菓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「果」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

candy, cakes, fruit

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音guo3
  • 한글gwa
  • Hán-ViệtQuả

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+83D3

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹果

Words using this kanji

  • 菓子かし嗜好品として、食味を強調されて製造された食品の総称。おかし。confectionery, sweets, candy, cake
  • 菓子屋かしや菓子をて。 菓子を売る; 菓子の。 菓子を製造する企業に対する諧謔的表現。confectionery shop, candy store, sweet shop
  • 菓子パンかしパン甘味を付与するなどして、菓子としての要素を強化した種類のパン。baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread), sweet pastry, sweet bread
  • fruit, counter for fruit
  • 菓子鉢かしばちbowl for confectioneries
  • 菓子盆かしぼんcake tray (dish)
  • 菓子器かしきcake box
  • 菓子皿かしざらcake dish
  • 菓子箱かしばこcandy box
  • 菓子司かしつかさJapanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.), Japanese confectionery maker
  • 菓子店かしてん菓子を販売する店。confectioner, confectionery, candy store
  • 菓子札かしふだcard (oft. featuring illustrations of sweets) used to represent money when gambling
  • 菓子折りかしおり「かしおり」の漢字表記。box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(77 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
4490.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k8.2
Heisig
1203
Nelson
3980