Kanjisearch - Search kanji by SKIP code (do not use for commercial purposes!)

Step 1. Select the type of your kanji.

Step 2. Count strokes in the shaded part

Step 3a. Count strokes in the blank part (types 1,2,3 only!)

Step 3b. Identify solid subpattern (type 4 only!)

SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns) numbers are derived from the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Kenkyusha 1990, NTC 1993) and The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary (Kodansha International, 1999). SKIP is protected by copyright, copyleft and patent laws. The commercial or non-commercial utilization of SKIP in any form is strictly forbidden without the written permission of Jack Halpern, the copyright holder. Such permission is normally granted. Please contact jack@kanji.org and/or see http://www.kanji.org.