Search Kanji for かた

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刀

sword

Meaning: sword; saber; knife
Kun-yomi: かたな/そり
On-yomi: トウ
夨

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

corpse

Meaning: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44)
Kun-yomi: かたしろ
On-yomi: シ
仇

foe

Meaning: foe; enemy; revenge; grudge; feud
Kun-yomi: あだ/あた/かたき/つれあい
On-yomi: キュウ/グ
互

mutually

Meaning: mutually; reciprocally; together
Kun-yomi: たが.い/かたみ.に
On-yomi: ゴ
仄

be seen dimly

Meaning: be seen dimly; suggest; intimate; faint; stupid; hint
Kun-yomi: ほの.か/ほの-/ほの.めかす/ほの.めく/かたむ.く
On-yomi: ソク
片

one-sided

Meaning: one-sided; leaf; sheet; right-side kata radical (no. 91)
Kun-yomi: かた-/かた
On-yomi: ヘン
方

direction

Meaning: direction; person; alternative
Kun-yomi: かた/-かた/-がた
On-yomi: ホウ
凷

dirt clod

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

group

Meaning: group; association
Kun-yomi: かたまり/まる.い
On-yomi: ダン/トン
劧

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: シ
皃

countenance

Meaning: countenance; appearance
Kun-yomi: かたち/かたどる
On-yomi: ボウ/バク
囦

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふち/かた.い/はなわ
On-yomi: エン/カク/コウ
牢

prison

Meaning: prison; jail; hardness
Kun-yomi: かた.い/ひとや
On-yomi: ロウ
形

shape

Meaning: shape; form; style
Kun-yomi: かた/-がた/かたち/なり
On-yomi: ケイ/ギョウ
体

body

Meaning: body; substance; object; reality; counter for images
Kun-yomi: からだ/かたち
On-yomi: タイ/テイ
固

harden

Meaning: harden; set; clot; curdle
Kun-yomi: かた.める/かた.まる/かた.まり/かた.い
On-yomi: コ
侄

nephew

Meaning: nephew
Kun-yomi: かた.い/おろ.か/とど.まる
On-yomi: シツ/シチ/テツ
侗

big

Meaning: big; ignorant; rude; rustic
Kun-yomi: おろ.か/いた.む/かたち/なおい/まこと/つつし.む
On-yomi: トウ/ツ/ズ
忝

grateful

Meaning: grateful; indebted
Kun-yomi: かたじけな.い
On-yomi: テン
厓

precipice

Meaning: precipice; shore; bank; surname; cliff
Kun-yomi: がけ/きし/かたえ/はて
On-yomi: ガイ/ゲ/ギ
昃

decline

Meaning: decline; go down; sunset
Kun-yomi: かたむ.く
On-yomi: ショク/ソク
卦

a divination sign

Meaning: a divination sign
Kun-yomi: うらかた
On-yomi: カ/カイ/ケ
肩

shoulder

Meaning: shoulder
Kun-yomi: かた
On-yomi: ケン
臤

hard

Meaning: hard; wise
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: カン/ケン/コウ/キョウ
俏

like

Meaning: like; similar; resemble; pretty; disguise oneself as; dress up; pine away
Kun-yomi: に.る/かたど.る/みめよい/やつ.す
On-yomi: ショウ
砎

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: カイ/カツ/ケチ
昳

the declining sun in the west

Meaning: the declining sun in the west
Kun-yomi: かたむ.く
On-yomi: テツ/デチ/イツ
型

mould

Meaning: mould; type; model
Kun-yomi: かた/-がた
On-yomi: ケイ
怘

protect

Meaning: protect; safeguard
Kun-yomi: かた.める/かたく
On-yomi: コ/ク
匪

negation

Meaning: negation; wicked person
Kun-yomi: あら.ず/かたみ
On-yomi: ヒ
袒

baring the shoulder

Meaning: baring the shoulder; strip to waist
Kun-yomi: かたぬ.ぐ
On-yomi: タン
俿

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かたたが.い
On-yomi: チ/ジ
砝

balance weights

Meaning: balance weights
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ/ホウ
倮

bare

Meaning: bare; naked; uncovered
Kun-yomi: はだか/せま.い/かたぬ.ぐ/すはだ
On-yomi: ラ/カ/ゲ
旁

RHS of character

Meaning: RHS of character; at same time
Kun-yomi: つくり/かたがた/かたわら
On-yomi: ボウ/ホウ
訔

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.る
On-yomi: ギン/ゴン
釖

knife

Meaning: knife; sword
Kun-yomi: かたな/そり
On-yomi: トウ
硈

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: カツ/ケチ
孯

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: カン/ケン
捦

to seize

Meaning: to seize; to clutch; to arrest; to capture
Kun-yomi: かたくと.る
On-yomi: キン/ゴン
偏

partial

Meaning: partial; side; left-side radical; inclining; biased
Kun-yomi: かたよ.る
On-yomi: ヘン
渕

edge

Meaning: edge
Kun-yomi: ふち/かた.い/はなわ
On-yomi: エン/カク/コウ
渊

edge

Meaning: edge
Kun-yomi: ふち/かた.い/はなわ
On-yomi: エン/カク/コウ
唲

forced laughter

Meaning: forced laughter
Kun-yomi: へつら.う/かたこと
On-yomi: ジ/ニ/アイ
躰

the body

Meaning: the body; substance; object; reality
Kun-yomi: からだ/かたち
On-yomi: タイ/テイ
象

elephant

Meaning: elephant; pattern after; imitate; image; shape; sign (of the times)
Kun-yomi: かたど.る
On-yomi: ショウ/ゾウ
硬

stiff

Meaning: stiff; hard
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: コウ
淵

abyss

Meaning: abyss; edge; deep pool; the depths
Kun-yomi: ふち/かた.い/はなわ
On-yomi: エン/カク/コウ
詖

argue

Meaning: argue; biased; one-sided
Kun-yomi: かたよ.る
On-yomi: ヒ/ハ
掔

sturdy

Meaning: sturdy
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: カン/ケン
堅

strict

Meaning: strict; hard; solid; tough; tight; reliable
Kun-yomi: かた.い/-がた.い
On-yomi: ケン
筐

bamboo basket

Meaning: bamboo basket
Kun-yomi: かたみ/かご/はこ
On-yomi: キョウ
傍

bystander

Meaning: bystander; side; besides; while; nearby; 3rd person
Kun-yomi: かたわ.ら/わき/おか-/はた/そば
On-yomi: ボウ
嗑

eat seeds

Meaning: eat seeds; reproach; loquacious
Kun-yomi: おしゃべり/あ.う/の.む/かた.る
On-yomi: コウ
塊

clod

Meaning: clod; lump; chunk; clot; mass
Kun-yomi: かたまり/つちくれ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ
楥

last for making shoes

Meaning: last for making shoes; to turn on a lathe
Kun-yomi: かた
On-yomi: ケン/カン/エン
頎

tall and slim

Meaning: tall and slim
Kun-yomi: かたちがよい
On-yomi: キ/ゲ/キン/コン
頌

eulogy

Meaning: eulogy
Kun-yomi: かたち/たた.える/ほめ.る
On-yomi: ショウ/ジュ/ヨウ
傾

lean

Meaning: lean; incline; tilt; trend; wane; sink; ruin; bias
Kun-yomi: かたむ.く/かたむ.ける/かたぶ.く/かた.げる/かし.げる
On-yomi: ケイ
鈵

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: ヘイ/ヒョウ
頑

stubborn

Meaning: stubborn; foolish; firmly
Kun-yomi: かたく
On-yomi: ガン
塙

projecting tableland or mountain

Meaning: projecting tableland or mountain
Kun-yomi: はなわ/かた.い
On-yomi: カク/コウ
筺

bamboo basket

Meaning: bamboo basket
Kun-yomi: かたみ/かご/はこ
On-yomi: キョウ
嶐

shape of a mountain

Meaning: shape of a mountain
Kun-yomi: やまのかたち
On-yomi: リュ
貌

form

Meaning: form; appearance; countenance
Kun-yomi: かたち/かたどる
On-yomi: ボウ/バク
團

association

Meaning: association
Kun-yomi: かたまり/まる.い
On-yomi: ダン/トン
嵪

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.い/やせてかたいつち
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ
語

word

Meaning: word; speech; language
Kun-yomi: かた.る/かた.らう
On-yomi: ゴ
睺

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.める
On-yomi: コウ/グ
廎

room

Meaning: room
Kun-yomi: いえのかたわら
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/テイ
頗

prejudiced

Meaning: prejudiced; exceedingly
Kun-yomi: すこぶ.る/かたよ.る
On-yomi: ハ
遹

comply with

Meaning: comply with; obey; shun; avoid
Kun-yomi: かたよ.る
On-yomi: イツ/イチ/シュツ/ジュチ
蝸

snail

Meaning: snail
Kun-yomi: かたつむり
On-yomi: カ
潟

lagoon

Meaning: lagoon
Kun-yomi: かた/-がた
On-yomi: セキ
瞎

blind eye

Meaning: blind eye; one eye
Kun-yomi: めくら/かため
On-yomi: カツ
觭

one turning up and one turning down

Meaning: one turning up and one turning down
Kun-yomi: かたむ.く
On-yomi: キ
踦

the shin

Meaning: the shin; to pierce; to touch
Kun-yomi: かたあし
On-yomi: キ
鞏

hard

Meaning: hard; firm
Kun-yomi: かたい
On-yomi: キョウ
敵

enemy

Meaning: enemy; foe; opponent
Kun-yomi: かたき/あだ/かな.う
On-yomi: テキ
骵

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: からだ/かたち
On-yomi: タイ/テイ

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