Detailed: Read Character Info

You can find the selected character's various information including character type, KuTen code, Daikanwa number, GT Font number, parts, strokes, reading, identified characters and related characters.

  1. Click the character you want to read the character info at the tab 〈Code table〉, 〈Search〉 or 〈Symbol search〉.
    The selected character is surrounded by a frame.

    Search by 号, 虎 and click 〈Information〉

  2. Click 〈Information〉 tab.
    The character info on the selected character is displayed.

    character info on 號

To distinguish character codes, the following abbreviations are used.

Abbreviation Meaning
S Shift JIS (Japanese)
E EUC (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese)
U Unicode (If exists)
B Big5 (Taiwanese)

If the kanji character is included in the kanji lists established by law, the kanji's attribute is displayed.

Attribute Meaning Laws
Jouyou kanji Kanji characters included in the Jouyou kanji list (Jouyou means regular use or daily use).
On November 30th, 2010, the Japanese Cabinet announced "Jouyou kanji list" as the 2nd cabinet notification of 2010. The list includes 2136 characters. 196 characters are added to the traditional list and 5 characters are deleted from the list. 		Jouyou kanji list
(the Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Kouki jiten Since the Meiji Era, "so-called Kouki jiten" has been used as reference to indicate a connection between the Jouyou kanji and the character shape for printed word.
Kyouiku kanji
(Gakushuu kanji)		 The generic term for the group of kanji characters in the Jouyou kanji, defined as the must-learn kanji for elementary school students by The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan.
The appendix of the curriculum guidelines by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, "Kanji distribution list for each year" includes 1006 characters in all.		 Kanji distribution list for each year
(the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
Kanji for names Acceptable kanji for the name on the census register in Japan, not included in Jouyou kanji list. The Ministry of Justice in Japan defines these characters as "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Census Registration Act, Appended Table 2". This Appended Table 2 is divided into "the 1st table" and "the 2nd table".
In accordance with the amendment of the Jouyou kanji list, this list was amended on November 30th, 2010. 129 characters are deleted from the list (3 characters out of 129 are moved into Appended Table 2-2, as the variant character), because they are added to the Jouyou kanji list. 5 characters are added to the list, because they are deleted form the Jouyou kanji list. As the result, the list includes 861 characters.		 Ordinance for Enforcement of the Census Registration Act, Appended Table 2
(the Ministry of Justice)
Printing standard character style On December 8th, 2000, the Japanese Language Council recommended a certain amount of guidelines for "the criterion for selection of character shape" regarding non-Jouyou kanji as "Character shape list for non-listed kanji". In the list, the character shapes are defined as "so-called Kouki jiten", not exactly the same shapes in the original Kouki jiten. Since the Meiji Era, "so-called Kouki jiten" has been developed based on the original Kouki jiten. Character shape list for non-listed kanji
(the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
Simplified character style Simplified character style for print in "Character shape list for non-listed kanji". They can be used with no trouble as an alternative for the standard printed form.
Permission character style Regarding the characters with a radical(a part of kanji) called "Shin-nyuu/Shimesu-hen/Shoku-hen", when the character shapes of "Shin-nyuu with two-dot standard printed form/Shimesu-hen standard printed form/Shoku-hen standard printed form" are the standard printed form, the character shapes of "Shin-nyuu with one-dot Permission character style/Shimesu-hen Permission character style/Shoku-hen Permission character style" are also written (permitted three radicals). If the permission character style is used as printed character, you don't have to change the character into the standard printed form.
Five characters, Esa Permission character style/Saku Permission character style/Son Permission character style/Nazo Permission character style/Mochi Permission character style are defined as Permission character style in the Jouyou kanji list.

† There is the case that the character shape of the kanji is changed when you paste the kanji to other apps in Windows 8/7/Vista. In this case, the kanji in JIS Level 1 is displayed as "Jouyou kanji※" or "Permission character style" in Character info.

Click the right mouse button at the character info area of 〈Information〉 tab to pop up the following menu.

Click the right mouse button to pop up the menu at Character info.

Select All

You can select all strings in the character info area.

Copy

You can copy the selected string in the character info area to the clipboard.

Small / Medium / Large

You can select the font size from Small, Medium or Large.

You can find the list of identified characters at the first area of Character info from the top. You can also find the information on the related characters at the second area.

† Identified characters are the characters which have the same shape in appearance.

† Related characters are the characters mutually related to meaning or character shape.

† Double-click the character in the list to search newly the character info.

The following pictograms are used for indicating the meanings of each character info.

Character Color Character Type
Icon of Basic Japanese (JIS Level 1 and 2)日本基本： Basic Japanese (JIS Level 1 and 2)
Icon of Auxiliary Japanese日本補助： Auxiliary Japanese
Icon of Basic Japanese (JIS Level 3)日本基本： Basic Japanese (JIS Level 3)
Icon of Basic Japanese (JIS Level 4)日本基本： Basic Japanese (JIS Level 4)
Icon of GTGT
Icon of Daikanwa大漢和: Daikanwa
Icon of Chinese中国： Chinese
Icon of Korean韓国： Korean
Icon of Taiwanese台湾： Taiwanese
Icon of UNICODE各国： Unicode
Icon of Othersその他： i-mode / 6-point braille / 8-point braille / Others
Pictogram Character Type
Icon of Capital letter Capital letter： Capital letter, in relations between Capital letters and Small letters of the alphabet
Icon of Small letter Small letter： Small letter, in relations between Capital letters and Small letters of the alphabet
Icon of Related 関連字：Related： Relations between characters/symbols widely related to meaning or character shape
Icon of Variant character 異体字：Variant character： Relations between kanji/characters related to meaning, character shape or pronunciation
Icon of Japanese 日本漢字：Japanese： Japanese kanji corresponding to Chinese/Korean/Taiwanese kanji
Icon of Chinese 中国漢字：Chinese： Chinese kanji(Simplified Chinese, etc.) corresponding to Japanese/Korean/Taiwanese kanji
Icon of Korean 韓国漢字：Korean： Korean kanji corresponding to Japanese/Chinese/Taiwanese kanji
Icon of Taiwanese 台湾漢字：Taiwanese： Taiwanese kanji(Traditional Chinese, etc.) corresponding to Japanese/Chinese/Korean kanji
Icon of Simplified 略字：Simplified： Simplified character shape by omitting dots and strokes and their original character
Icon of Old style 古字：Old style： Old character shape found in a former residence of Confucius when Liu Yu, Prince of Lu demolished the house and Kanji arisen from old character shape
Icon of Original style 本字：Original style： Old character shape listed as the original character in a Kanwa dictionary and Daily used character shape
Icon of Tenji Seal script 篆字(てんじ)："Tenji" Seal script： Chinese old character shape around the 3rd century B.C. and Kanji arisen from old character shape
Icon of Chuji Ancient form 籀字(ちゅうじ)："Chuji" Ancient form： Old character shape made by chroniclers of Zhou dynasty and Kanji arisen from old character shape
Icon of Reiji Clerical script 隷字(れいじ)："Reiji" Clerical script： Simplified "Tenji" and their original "Tenji"
Icon of Variant character 異体字：Variant character： Relations between kanji/characters related to meaning, character shape or pronunciation
Icon of Popular use 通用字：Popular use： Relations between kanji characters for exchange in meaning or reading. Daily used kanji and mistakenly-established character shape.

† The right-pointing pictogram Icon of Variant figure, right-pointing means the character derived from the relation with the original character(the character in Character Info Area). The left-pointing pictogram Icon of Variant figure, left-pointing means the original character as the derived result in relations. For example, if there is the character displayed as Icon of Variant figure, right-pointingB relative to the original character A, the character B means the variant figure of the original character A. If there is the character displayed as Icon of Variant figure, left-pointingC relative to the original character A, the variant figure of the character C means the original character A.

How to Look Up Character Info

You can look up the character info on a character in the other apps.

  1. Copy the character to the clipboard in advance.

    † The way of copying a character to the clipboard depends on the apps. For example, click the right mouse button, and then select [Copy].

    Copy the character 連 in Notepad

  2. Click 〈Information〉 tab of Super Kanji Search. Move the pointer over the area of the characters' list. Click the right mouse button, and then select [Paste].
    You can find the character info on the pasted character.

    Character info on 連

    † You can also find out the character info by copying &T-formatted TRON code in the other app to the clipboard and pasting the TRON code to Super Kanji Search.

Relations Between Each Tabs

When you select the character and change the tab at 〈Code table〉, 〈Search〉, 〈Symbol search〉 or 〈Information〉 tab, the screen changes as follows.

Change the tab into 〈Code table〉 from 〈Search〉, 〈Symbol search〉 or 〈Information〉.

Code table including the selected character is displayed.

Change the tab into 〈Information〉 from 〈Search〉, 〈Symbol search〉 or 〈Code table〉.

Character info on the selected character are displayed.