Kanji Dictionary

1 Before Searching in the Kanji Dictionary

To open the kanji dictionary screen, tap the [ kanji icon] on the left.
This is an explanation of the contents of the kanji dictionary screen.

【Explanation of the Kanji Dictionary Main Screen】

◆ Search Term Entry Box
Enter the word you want to look up.

◆ Search Results Display Area
After the search is performed, corresponding kanji are displayed in the summary area.

◆ Meaning Display Area
Choose a kanji from the results area and its information is displayed.

◆ Kanji Dictionary Main Screen Buttons
Summary of kanji dictionary main screen buttons:

	Copy button	Choose the character you want to copy and tap this button.
	Paste button	Tap this button to paste characters into the search box.
	Search button	Tap this button to perform a kanji search. Corresponding kanji will be displayed.
	Composite search button	Go to composite search screen. Tap this button if you want to perform a composite-based search. (search by radical) Composite screen search
	Close button	Quit the kanji dictionary and return to the dictionary screen.

◆ File Menu
Summary of [ファイル] (File) menu items:

◆ Edit Menu
Summary of [編集] (Edit) menu items:

◆ Search Menu
Summary of [検索] (Search) menu items:

◆ Tool Menu
Summary of [ツール] (Tool) menu items:

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2 Main Screen Search

If the word you want to look up is kanji, you can perform a kanji search.
You can perform on-kun searches in hiragana as well as katakana.

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When there are no corresponding kanji
If the searched term is not found in the dictionary, 「該当する見出しがありません。」(no matching entries) will be displayed in the result display area.

Search history
The past 5 searches are retained in the search history for your convenience.
Tap the arrow on the right side of the search term entry box to see the search history.

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3 Before searching with the composite screen

This is an explanation of the contents of the composite search screen.

【Explanation of the Composite Search Screen】

◆ Search Criteria (条件) Buttons
You can choose between 「部品」(radical),「音訓」(on-kun readings), and「総画数」(number of strokes) for narrowing down your search.
To search by readings of radicals or by component parts, select 「部 品」(radical); to search by a kanji's reading, select「音訓」(on-kun readings); to search by a kanji's number of strokes, select 「総画数」(number of strokes).

About component parts...
Searching by a kanji's composite elements or shapes.
Choose「部品」(radical) to search by component parts.
For example, to find 「数」by radical, use parts「米 （こめ）(rice)」and「女（おんな）(female)」.

◆ Search Criteria Input Area
Input a reading, radical, or stroke-number in the boxes.
For a「部品」(radical) search, enter a radical or radical's reading; for a「音訓」(on-kun readings) search, enter hiragana; for a「総画数」(number of strokes) search, enter full- or half-width numbers.

If you selected「部品」(radical)
If you selected「部 品」(radical) for your search, choose your radical from the radical selection display area.
Please see below for more about this.
Using the radical selection display area

If you selected「総 画数」(number of strokes)
If you selected「総 画数」(number of strokes) for your search, choose the number from the pull down menu by tapping the [▼] on the right-hand side of the input box.

◆ Radical Selection Display Area
When you enter a radical stroke number, corresponding radicals are displayed in the selection area.
You can change the stroke number in the pull down menu on the right-hand side of the [部品画数] (radical stroke count) selection box.

Using the radical selection display area
You can choose radicals for your search from the radical selection area.
For example, we'll look up 鳥

① Tap the [▼] to see the search criteria pull down menu and choose「部品」(radical).
② Tap the input box on the right to move the cursor.

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③ Tap the [▼] on the right-hand side of the「部品画数」(radical stroke count) box and choose "11".

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④ Tap「鳥」from the list of radicals in the selection box.

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⑤ Tap the [ "select" button].

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⑥「鳥」is now entered into the search criteria input box.

◆ Composite Search Screen Buttons
Summary of composite search screen buttons:

	Search button	Enter your search criteria and tap this button to perform a search. A search will be executed and the corresponding kanji displayed on the kanji dictionary main screen.
	Return button	Tap this button to return to the kanji dictionary main screen from the composite search screen.

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4 Composite Screen Search

You can enter up to 4 search criteria on the composite search screen.
As you enter more criteria, you will see fewer and more relevant results.

◆ How to search

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When there are no corresponding kanji
If the searched term is not found in the dictionary, 「該当する見出しがありません。」(no matching entries) will be displayed in the result display area.

About the「総画数」(number of strokes) search criteria
If you choose「総画数」(number of strokes) as a search criteria, you cannot select「総画数」(number of strokes) from the other criteria selection boxes.

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