# How to determine possible Kanji combinations?

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**Created:** [November 27, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-to-determine-possible-kanji-combinations/59477 "2022-11-27T10:18:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![GodredCrovan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/godredcrovan/32/502518_2.png) [@GodredCrovan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/GodredCrovan)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-to-determine-possible-kanji-combinations/59477/1 "2022-11-27T10:18:54Z")

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Dear All,  
I’m curious if there is a tool out there that allows you to see how many possible Japanese words you can create from a given group of Kanji. For example, using the JLPT N5 I know I can make:  
小学校 = Primary school  
天気 = Weather  
Etc  
I’m curious about all the possible words one could make using any combination of the JLPT N5. I appreciate that some combinations would make obscure, rarely used words, however, I thought it would be a fun tool to have.  
All the best,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-to-determine-possible-kanji-combinations/59477/2 "2022-11-27T11:14:06Z")

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Don’t want to risk sending you down some rabbit hole, but I feel like a regex search of some description might be what you’re after.

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**Author:** ![plantron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/plantron/32/783203_2.png) [@plantron](https://community.wanikani.com/u/plantron)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-to-determine-possible-kanji-combinations/59477/3 "2022-11-27T11:39:36Z")

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A simple example of regex is when you use the asterisk to match any kanji/kana in [jisho.org](http://jisho.org), for further filtering, you can use #n5, #n4, etc.

[天\* #n5 - Jisho.org](https://jisho.org/search/%E5%A4%A9*%20%23n5)  
[\*気 #n5 - Jisho.org](https://jisho.org/search/*%E6%B0%97%20%23n5)  
[\*学\* #n5 - Jisho.org](https://jisho.org/search/*%E5%AD%A6*%20%23n5)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-to-determine-possible-kanji-combinations/59477/4 "2023-11-27T11:39:56Z")

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