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Interactive Kanji Map: Explore Components & Readings
Choose a character to see its parts and the kanji that contain it.
Opening the map…
Click a circle to explore its map and character notes. Use Back to retrace your path. Drag circles to arrange them, or drag the background to pan.
A map of visible components, not a history of how each character developed. Dashed arrows mark variant, partial or split forms; ×2 marks repetition. Some unnamed strokes are omitted. Reading labels show shared on-readings, which do not by themselves establish a character's origin.
Component data: KanjiVG, © Ulrich Apel and contributors. Extracted and reformatted as nested trees under CC BY-SA 3.0. Download the data · Full license · 6,430 kanji.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2, © James William BREEN and EDRDG. Selected and reformatted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Download the dictionary subset.
New to the writing system? Read the guide to kanji, or try typing in Japanese.