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蛙

蛙 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

frog

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ア
  • ワ
Kun (native)
  • かえる
  • かわず
Other languages
  • 拼音wa1
  • 한글wa
  • 한글wae
  • Hán-ViệtOa

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+86D9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虫圭

Words using this kanji

  • 蛙かえるfrog
  • 蛙かわずfrog, kajika frog
  • 蛙股かえるまたcurved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evokes an open-legged frog)
  • 蛙黽あぼうtree frog (toad)
  • 蛙鳴あめいfrog calling
  • 蛙声あせいsound of frogs croaking
  • 蛙手かえるでmaple (tree)
  • 蛙飛びかえるとび(game of) leapfrog, leapfrogging
  • 蛙泳ぎかえるおよぎbreaststroke (swimming), frog-kick
  • 蛙鮟鱇かえるあんこうfrogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)
  • 蛙鳴蝉噪あめいせんそうやかましく騒ぐこと。騒がしいだけの無駄な論議。蛙や蝉がやかましく鳴き騒ぐことから。annoying noise, fruitless argument, useless controversy
  • 蛙狩神事かわずがりしんじfrog hunting ritual
  • 蛙化現象かえるかげんしょう片想い中の相手が自分に好意があると分かると、気持ちが冷めて嫌悪感を持つようになる現象。 好意を抱く相手の嫌な面を見て幻滅すること。frogification phenomenon, disillusionment upon noticing negative qualities in a romantic partner
  • 蛙の子は蛙かえるのこはかえる親に子はにるものであるということ。like father, like son, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
  • 蛙の面に水かえるのつらにみずlike water off a duck's back
  • 蛙の目借時かえるのめかりどきspringtime mating of frogs
  • 蛙の面に小便かえるのつらにしょうべんlike water off a duck's back

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-6
Four Corner
5411.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d6.4
Heisig
2732
Nelson
4137