いる/ふ.ける
On-yomi: ロウ

cover

Meaning: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

punish

Meaning: punish; penalty; sentence; punishment
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケキ/キャク

square jewel

Meaning: square jewel; corner; angle; edge
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ/ケ

vermilion

Meaning: vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet; red; bloody
Kun-yomi: あけ
On-yomi: シュ

dirty

Meaning: dirty; pollute; disgrace; rape; defile
Kun-yomi: けが.す/けが.れる/けが.らわしい/よご.す/よご.れる/きたな.い
On-yomi:

sham

Meaning: sham; temporary; interim; assumed (name); informal
Kun-yomi: かり/かり-
On-yomi: カ/ケ

spirit

Meaning: spirit; mind; air; atmosphere; mood
Kun-yomi: いき
On-yomi: キ/ケ

blood

Meaning: blood
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケツ

affair

Meaning: affair; case; matter; item
Kun-yomi: くだん
On-yomi: ケン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/さ.く
On-yomi: カ/ケ

to divine

Meaning: to divine
Kun-yomi: うらな.う
On-yomi: ケイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ほ.こる/つつし.む
On-yomi: ケン/キョウ/キン/ゴン

instead

Meaning: instead; on the contrary; rather
Kun-yomi: かえ.って/しりぞ.く/しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: キャク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しず.か/さび.しい
On-yomi: キョク/ケキ/キ

help

Meaning: help; rescue; assist
Kun-yomi: たす.ける/たす.かる/す.ける/すけ
On-yomi: ジョ

light

Meaning: light; clear; bright
Kun-yomi: あきらか
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/ソウ

continue

Meaning: continue; carry on; hand down; to join
Kun-yomi: たす.ける
On-yomi: ショウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/あおむ.け/たの.しむ
On-yomi: ヨウ/オウ

mustard

Meaning: mustard; rape; dust; trash; rubbish
Kun-yomi: からし/ごみ/あくた
On-yomi: カイ/ケ

surname

Meaning: surname; state in today's Hebei
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ/ギョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/セイ/ジョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ねた.む/わずら.わしい/おお.う/き.る
On-yomi: カイ/ケイ

wife of mother's brother

Meaning: wife of mother's brother
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい/よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: セン/ケン/カン/キン/ゴン

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