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GET /v1/reading

Kanji that share a kana reading

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api.oanor.com/kanji-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/kanji-api/v1/reading" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/kanji-api/v1/reading", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/kanji-api/v1/reading");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/kanji-api/v1/reading",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "reading": {
            "reading": "かじ",
            "main_kanji": [
                "柁",
                "柂",
                "梶",
                "楫",
                "榜",
                "槳",
                "橈",
                "檝",
                "櫂",
                "牓",
                "舵"
            ],
            "name_kanji": []
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-01T00:04:44.568Z",
        "request_id": "33f41c3c-2a8f-40da-ae60-a4f37b2b38a6"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Reading retrieved",
    "success": true
}