袈 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「衣」+音符「加」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

a coarse camlet

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ケ
• カ

Other languages

• 拼音jia1
• 한글ga
• Hán-ViệtCa

infoBasics

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

衣(ころも)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+8888

grid_viewComponents

• 亠なべぶた
• 力ちから
• 口くち
• 衣ころも

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱加衣

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 袈裟けさ僧侶が身に付ける法衣。左肩から右脇下にかける長方形の布。 袈裟掛け。kasaya, wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
• 袈裟懸けけさがけwearing a kasaya, wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder), slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
• 袈裟斬りけさぎりslashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
• 袈裟固めけさがためscarf hold (in judo)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 賀One part differs
• 架One part differs
• 哿One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-5-6

Four Corner

4673.2

Spahn–Hadamitzky

5e5.10

Heisig

2738

Nelson

4222