There are 8 lookup methods available from the main menu. In most cases the search can be further refined by specifying a range of stroke counts for the target kanji. The meaning and use of the different searches are described in more detail in the following sections. The kanji information display is described in more detail below. Any of these can be selected for detailed information display.
Kanji selection works in a similar way to radical selection, described below.
Basically, you select one or more radicals and initiate a search. All the kanji containing the specified radicals are found and displayed. At any time while you are selecting radicals, you can set the stroke count range of the kanji you want to find. The radicals displayed are the 214 classical radicals along with some of their variant forms. The cursor keys are used to move around the displayed radicals and between pages.