# Way to search words which use specific reading of kanji?

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**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/way-to-search-words-which-use-specific-reading-of-kanji/34011 "2018-12-06T19:49:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Laellen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/laellen/32/33610_2.png) [@Laellen](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Laellen)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/way-to-search-words-which-use-specific-reading-of-kanji/34011/1 "2018-12-06T19:49:05Z")

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I am really sorry if it was asked before or is listed somewhere but I can’t find it or don’t know how to ask, so here it is: Is there a tool or dictionary or way to ask jisho to find words that use a specific reading of kanji only? In any position in a word?

Thanks for any help m(\_ \_)m

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**Author:** ![MissMisc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/missmisc/32/232094_2.png) [@MissMisc](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MissMisc)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/way-to-search-words-which-use-specific-reading-of-kanji/34011/2 "2018-12-06T20:00:48Z")

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Hmm in jisho if you input `*specific reading* #kanji #words` this seems to do what you’re asking for

Ex using こう:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/2/6/2615e8c0aca23e47a842d1695841813af0fd50cf.png)

This pulled ~8539 kanji-containing words with a こう reading somewhere within the word (can be an alternate reading as well)

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**Author:** ![rfindley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rfindley/32/35202_2.png) [@rfindley](https://community.wanikani.com/u/rfindley)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/way-to-search-words-which-use-specific-reading-of-kanji/34011/3 "2018-12-06T20:09:27Z")

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Do you mean “a specific reading of a specific kanji”? Like, “all words with 大 with reading だい”?  
If so…

`#word and *大* and *だい*`

Adding `"and"` will force all of the criteria to match, which eliminates a lot of false positives.

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**Author:** ![Laellen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/laellen/32/33610_2.png) [@Laellen](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Laellen)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/way-to-search-words-which-use-specific-reading-of-kanji/34011/4 "2018-12-06T21:23:25Z")

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どうもありがとうございます！Thank you both so much! That’s exactly what I was looking for. I rarely use jisho, but my usual dictionary doesn’t have so many search options.m(\_ \_)m

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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:** [December 6, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/way-to-search-words-which-use-specific-reading-of-kanji/34011/5 "2019-12-06T21:38:41Z")

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