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4.2.4.1. A list of kokuji (国字).

Here is a list of the kokuji to be found in the JIS code sets.

A list of kokuji.
kanji JIS code reading meaning
3073 いわし sardine
335f かし evergreen oak
364e キロメートル kilometre
3674 く.う く.らう じき eat, drink, receive (a blow)
397e こ.む こ.み こ.める こみ ごめ crowded, mixture, in bulk, included
3a67 さかき sacred Shinto tree
3c32 しぎ snipe
4138 センチメートル せんち centimetre
427c いかのぼり たこ kite
432d セツ たら codfish
444e つが とが hemlock
4454 つじ crossing, crossroad, street corners
463d とうげ mountain pass, climax, crest
464a とち horse chestnut
4655 トン tonnage
4664 なぎ な.ぐ lull, calm
4677 にお.う にお.い にお.わせる おり こう さぎ fragrant, stink, glow, insinuate
482a はた はたけ -ばたけ かま まま farm, field, garden, one's specialty
482b はたけ はた はな field, farm, garden
4838 はなし talk
4946 びょう rivet, tack, thumbtack
4a55 ヘン あた.り ほと.り -べ なべ environs, boundary, border, vicinity
4b6f まさ まさめ まさき straight grain, spindle tree
4b73 また ばた crotch, thigh, groin
麿 4b7b まろ ま I, you
4c30 ミリメートル みり millimetre
4c5d モク woodworker
4c62 もみ unhulled rice
4c68 もんめ め ひゃくめ monme, 3.75 grams
4c7a やり spear, javelin
4f48 くにぎ くぬぎ oak used for charcoal
5d5b ネン なまず fresh water catfish
3031 し.める して adding up, bundle, a weight of about 8.5 pounds
3f63 むし.る むしりと.る pluck, pick, tear
435f カセ かせ reel, hank, skein
437a しきみ grave tree
This file was prepared from data from Jim Breen's Kanjidic.

TO DO #9: priority: low: Note on last characters here (upper JIS set)

TO DO #10: priority: low: Look through kokuji page again for errors, some of the meanings look dodgy.

TO DO #11: priority: low: Add unicode numbers and links

TO DO #12: priority: low: Upcase JIS values


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