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伽

伽 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 梵語のカ・ガの音を表す。
  2. とぎ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「加」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

nursing, attending, entertainer

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カ
  • ガ
  • キャ
  • ギャ
Kun (native)
  • とぎ
Other languages
  • 拼音jia1
  • 拼音qie2
  • 한글ga
  • Hán-ViệtGià

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4F3D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻加

Words using this kanji

  • 伽藍がらん（仏教：「僧伽藍摩」の略）僧侶が暮らして仏道を修行する清浄な場所。精舎。 転じて寺院、仏堂のこと。temple (esp. large one), monastery, temple building
  • 伽とぎ梵語のカ・ガの音を表す。 とぎ。nursing, nurse, attending, attendant
  • 伽羅きゃら(「多伽羅」の略) 香木の一種。黒色で、光沢があり、日本では最も大切に扱われていた沈香の種類。 世辞。おせじ。 品質の良い物を褒め、高めていう言葉。aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana), aloes-wood perfume, aloes-wood incense
  • 伽耶かやKaya (ancient Korean confederacy), Karak
  • 伽藍堂がらんどうempty, hollow, bare, vacant
  • 伽芝居とぎしばいfairy play, pantomime
  • 伽草子とぎぞうしfairy-tale book
  • 伽藍鳥がらんちょう大型の鳥類である「ペリカン」の別名。pelican
  • 伽羅蕗きゃらぶき蕗の茎を醤油、酒で伽羅色に煮つめた料理。stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
  • 伽耶琴カヤグムgayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-5
Four Corner
2620.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a5.12
Heisig
2251
Nelson
398