Search Kanji for 17 strokes count

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闇

get dark

Meaning: get dark; gloom; disorder
Kun-yomi: やみ/くら.い
On-yomi: アン/オン
磯

seashore

Meaning: seashore; beach
Kun-yomi: いそ
On-yomi: キ
嬰

sharp (music)

Meaning: sharp (music); baby
Kun-yomi: ふ.れる/みどりご/あかご
On-yomi: エイ
臆

timidity

Meaning: timidity; heart; mind; fear; cowardly
Kun-yomi: むね/おくする
On-yomi: オク/ヨク
霞

be hazy

Meaning: be hazy; grow dim; blurred
Kun-yomi: かすみ/かす.む
On-yomi: カ/ゲ
嚇

menacing

Meaning: menacing; dignity; majesty; threaten
Kun-yomi: おど.かす
On-yomi: カク
橿

oak

Meaning: oak
Kun-yomi: かし/もちのき
On-yomi: キョウ
轄

control

Meaning: control; wedge
Kun-yomi: くさび
On-yomi: カツ
竃

kitchen stove

Meaning: kitchen stove; furnace; oven; hearth
Kun-yomi: かまど/かま/へっつい
On-yomi: ソウ
環

ring

Meaning: ring; circle; link; wheel
Kun-yomi: わ
On-yomi: カン
癌

cancer

Meaning: cancer; cancerous evil
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ガン
徽

good

Meaning: good; beautiful; badge
Kun-yomi: しるし
On-yomi: キ
擬

mimic

Meaning: mimic; aim (a gun) at; nominate; imitate
Kun-yomi: まが.い/もど.き
On-yomi: ギ
犠

sacrifice

Meaning: sacrifice
Kun-yomi: いけにえ
On-yomi: ギ/キ
鞠

ball

Meaning: ball
Kun-yomi: まり
On-yomi: キク/キュウ
禦

defend

Meaning: defend; protect; resist; ward off
Kun-yomi: ふせ.ぐ
On-yomi: ギョ/ゴ
矯

rectify

Meaning: rectify; straighten; correct; reform; cure; control; pretend; falsify
Kun-yomi: た.める
On-yomi: キョウ
謹

discreet

Meaning: discreet; reverently; humbly
Kun-yomi: つつし.む
On-yomi: キン
櫛

comb

Meaning: comb
Kun-yomi: くし/くしけず.る
On-yomi: シツ
鍬

hoe with long blade at acute angle

Meaning: hoe with long blade at acute angle
Kun-yomi: くわ/すき
On-yomi: ショウ/シュウ
謙

self-effacing

Meaning: self-effacing; humble oneself; condescend; be modest
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケン
鍵

key

Meaning: key
Kun-yomi: かぎ
On-yomi: ケン
厳

stern

Meaning: stern; strictness; severity; rigidity
Kun-yomi: おごそ.か/きび.しい/いか.めしい/いつくし
On-yomi: ゲン/ゴン
檎

apple

Meaning: apple
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キン/ゴン/ゴ
糠

rice bran

Meaning: rice bran
Kun-yomi: ぬか
On-yomi: コウ
講

lecture

Meaning: lecture; club; association
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ
購

subscription

Meaning: subscription; buy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ
鴻

large bird

Meaning: large bird; wild goose; large; great; powerful; prosperous
Kun-yomi: おおとり/ひしくい/おおがり
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ
壕

trench

Meaning: trench; dugout; air raid shelter
Kun-yomi: ほり
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ
濠

moat

Meaning: moat; ditch; canal; Australia
Kun-yomi: ほり
On-yomi: ゴウ/コウ
懇

sociable

Meaning: sociable; kind; courteous; hospitable; cordial
Kun-yomi: ねんご.ろ
On-yomi: コン
鮭

salmon

Meaning: salmon
Kun-yomi: さけ/しゃけ/ふぐ
On-yomi: カイ/ケイ
擦

grate

Meaning: grate; rub; scratch; scrape; chafe; scour
Kun-yomi: す.る/す.れる/-ず.れ/こす.る/こす.れる
On-yomi: サツ
鮫

shark

Meaning: shark
Kun-yomi: さめ/みずち
On-yomi: コウ
燦

brilliant

Meaning: brilliant
Kun-yomi: さん.たる/あき.らか/きらめ.く/きら.めく
On-yomi: サン
篠

bamboo grass

Meaning: bamboo grass
Kun-yomi: しの/ささ/すず
On-yomi: ゾウ/ショウ
謝

apologize

Meaning: apologize; thank; refuse
Kun-yomi: あやま.る
On-yomi: シャ
爵

baron

Meaning: baron; peerage; court rank
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シャク
繍

sew

Meaning: sew; figured cloth
Kun-yomi: ぬいとり
On-yomi: シュウ
醜

ugly

Meaning: ugly; unclean; shame; bad looking
Kun-yomi: みにく.い/しこ
On-yomi: シュウ
縮

shrink

Meaning: shrink; contract; shrivel; wrinkle; reduce
Kun-yomi: ちぢ.む/ちぢ.まる/ちぢ.める/ちぢ.れる/ちぢ.らす
On-yomi: シュク
駿

a good horse

Meaning: a good horse; speed; a fast person
Kun-yomi: すぐ.れる
On-yomi: シュン/スン
曙

dawn

Meaning: dawn; daybreak
Kun-yomi: あけぼの
On-yomi: ショ
薯

potato

Meaning: potato
Kun-yomi: いも
On-yomi: ショ
償

reparation

Meaning: reparation; make up for; recompense; redeem
Kun-yomi: つぐな.う
On-yomi: ショウ
礁

reef

Meaning: reef; sunken rock
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ショウ
醤

a kind of miso

Meaning: a kind of miso
Kun-yomi: ひしお
On-yomi: ショウ
鍾

spindle

Meaning: spindle; gather; collect
Kun-yomi: あつ.める/さかずき/かね
On-yomi: ショウ/シュ
燭

light

Meaning: light; candlepower
Kun-yomi: ともしび
On-yomi: ソク/ショク
趨

run

Meaning: run; go; quick; tend towards
Kun-yomi: しゅ/おもむ.く/はし.る
On-yomi: スウ/ソク
績

exploits

Meaning: exploits; unreeling cocoons
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セキ
繊

slender

Meaning: slender; fine; thin kimono
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン
鮮

fresh

Meaning: fresh; vivid; clear; brilliant; Korea
Kun-yomi: あざ.やか
On-yomi: セン
燥

parch

Meaning: parch; dry up
Kun-yomi: はしゃ.ぐ
On-yomi: ソウ
糟

dregs

Meaning: dregs; sediment; grounds
Kun-yomi: ぬか
On-yomi: コウ/ソウ
霜

frost

Meaning: frost
Kun-yomi: しも
On-yomi: ソウ
濯

laundry

Meaning: laundry; wash; pour on; rinse
Kun-yomi: すす.ぐ/ゆす.ぐ
On-yomi: タク
鍛

forge

Meaning: forge; discipline; train
Kun-yomi: きた.える
On-yomi: タン
檀

cedar

Meaning: cedar; sandlewood; spindle tree
Kun-yomi: まゆみ
On-yomi: ダン/タン
聴

listen

Meaning: listen; headstrong; naughty; careful inquiry
Kun-yomi: き.く/ゆる.す
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ
鎚

hammer

Meaning: hammer; mallet
Kun-yomi: つち
On-yomi: ツイ/タイ
鍔

sword guard

Meaning: sword guard; kettle brim
Kun-yomi: つば
On-yomi: ガク
嬬

mistress

Meaning: mistress; weak
Kun-yomi: よわ.い
On-yomi: ジュ
擢

excel in

Meaning: excel in; surpass; pull out; select
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く/ぬき.んでる
On-yomi: テキ/タク
鍍

plating

Meaning: plating; gilding
Kun-yomi: めっき
On-yomi: ト
謄

mimeograph

Meaning: mimeograph; copy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ
瞳

pupil

Meaning: pupil
Kun-yomi: ひとみ
On-yomi: ドウ/トウ
瀞

pure water

Meaning: pure water; clear water; pool in a river
Kun-yomi: とろ/きよ.い
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ/ジュウ
鍋

pot

Meaning: pot; pan; kettle
Kun-yomi: なべ
On-yomi: カ
濡

get wet

Meaning: get wet; damp; make love
Kun-yomi: ぬれ.る/ぬら.す/ぬ.れる/ぬ.らす/うるお.い/うるお.う/うるお.す
On-yomi: ジュ/ニュ
膿

pus

Meaning: pus; fester; discharge
Kun-yomi: う.む/うみ
On-yomi: ノウ/ドウ
髭

beard

Meaning: beard; mustache
Kun-yomi: ひげ/くちひげ
On-yomi: シ
瓢

gourd

Meaning: gourd
Kun-yomi: ひさご/ふくべ
On-yomi: ヒョウ
頻

repeatedly

Meaning: repeatedly; recur
Kun-yomi: しき.りに
On-yomi: ヒン
糞

shit

Meaning: shit; feces; excrement
Kun-yomi: くそ
On-yomi: フン
瞥

glance at

Meaning: glance at
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ベツ/ヘツ
鮪

tuna

Meaning: tuna
Kun-yomi: まぐろ/しび
On-yomi: キ/ユウ/イ
儲

be profitable

Meaning: be profitable; yield profit
Kun-yomi: もう.ける/もう.かる/もうけ/たくわ.える
On-yomi: チョ
優

tenderness

Meaning: tenderness; excel; surpass; actor; superiority; gentleness
Kun-yomi: やさ.しい/すぐ.れる/まさ.る
On-yomi: ユウ/ウ
輿

palanquin

Meaning: palanquin; bier
Kun-yomi: かご/こし
On-yomi: ヨ
翼

wing

Meaning: wing; plane; flank
Kun-yomi: つばさ
On-yomi: ヨク

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